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MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LIMITED
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PRESS SHOP
The press shop can be regarded as the starting point of the car manufacturing process.Centrally located between weld 1, weld 2 and weld 3 supplies components to all thethree plants. The press shop has a batch production system whereas the plants have aline production system. The press shop maintains an inventory of at least two days. Theweld shop as per the requirements picks the finished body parts from the press shop.These may be divided as A, B and C. ‘A’ components are large outer components as for example roof, door panels etc. These components are manufactured in the press shopat Maruti due to design secrecy and huge investment requirements. ‘B’ and ‘C’components are manufactured by joint ventures or bought from vendors.
Process flow of Press Shop activity :-
1. Currently Press Shop is producing sheet metal components for 8 runningmodels of Maruti Suzuki and one model of GM India - Tavera2. The Blanking and stamping shop processes 10000 metric ton of steel / monthi.e. 400 tons a day
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