Take a Seat
profitability
India-specific
Set in South India; the figures and context are India’s.What this case is about
Your client is a seat manufacturing company located in a South Indian special economic zone. They supply seats for two-wheeler manufacturers in the same zone but have been forced by their customers to reduce prices because of a slowdown in the auto sector. They want you to identify ways to reduce their total cost of operations effectively.
Objective
Identify and recommend cost reduction measures across the company’s operations to improve profitability.
Skills this case tests
Structuring the problem
Working the numbers
Judgement and recommendation