PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

AND RESEARCH, INDORE

Industry Visit
Session: 2019-20
MBA Full Time (I- Semester, Section-F)

MINDA SAI LTD PITHAMPUR, INDORE

SPARK MINDA

Submitted to SUBMITTED BY:

Prof. UmangKalwani
Harshita Mehta Shreyash Jaiswal

Roll no -54

Scholar no-1121211736
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 ACKNOWLEGMENT
We gained a lot of information through the industrial visit to Minda SAI Ltd Pithampur
Indore name SPARK MINDA of ASHOK MINDA GROUP corporation plant. We would like to
express our gratitude to our director mam Dr. Yogeshwari Pathak, coordinator prof. Umeng
Mehta sir for granting our request and arranging such informative industrial visit, which actually
helped us to understand the operation of plant.

We would also like to thank Mr. Ashok Minda-Chairman & Group CEO of Spark Minda,
Ashok Minda Group & Director of Spark Minda Foundation - Minda SAI. LTD Pithampur &
Production Manager For the time and effort he spent on each of us explaining all the aspects of
factory working, level of functioning carried out. We would also like to thank him for clearing
all our doubts in the question and answer session.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sr. No. Title Page No.

1 INTRODUCTION

2 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

3 MISSION AND VISION

4 PRODUCTS

5 PRODUCTION/OPRERATION PROCESS

6 CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY

7 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

8 CONCLUSION

9 OBSERVATION AND LEARNINGS

10 REFERENCE

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 DETAIL OF JOURNEY

 Type of visit : Industrial visit

 Name of organization : Minda SAI LTD – Pithampur

( SPARK MINDA )

 Address of organization : Minda SAI ltd S-2/8,Behind Tata Chemicals

Sector 1, Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh
454775

 Date of visit : 23th November 2019

 Mode of travel : Bus

 Name and designation : Prof. Umang Mehta

of accompanying faculty

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 INTRODUCTION
Minda Corporation Ltd was incorporated in the year 1985 with the name Minda Switch Auto
Private Limited for manufacture of Ignition Switches for Indian Automotive Industry and is the
flagship company of Spark Minda Ashok Minda Group which was part of erstwhile Minda
Group. The Company has 28 manufacturing facilities located across various parts of India
including Maharashtra National Capital Region Tamil Nadu Uttarakhand Karnataka and Madhya
Pradesh and 6 global manufacturing facilities in Germany Czech Republic Poland Mexico
Indonesia and Vietnam. In addition it has a design office located in Japan.Minda Corporation Ltd
is one of the largest suppliers of 2 wheeler 3 wheeler and Off Road vehicles Electronic &
Mechanical Security System. The company is a diversified company with a product portfolio
encompassing from Mechanical & Electronic Security System Door System Electronic
Controllers for Electric Vehicles Plastic Interiors and for Auto OEM's across the Globe. The
company also manufactures Die Casting Parts and high-class Surface Finishing parts for auto
and consumer durable industry. They supply their products to Indian OEM's and export about
20% of their products to USA UK Europe & South East Asia and ASEAN countries. The
company is headquartered at Noida.The company is the only company in India to have their
own- patented Magnetic Shutter for 2- wheeler application. They design & manufacture
Immobilizers for 2 wheel vehicle applications and also has patent for Immobilizer application for
vehicles operating with drained or no battery condition. They are also the first company in India
to develop a controller for E Bikes. The company has a state of the art Surface Finishing
Division which is capable of plating Nickel Chrome Copper Brass Electrophoretic Lacquering
Powder & Wet painting facility to give any type of finish to their products. They have their Die
Casting Division which develops Aluminium & Zinc Die Cast parts not only for Captive
consumption but also for other Tier 1 & OEM customers in India and abroad. In the year 1996
the company joined hands with Huf Hulsbeck Furst GmbH & Co. KG Germany and became a
Joint Venture Company known as Minda Huf Ltd. During the year 2003-04 the company
introduced Electronic Security System to various OEM's and launched their products for Tata
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Motors Mahindra & Mahindra Hyundai and Hero Honda. During the year 2006-07 the company
terminated the joint venture agreement with Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG Germany
with effect from October 28 2006. Accordingly the name of the company was changed from
Minda Huf Ltd to Minda Corporation Ltd with effect from March 28 2007.In the year 2007 the
company diversified into manufacturing of Door System in order to cater to the Indian OEM's
expectation of European technology with technical assistance from Castellon SA of Spain. In
April 22 2007 the company acquired 100% ownership of KTSN Kunststoffechnik Sachsen
GmbH & Co. KG in Germany a limited liability partnership a major OEM's such as Volkswagen
Daimler BMW. During the year 2007-08 the company entered the business transfer agreement
with Minda Sons (Partnership Firm) and acquired the whole undertaking of Minda Sons situated
in Pant Nagar Uttarakhand as going concern with effect from February 1 2008. At the end of the
year the Company has 100% ownership in its subsidiaries Minda Europe Minda SAI Minda
Automotive Solutions Minda Management and Minda KTSN.During. During the year 2015 the
Company set up a new plant in Czech Republic under Minda KTSN Germany.

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

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 MISSION AND VISSION

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 Our Vision

 To build a sustainable society through improving the quality of life, protecting the planet
through affirmative action and establish integrated and inclusive growth of people and
environment.

Our Mission

 To provide access of education to less privileged section of society.

 To empower the youth through providing skill set and make them employable.
 To facilitate healthcare services to people for their basic survival.
 To provide access of minimum infrastructure facility to the society.
 To protect environment and resources for sustainable future.
 To uplift the persons with disability to sustain in life with dignity.

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To build a sustainable society through improving the quality of life, protecting the planet through affirmative
action and establish integrated and

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 PRODUCT
Components Division

By the way of superior quality, best services & competitive pricing, Minda SAI Ltd. –
Component Division has earned admirable reputation with its customers. The integrated design,
world class manufacturing and a strong foundation of systems, Minda SAI Ltd. provides
complete solutions including Wiring Harnesses and Connective Components like Couplers &
Terminals.

Connectors

Fuse Box

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 Relay

 Terminals

Plastic Interiors
Interior Plastic Division is a dynamic, innovative and profitable Component and Plastic parts
supplier, with focus on automotive sector, offering innovative technology solutions, services and
values to its stakeholders.
Major products of this unit are:
 Automotive Interior Parts Like Air Vents, Cup Holders, Glove Box
 Under Hood Parts Like Cylinder Head Cover, Battery Trays

Rear Louver

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 PRODUCTION PROCESS

Manufacturing Facilities
Along with producing world class products, the manufacturing is geared towards innovation,
reduction of costs & overheads to offer value for money solutions.
The company operates with five State-of-the-Art plants, at Greater Noida, Murbad (Mumbai),
Kakkalur (Chennai), Pithampur (Indore) and Pune.
With sound foundation for manufacturing components, applicators, assembly & circuit checking
boards & moulding tools in-house, Interior Plastic Division produces harnesses to meet OEM's
requirements.

Product Design
Latest technologies for product design results in shorter lead time for development.

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Wiring Harness Manufacturing

Special purpose & fully automatic machines, dedicated lines for each customer provides ability
to handle critical operations for good Wiring Harness manufacturing.

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Cutting Stripping & Crimping
 Automatic Wire Cutting, stripping and Crimping Machines with auto seal inserting
 Automatic wire cutting & stripping Machines
 Crimping presses

Crimping & Joining

 Ultrasonic Mid Joint Welding Machines
 Semi Auto Crimping & Mid Joint Crimping Machines
 Automatic Joint Taping Machines
 Various types of applicators for terminal crimping (In-house/Imported)

Assembly operations
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  Conveyors for Assembly operations of Main Wiring Harness
 Dedicated fixed board lines
 Flexible lines for consumer goods. Cellular assembly setups

Testing Facilities

For wiring harnesses two types of testing are carried out:

 On Line i.e. Routine
 Performance / Endurance i.e. Non-Routine Tests
Online (Routine)

During production there is:

 100% circuit checking for fitment & electrical continuity

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 100% visual checking for verifying critical parameter
Performance / Endurance (Non-Routine Tests)

These are of the following types:

 Electrical
 Mechanical
 Environmental
 Endurance
Electrical

 Oil immersion testing

 High Voltage Test
 Conductor resistance / voltage drop
Mechanical / Optical
 Insertion / withdrawal forces of Coupler to Coupler
 Crimping dimensions / strength
 Mechanical position of joints / branches and overall dimensions (critical)
Environment Test
 Salt spray on plated parts
 Heat resistance test for wires / sleeve
 Cold resistance test for wires / sleeve
 Water proofing for connectors
Endurance
 Fold & Bend Test
 Twist Test
Digital Tensile Strength Testing Machine

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 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY

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The Spark Minda Foundation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Minda Corporation, and the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) wing of the component manufacturer won the
National CSR Award (NCSRA) 2019.

OUR CSR POLICY LINE

“Corporate Social Responsibility is part of the way we do business with commitment to
community, for a green environment, safe workplace, good health and for sustainable future”.

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 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

● Spark Minda Foundation wins 4th CSR Impact Award at India CSR Summit 2017

● MCL PN Bagged TV 100 CSR Excellence Award for Healthcare in Automobile Sector

● India CSR Award for Community Initiative

● Best CSR Practices awarded by Education Minister Haryana

In 16-17
● SMF Received Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Award (ACES)

● TV 100 Industrial Excellence Award in Training & livelihood

● Best NGO by SOIL

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 CONLCLUSION
The experience of this tour was really fantastic and unforgettable. it was a reverberating
experience which cherished all of us.

Students got valuable information from this industrial tour and they guided us how to
stand in the corporate world in the era of competition. We got to learn a lot more things
from this tour. The industrial visit gives a lot of information about various aspects of
production, marketing packaging as well as operation of the company. We get to learn
things which we never had learned from our academics. The culture of organization, office
etiquettes and the unique management model gives a deep insight about the industry and
definitely it will pave my way to success. During the visit I got the opportunity to get
familiar with different products of ( SPARK MINDA) Minda SAI Ltd and how they have
reached what they are today.

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 OBSERVATION AND LEARNINGS
I observed and learned as to how theatrical concepts are put into action, thereby aiding
practical learning. I was exposed to real working environment and shown how things are
done in SPARK MINDA Minda SAI Ltd for 2 wheelers, cars and commercials vehicles .
Auto parts From the details about the management to the targets they achieve, everything
was covered in the visit. The observations were as follows-

1. I got to understand how manufacturers of Security Systems, Wiring Harnesses,

Couplers & Terminals, Instrument Clusters, Sensors, Die Casting, Interiors, Keys &
Key Duplicating Machines, that caters to all major two, three, four wheeler &
offroad vehicles manufacturer in India & around world.
2. Gained the practical knowledge of how real machines and methodologies works in a
plant or a factory.
3. We all were curious about what kind of work they would be doing after entering the
plant unit. Through the industry visit, we were able to clarify the doubts and silence
our curiosities.
4. I communicated with various professionals and people of the organization to get a
clear idea of their job.

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 REFERENCE –

 http://sparkminda.com
 https://minda.co.in/msl/career-opportunities/
 https://minda.co.in/msl/photo-gallery/
 https://minda.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Spark-Minda-Times-May-2016.pdf

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