Fuel Economy: A Kaizen Approach Maruti Udyog Limited, India

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Bhat, Anoop, author.

Conference Name:

SIAT 2007 (2007-01-17 : Pune, India)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Pune, MH The Automotive Research Association of India 2007

Summary:

This paper explains a Kaizen approach to improve fuel economy of the Vehicle. This approach depends on discovering and plugging various energy drains, thereby improving performance of the vehicle without much cost escalation. Contrary to the common belief most of the improvements also result in improved drivability. Even though the improvements achieved by the individual Kaizen may not be significant but when aggregated they produce commendable improvements. The combination of High Fuel-economy with Low initial cost demanded by compact car segment customer is difficult to achieve but it is possible with Kaizen approach.A comprehensive test strategy is also explained for every Kaizen involved to test the vehicle performance, durability and to generate comprehensive and comparable database for further development

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Publisher Number:

2007-26-024

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license