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Company
Titan Industries Ltd
Profile
Titan is the result of an association of Tata Industries and the Tamil Nadu
Industrial Development Corporation. It is the world's sixth largest
manufacturer brand of watches and India's leading producer of watches under
the Titan and Sonata brand names and jewelry under the Tanishq brand. Its
product portfolio includes watches, clocks, accessories and jewelry, in both
contemporary and traditional designs. The company exports watches to about 32
countries around the world. It has manufacturing facilities in Hosur, Dehradun
and Goa.
Titan has an extensive domestic distribution network and its retail chain of
exclusive retail showrooms is called 'The World of Titan'. Currently there
are 197 showrooms and multi-brand outlets named Time Zones with 118 outlets for
watches. The Tanishq jewelry division has 84 boutiques.
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| Kailasanathan, CIO-Titan Industries |
Current IT infrastructure of the company
Titan's watch and jewelry manufacturing plants are located in Hosur. The
manufacturing processes include micro precision operations (manufacturing of
components and sub assemblies) hot and cold forging, stamping, injection molding
and tool making. The product development cycle is facilitated by
state-of-the-art CAD/CAM technology that enables seamless integration from
aesthetic styling and 3D and solid modeling to engineering design, tool design,
tool making and prototype making. In addition, part of its IT infrastructure in
Bangalore, are a set of Unix-based servers for ERP as well as Intel based
servers for all other processes. Also PCs as well as facilities like VoIP are
part of the IT infrastructure.
Proposed IT infrastructure for 2007
Titan is planning on buying more state-of-the-art servers in the coming year in
order to enable its smooth functioning. Upgradation of existing servers is also
on the anvil.
Current systems suppliers
Titan buys directly from the vendors like IBM, HP, who then depute their
solution providers to execute the order.
Qualities they look for in a supplier
Zero downtime is one of the core qualifications that Titan insists on.
Therefore, their suppliers must ensure a trouble free performance for all
equipments. Another criteria would be that suppliers must extend good service
support as and when required.
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