Toyota Kirloskar Motor Introduces Fortuner with a 5 speed Automatic Transmission

January 16, 2013, Bangalore: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today introduced the Fortuner, with a 5 speed Automatic Transmission. The new transmission provides enhanced drive feel and comfort. Looking at the overwhelming demand and popularity of the Fortuner TRD Sportivo, the Limited Edition has now been introduced as a regular grade.

The Toyota Fortuner, the segment leader, was launched on August 24, 2009 and since then has sold more than 41,000 units.

Fortuner TRD Sportivo
 
Fortuner TRD Sportivo is aerodynamically designed by TRD. The Fortuner TRD Sportivo is for all those SUV enthusiasts looking out for a sporty look.

The Fortuner TRD Sportivo comes with the following features - Aerodynamically designed front bumper spoiler, aerodynamically designed rear roof spoiler, stylishly designed TRD Sportivo emblem and rear bumper spoiler. The Fortuner TRD Sportivo is available in three dual tone colours - Super White + Grey, Silver + Grey and White Pearl Mica + Grey.

Pearl White Mica, a new premium colour has been introduced across all grades.

Commenting on the new introduction Mr. Sandeep Singh, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Marketing and Commercial said “Further adding to Fortuner’s strength of unmatched road presence and luxury, we have now introduced the 5 speed automatic transmission. The 4x2 automatic transmission is extremely popular, it has been highly appreciated by the customers. The 5 speed AT will further add to the drive quality and comfort. We introduced the Fortuner TRD Sportivo as a limited edition in October last year. Looking at the overwhelming response and its popularity, we have now regularized this grade for all those looking for a unique sporty image. The bookings will open starting 18thJan 2013.

We thank all our customers for their response because of which Fortuner continues to be an undisputed leader ever since its launch in 2009 in India.”

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Source: http://www.prlog.org/12060299-toyota-kirloskar-motor-introduces-fortuner-with-5-speed-automatic-transmission.html

Toyota Launches Toyota University Cricket Championship: A T-20 Cricket Tournament Encouraging University Cricket in India

Mumbai, January 17th, 2013: Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. (TKM) today launched Toyota University Cricket Championship (TUCC), a T-20 cricketing series to encourage cricket at the university level in India. TUCC will see eight Indian universities contest each other for the title of Toyota University Cricket Championship 2013. TUCC which is a joint initiative is supported by New Delhi Television (NDTV), The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and The Ministry of Human Resource Department.

Present on the occasion of the launch were many important guests and dignitaries including Superstar Shah Rukh Khan along with Mr. Sandeep Singh, DMD and COO, Marketing & Commercial, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Mr. Hidehisa Nagae, Executive Managing Coordinator- Director, CR & Marketing, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Dr. Prannoy Roy, Founder and Executive Co-Chairperson of NDTV and Dr. S. N. Puri, President, AIU.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sandeep Singh, DMD and COO, TKM said, “Toyota University Cricket Championship is a special project for us and we are very glad to encourage and promote university level cricket in India. Toyota’s foray into this new venture is in line with our global philosophy of creating a sense of ‘WAKU DOKI’, which in Japanese means ‘excitement, joy and fun.’ 

With the help of our partners NDTV, we have planned a very aggressive marketing campaign for TUCC which will entail a blitz of promotion and BTL activities starting today till the 17th of February and a number of contests and other attractions from February 17th till the 10th of March, 2013. We will also run very exciting contests for the young participants from the audience who will be eligible to win a brand new Toyota Etios Liva. We will also gift a Toyota Etios to the man of the series,” continued Mr. Singh. 

The eight university teams will be split into two groups of four teams each and each team will play each other once in the group across various cities in India. These eight teams will be mentored by renowned cricketers who will also act as team ambassadors for individual teams. Special camps will be held for the teams where they will be trained by their respective mentors. 

TUCC aims to reach out to more than two hundred Universities and twenty lakh students across the country through interactive on ground activities across colleges and universities. The matches will also be followed by a carnival with LIVE musical performances by some of India’s great artists, great food and engaging on-ground contests. 

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Source: http://www.prlog.org/12061915-toyota-launches-toyota-university-cricket-championship-encouraging-university-cricket-in-india.html

Toyota Kirloskar Motor sells 12,071 units in December 2012 Registers a cumulative growth of 27% last year

January 1, 2013, Bangalore: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) sold 12,071 units in December 2012 as compared to 15,948 units in the corresponding month in 2011, sales declined by 24%. The company registered a cumulative growth of 27% with 172,241 units being sold in the year 2012 as compared to 136,150 units being sold in 2011.

The company exported 1,490 units of Etios series last month and 18,422 units of Etios series last year. Including exports the company sold 190,663 units, thereby registering a growth of 40% when compared to 136,150 units being sold in 2011.

For the year 2012, Innova registered a cumulative growth of 46% with 75,911 units sold last year as compared to 51,930 in 2011. Fortuner registered a cumulative growth of 38%, with 15,153 units sold last year as compared to 10,946 units sold in 2011. Etios series registered a cumulative growth of 16% with 73,831 units sold last year as compared to 63,575 units sold in 2011. Corolla Altis cumulative sales declined by 26% with 6912 units sold last year as compared to 9283 units sold in 2011.

Commenting on the sales performance for the year 2012, Mr. Sandeep Singh, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Marketing and Commercial said “Though we are satisfied with the overall growth in our sales volume of last year, the passenger car market continues to be slow, as has been in the last few months .We hope the New Year will usher in good times again with economic revival and better market sentiments.

We would like to thank our customers for liking and appreciating our products and wish them a Happy New Year. We look forward to serving them and winning more happy customers, through the year by providing them the Toyota "Waku Doki" experience.”

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Source: http://www.1888pressrelease.com/toyota-kirloskar-motor-sells-12-071-units-in-december-2012-r-pr-447002.html

Optimize the talent pool

Expected to make sure that they have access to the best talent pool, Recruitment managers are responsible for filling up open vacancies by the right candidates. But how do you ensure that you have access to the right talent pool to select from?

Giving the recruiter access to potential employees, talent pools help fill the open vacancies in an organization effectively. Ensuring that your business is not affected due to skill shortage, Talent pools are an essential method of reducing the cost and time to hire as well as work as an effective contingency plan. Saying that the right person for the role never applied for the position or not getting access to the resumes of candidates who could be the right person for the role would have been partially true around 15 years back.

Short listing 100 resumes from a pool of a few thousand, what is the surety of finding the right candidate for the position? Proving his/her capability in a similar role in the past, the right person for the job is the one who received internal and external commendations for performance excellence in the past.

Talent pools including candidates from sources like previous applicants who would have made it to the last round, candidate resume libraries, magazines and websites, current temporary staffing scheme, Networking - Using industry conferences, professional groups, Online networking - LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace and the hundreds of other online social networking websites.

Analyzing these assortments of means, we find that none of these provides a structured or process oriented approach to maintaining the right talent pool.

The need for seeking new ways of optimizing the talent pool started some 40 years back when people joined and retired from the same organizations which lead to higher attrition levels. This led to the role of a recruitment consultant gaining importance & later came the job portals which then provided round the clock access to their resume bank.

As soon as we thought that balancing the right talent pool ended with recruitment consultants and job portals, came social networking sites like LinkedIn which provided access to passive job seekers.

When we thought that the jig saw puzzle to create the right talent pool ended with recruitment consultants and job portals, came social networking sites like LinkedIn which provided access to passive job seekers.

With no end in sight, candidates should be motivated to work towards actualizing their aspirations and if applying for an open job vacancy or position that helps actualize a candidates career aspiration, then get ready for a more structured and process driven approach to maintaining the talent pool - “Aspiration Management”.

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