Trucking business management: cases and concepts

Abstract

"Trucking Business Management is a compilation of cases authored by professors and researchers of IIM Ahmedabad in the field of road transportation – Truck and Bus business in particular. In an attempt to fill the business-practice gap and impart a professional approach towards enabling the trucking business to grow, Mahindra Truck and Bus Division has partnered with Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to impart management education to the next generation transporters in trucking business. This youth transport Management Development Program (MDP) called MPOWER, was launched on 9th January 2013, and it signified youth transporter empowerment. In the MDP, case-based pedagogy is primarily used to discuss the decisions-related challenges faced by the transporters. After completing three batches of the MDP, a ‘war Room’ was launched to assess the impact of the program on actual practice. The War Room not only allowed the faculty to gauge the effectiveness of the MDP, but also gave the participants an opportunity to reflect upon what they had learnt at IIM Ahmedabad. It also helped faculty enhance their understanding of the nuances of the trucking business and identify the typical areas within the trucking business with potential for improvement. Also, the War Room offered the faculty several opportunities for case writing. These cases were used in the later batches of the MDP. The generation of these cases has led to the evolution of this book. Feature Highlights 12 cases on trucking industry covering different aspects of the business - supply chain, strategic management etc. Two chapters giving an overview of the trucking sector in India, and HR practices in the trucking industry A Case Positioning Matrix showing all the cases on the basis of key decision areas Case Context at the beginning of each case explaining the background and utility of the case Questions and approach for case analysis at the end of each case Forewords by prominent personalities: Mr. Vijay Chibber, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India Dr Pawan Goenka, Executive Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. A Prologue on Importance of the Commercial Vehicle Industry in Economic Growth of India. [It has been co-authored by Mr Nalin Mehta, CEO, Mahindra Truck and Bus Division and Mr Rajeev Rajadhyaksha, former Managing Director of DHL Lemuir Logistics ]."