Many times I wonder why Indian Seating Products in Bus Passenger, Commercial Vehicle, Tractors, Earth-moving Equipments, etc, segments are 2-3 decades old?….why there is almost nil improvements? Where as Passenger Car Seats has moved far from the Ambassador and Fiat era of Seats. Today, almost in every areas we witness transition, improvements….but why these areas are/were neglected….to find answers….I raised this to many related persons and most common reply heard is….in India the buyer (of Bus, Truck…) do not drive the Bus, Truck….or the end user is not the buyer!… Does it mean that Indian common man do not deserve a improvised product? They do not want their life to be enriched?…..In my personal opinion this is totally unfair….and hope most of us will agree…

Surprisingly, we all also overlooked and compromised on account of Safety and Comfort features in these category of Seats. Being a seat professional if I share input like “Nano car seat is more Safer and Comfortable than our Luxury bus seats” ….do not be surprised….as this is a fact. In Nano car you can travel (Driver and Co-driver seats) 5-6 hours without adjusting your back and bottom however you feel a urge of adjustments within hours of travel in luxury bus seats. These gaps are primarily due to poor initiatives in this areas…

Key observation is…Indian and Sub-continent Seating Market has huge potential for Improvised, Technologically Advanced, Special Purpose, Quality and Durable Seating Products and their Accessories.

With many new entrants into the Indian Market…Customers expectations are also changing rapidly. Need of hour is current Suppliers must improvise on their Product Design, Strategy, Resource, Systems, Response-mechanism, Manufacturing Tooling/ Quality, Supply-Chain, 5S, Pricing to ensure QCD for sustainable business.

Having width and depth knowledge on Seating Product, Market, Competitions, Pricing, Systems, Testing & Validation, Lean-Manufacturing, I have set my company’s priority to BRIDGE THE GAP between Suppliers and Customer’s changing expectation. Last 2-years I have worked to improvise School Bus Seats were my first priority…..Soon we can witness more TRANSITIONS…