Roche
Despite of
having a lot of work Roche was very delighted to support our project and took their
time for our visit. Roche, a giant within the pharmaceutical industry feels
committed to Universities.
During our
visit they gave us a brief introduction about the company having 80’000
employees globally. They also told us proudly about their success within the
Chinese market. They are having the same expectations for India’s market due to
the fast growing economy which makes India an attractive market for them.
Our company
visit was a very interesting and interactive session about doing business not
only within the Indian pharmaceutical industry, but in general between the
management staff and us. Furthermore, Innovation has also been a topic. Roche
follows the innovative sounding claims “doing now what the patients need” and “make
your mark improves lives” within their researching program and marketing
strategy.
In the
afternoon as we were sitting inside our air conditioned bus on the way to
Schindler, an incident happened: Suddenly our bus had technical problems and
was undrivable. The first solution was that everybody has to get off the bus
int the 40°C heat, so that Rickshas can
be arranged. The next order was that everybody has to get back into the broken
bus. A new bus was organized for which
we only had to wait incredible 7 minutes. This is the proof that India - within
all the traffic chaos -can be very well organized. This has also been our first
real experience with the Indian “Jugaad” =)
Schindler
As we
arrived at Schindler the management has started their introduction in a
humorous way which created an easy-going atmosphere from the beginning. This
was the basis of an interactive, funny but also high learning effected meeting.
Further on,
the CEO of Schindler India gave us a brief overview of India’s culture and
their way of doing business related to Schindler.
Finally the
Focus India delegation got stunned by Schindler’s recent projects such as the
installation of their products for some Indian celebrities or airports across the
whole country. Fascinating was especially the height of the buildings and the
amazing stories these buildings have to tell. On top of that, Schindler told us
the reason why they actually plan a new lift with the amazing, but still
comfortable, speed of 8m/s. Although Schindler could guarantee a higher speed
up to 21m/s, they think that people would not feel good going up, and the
company highly believes that comfort IS what Schindler lifts should stand for.