HCL was founded in 1976 as Hindustan Computer Limited by Shiv Nadar and five others. It initially focused on manufacturing scientific calculators but later moved into manufacturing computers. In 1996, after terminating a joint venture with HP, HCL was split into HCL Technologies, which focuses on global IT services, and HCL Infosystems, which focuses on India's IT hardware market. Currently, HCL has over 90,000 employees worldwide and annual revenue of $6.4 billion. It provides a wide range of IT and business process outsourcing services and competes against companies like Infosys, Wipro and TCS.
3. HISTORY OF HCL
In 1976, Shiv Nadar, Arjun Malhotra, Subhash Arora, Badam Kishore
Kumar, T.V Bharadwaj and Arun Kumar H jointly started a company
named Microcomp Limited.
The focus of the company was design and manufacturing of scientific
calculators.
The venture provided its founders money to start a company that
focused on manufacturing computers.
The company name "HCL" used to stand for "Hindustan Computer
Limited" but now HCL is the only one name that the company goes by .
4. HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India
for the first two decades of its existence.
On termination of the joint venture with HP in 1996, HCL became
an enterprise comprising HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems.
HCL Technologies focuses on the global IT services
market, whereas HCL Infosystems focuses on the IT hardware
market in India.
5. Current Scenario
Type : Private
Industry : IT Services
Headquarters : Noida, India
Revenue : US$ 6.4 billion (2012)
Employees : 90,000 (2012)
Total Assets : US$ million 3580.6 (2012)
Subsidiaries : 1. HCL Technologies
2. HCL Infosystems
6. HCL Infosystem
CEO : Harsh Chitale
Non Executive Chairman : Ajay Chowdhary
HCL Infosystems Ltd. offers a wide spectrum of products which
include - Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Telecom,
Imaging and Retail. The main business areas of HCL Infosystems
are as follows:
Distribution and Services
Computing Products
Education and Learning
7. HCL Technologies
CEO : Anant Gupta
HCL Tech is the information technology and software services arm
of the enterprise, providing Internet Infrastructure
Solutions, Facilities Management & Infrastructure
Services, Network Management Systems and IT Hardware.
The main business verticals of HCL Technologies are as follows:
Product Engineering and R&D
Enterprise and Custom Applications
Infrastructure Management
BPO Services
8. Market Share
The current market capitalisation stands at Rs 98,811.07 crore.
The company has reported a standalone sales of Rs 3,836.21
crore .
Net Profit of Rs 1 crore for the quarter ended Dec 2013.
Revenue of HCL infosysytem : Rs 11024.14 crore
9. HCL Products
Personal Computers
Laptops
Tablets (HCL ME Tablets)
Other computer devices
12. Supply Chain Management
HCL Supply Chain solutions focus on the strategies, processes and
technologies .
It required to drive growth and heighten profitability across that
entire value chain.
They combine deep strategic and operational capabilities with
experience in implementation.
They help their clients achieve excellence in Supply Chain
Management.
13. Corporate Social Responsibility
HCL Technology invested Rs 3000 crore towards CSR
This money would be utilised to set up schools around Delhi
National Capital Region (NCR)
Currently there are total 7,640 students are enrolled in this
program.
This is their first step towards aligning the foundation with
Global governance.
14. Swot Analysis
Strength
* wide range of products and services like BPOs, software services,
infrastructure managements.
* Support sales activities by understanding the customer business better
* Keep update on what competitors are doing.
Weakness
* Total asset turnover is one of the weakness of HCL as they have
always failed to materialize their assets in right direction.
* Lack of innovation and distribution network especially in case of
laptops has reflected HCLs weakness
15. Opportunities
* Key opportunities lies in the countries like Eastern Europe and
Asia Pacific Region
* Increasing in its market share from 9.8% vs. 19.7% (HP)
Threats
* Small players and manufactures are trying to enter into segment
where they can provide much cheaper products then HCL which
will be a rising competition for HCL to stand.
16. Achievements
Developed the first indigenous micro-computer in 1978.
HCL Tech wins Forbes Fab 50 Award
HCL received TL9000 Implementation/Certification
HCL is the only major IT Service Company with TL9000
certification in product category
7th IETE - Corporate Award 2005' for performance excellence in
the field of Computer & Telecommunications Systems.
17. CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Award 2007
Indias Most Preferred Personal Computer Brand by CNBC AWAAZ
Consumer Award 2007.
The Most Responsive Company 2005
'The Most Responsive Company 2005' - IT Hardware Category by
The Economic Times - Avaya Global Connect