By Si-Mohamed Said, Vice President, Database and Technology, SAP
Bicycles are the most important mode of transport in rural India, not to mention a cleaner, greener alternative mode of transport for the country’s upwardly mobile middle class living in its traffic-congested cities.
The industry is worth $1.2 billion, producing 15 million bikes a year. But there’s room for growth. India has 90 bicycles for every 1,000 citizens, compared to 149 in China. More than one billion in population....