Handbook Participant: Growing Importance of After Sales Service
Handbook Participant: Growing Importance of After Sales Service
Handbook Participant: Growing Importance of After Sales Service
Handbook
Part I
Growing Importance
of After Sales Service
Participant Handbook Auto Service Technician
Session Plan
1 Introduction
2 Growing importance of aftersales in the Auto Industry
3 Key Learnings
Introduction
The Auto industry has to focus on after sales as it is one on the key factors for success for an auto
company.
The role of the companies does not end with selling the product only. In fact with the ever growing
competitive market, it is completely important for every company to equally work hard in after sales.
This includes product quality and sustains performance which leads to customer satisfaction.
Aftersales service should ensure that customers are happy and satisfied not with the product only but
also the service the organization offers.
An excellent aftersales service promotes
T The brand of the company
T Goodwill with the existing customers
T Attract new customers
Aftersales is all about post deliver customer feed-back.
Role of Aftersales in auto-industry ensures:
T Product and service meet or exceed the customer’s expectation;
T Customer believes and trust in the brand;
T A strong bond between the organization and the customer;
T Earn more customers through reference from old ones;
T Earn more revenues and profits in the market.
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With the Auto sector set to increase in growth, further more there is a need for professionals like;
T Focus on Specialized rather than Generalized skills;
T Skilled labour training, motivation, management and retention;
T Customer service delivery and management;
T Marketing and customer loyalty;
T Spare parts management;
T Skills for servicing special vehicle segments like luxury vehicles and green vehicles;
T Ensuring availability of adequate numbers of skilled manpower, across different locations and
different levels. Skills include not only technical skills, but also business management skills (for
senior management) and customer management;
T Continuous improvement in productivity and quality, to reduce turnaround times, improve
capacity utilization, reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction;
T Focus on softer aspects of customer management and innovate to retain customer loyalty.
The Passenger Car segment will see the highest level skill requirement amongst non-mechanic cadre.
The need for effective customer service and service/ work order management is the highest in this
segment.
There is a growing need of professionals in each of the segment:
Two Wheelers
T While, 70% of the estimated 91,0002 service centers in India cater to Two Wheelers, this is
also the segment where the presence of unorganized players is much higher at an 80%. The
manpower requirement per service center is lower, given the high vehicle turnaround in the
service center compared to larger vehicles.
Passenger Cars
T The need for manpower requirement in the Passenger Cars segment is expected to grow by over
70% by 2015. This segment is expected to witness the highest level of skill enhancement with the
emergence of the non-OEM sector.
Commercial Vehicles
T The commercial vehicles segment is expected to see the highest growth rate in the skill
requirement over the next five years, with the manpower requirement in 2015 increasing by
close to 80% over the existing manpower.
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Key Learnings
Summarise your learnings here. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Notes
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