Marketing Strategy of TVS Wego
Marketing Strategy of TVS Wego
Marketing Strategy of TVS Wego
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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
SEMESTER I
BY
NAME OF STUDENT
(SAMATA L. HEGDE)
ROLL NO (12-7278)
YEAR 2014-15
DECLARATION
I SAMATA LAXMINARAYAN HEGDE Roll No. 14 – 7278, the student of
M.Com (Accountancy) Semester I (2014), K. V. Pendharkar College, Dombivli,
Affiliated to University of Mumbai, hereby declare that the project for the subject
Strategic Management of Project report on “MARKETING
STRATEGY OF TVS WEGO” submitted by me to University of Mumbai, for
semester I examination is based on actual work carried by me.
I further state that this work is original and not submitted anywhere else for any
examination.
Place: Dombivli
Date:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is a pleasure to thank all those who made this project work possible.
I Thank the Almighty God for his blessings in completing this task. The
successful completion of this project is possible only due to support and
cooperation of my teachers, relatives, friends and well-wishers. I would
like to extend my sincere gratitude to all of them.
I am highly indebted to Principal , Coordinator
CA.Prasad Limaye, and my subject teacher Dr. Rajeshri Deshpande
for their encouragement, guidance and support.
I also take this opportunity to express sense of gratitude to my parents
for their support and co-operation in completing this project.
Finally I would express my gratitude to all those who directly and
indirectly helped me in completing this project.
INDEX
SR.N TOPIC PG.NO
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1 Chapter I Introduction 4
2 Chapter II Objective 5
3 Chapter III Research Methodology 6
4 Chapter IV Scope And Limitation 7
5 Chapter V Review Of Literature 8
6 Chapter VI Concept 9
7 Chapter VII Profile 20
8 Chapter VIII Data Analysis 26
9 Chapter IX Finding And Suggestions 36
10 Chapter X Conclusion 37
INTRODUCTION
MARKETING STRATEGY
"Marketing is not only much broader than selling; it is not a specialized activity at
all. It encompasses the entire business. It is the whole business seen from the point
of view of its final result, that is, from the customer's point of view." Druker.
activities in the field of marketing that deal with the analysis of the strategic initial
oriented strategies and therefore contributes to the goals of the company and its
marketing objectives.
"Your business will perform better, if you know what people want in the first
place." Anon.
The objective of studying marketing strategy and study of the project is to get
knows the marketing strategy of the TVS WEGO product. The aim is also to get
know the customer response regarding the product and whether the customer is
satisfied with the product. The study of project also includes the product awareness
in market and whether it is reaching the customer.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Primary Data
The primary data is the first hand information collected from respondents
with the help of questionnaire, interviews, schedules .In this project a
structured questionnaire is prepared and data of 30 respondents is collected
tabulated and analyzed on percentage basis.
Secondary Data
The primary data is collected from 30 customers of TVS WEGO. The data is
collected with the help of questionnaire. The questionnaire includes 10 questions.
The information provided by respondents is sufficient to prove the accuracy of
study and its data analysis.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
DEFINITION
The marketing guru Philip Kotler defines the Marketing Concept as:
"The marketing concept holds that the key to achieving organizational goals
consists in determining the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the
This Kotler breaks down into four components; Market Focus, Customer
"Your business will perform better, if you know what people want in the first
place." Anon.
CONCEPT
Marketing Strategy
Marketing strategy involves careful and precise scanning of the internal
and external environments. Internal environmental factors include the marketing
mix and marketing mix modeling, plus performance analysis and strategic
constraints. External environmental factors include customer analysis, competitor
analysis, target market analysis, as well as evaluation of any elements of the
technological, economic, cultural or political/legal environment likely to impact
success. A key component of marketing strategy is often to keep marketing in line
with a company's overarching mission statement.
Once a thorough environmental scan is complete, a strategic plan can be
constructed to identify business alternatives, establish challenging goals, determine
the optimal marketing mix to attain these goals, and detail implementation. A final
step in developing a marketing strategy is to create a plan to monitor progress and
a set of contingencies if problems arise in the implementation of the plan.
Marketing Mix Modeling is often used to help determine the optimal
marketing budget and how to allocate across the marketing mix to achieve these
strategic goals. Moreover, such models can help allocate spend across a portfolio
of brands and manage brands to create value.
Developing a marketing strategy
Marketing strategies serve as the fundamental underpinning of markeing plans
designed to fill market needs and reach marketing objectives. Plans and objectives
are generally tested for measurable results. Commonly, marketing strategies are
developed as multi-year plans, with a tactical plan detailing specific actions to be
accomplished in the current year. Time horizons covered by the marketing plan
vary by company, by industry, and by nation, however, time horizons are becoming
shorter as the speed of change in the environment increases. Marketing strategies
are dynamic and interactive. They are partially planned and partially unplanned.
See strategy dynamics. Marketing strategy needs to take a long term view, and
tools such as customer lifetime value models can be very powerful in helping to
simulate the effects of strategy on acquisition, revenue per customer and churn
rate.
Marketing strategy involves careful and precise scanning of the internal and
external environments. Internal environmental factors include the marketing mix
and marketing mix modeling, plus performance analysis and strategic constraints.
External environmental factors include customer analysis, competitor analysis,
target market analysis, as well as evaluation of any elements of the technological,
economic, cultural or political/legal environment likely to impact success. A key
component of marketing strategy is often to keep marketing in line with a
company's overarching mission statement.
Marketing Mix Modeling is often used to help determine the optimal marketing
budget and how to allocate across the marketing mix to achieve these strategic
goals. Moreover, such models can help allocate spend across a portfolio of brands
and manage brands to create value.
Real-life marketing
Real-life marketing primarily revolves around the application of a great deal of
common-sense; dealing with a limited number of factors, in an environment of
imperfect information and limited resources complicated by uncertainty and tight
timescales. Use of classical marketing techniques, in these circumstances, is
inevitably partial and uneven.
Thus, for example, many new products will emerge from irrational processes and
the rational development process may be used (if at all) to screen out the worst
non-runners. The design of the advertising, and the packaging, will be the output of
the creative minds employed; which management will then screen, often by 'gut-
reaction', to ensure that it is reasonable.
For most of their time, marketing managers use intuition and experience to analyze
and handle the complex, and unique, situations being faced; without easy reference
to theory. This will often be 'flying by the seat of the pants', or 'gut-reaction'; where
the overall strategy, coupled with the knowledge of the customer which has been
absorbed almost by a process of osmosis, will determine the quality of the
marketing employed. This, almost instinctive management, is what is sometimes
called 'coarse marketing'; to distinguish it from the refined, aesthetically pleasing,
form favored by the theorists.
Know thyself and know thy audience. Most small businesses don't create a
marketing plan, often adopting a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants mentality or just
copying the marketing efforts of a competitor. This can lead to the decision to stop
spending marketing dollars when the efforts go flat. There are a few simple
questions that a business owner should ask himself to create the basis for strategic
marketing for the business.
Many business owners see the big picture and too often want to
serve the whole seven-course meal before their customers have
even tried the first course. Your marketing strategy needs to think
big but focus small. Market the one thing you do exceptionally
well, and focus your budget, your time and where you choose to
spend your marketing dollars wisely. When you have a solid return
on investment, you also should have a solid understanding of
what else your clients need. From there, begin focusing your
marketing efforts on the next product or service, and watch your
bottom line grow.
Strategic models
Marketing participants often employ strategic models and tools to analyze
marketing decisions. When beginning a strategic analysis, the 3Cs can be
employed to get a broad understanding of the strategic environment. An Ansoff
Matrix is also often used to convey an organization's strategic positioning of their
marketing mix. The 4Ps can then be utilized to form a marketing plan to pursue a
defined strategy. Marketing Mix Modeling is often used to simulate different
strategic flexing go the 4Ps. Customer lifetime value models can help simulate
long term effects of changing the 4Ps, e.g.; visualize the multi-year impact on
acquisition, churn rate, and profitability of changes to pricing. However, 4Ps have
been expanded to 7 or 8Ps to address the different nature of services.
There are many companies especially those in the Consumer Package Goods
(CPG) market that adopt the theory of running their business centered on
Consumer, Shopper & Retailer needs. Their Marketing departments spend quality
time looking for "Growth Opportunities" in their categories by identifying relevant
insights (both mindsets and behaviors) on their target Consumers, Shoppers and
retail partners. These Growth Opportunities emerge from changes in market trends,
segment dynamics changing and also internal brand or operational business
challenges. The Marketing team can then prioritize these Growth Opportunities
and begin to develop strategies to exploit the opportunities that could include new
or adapted products; services as well as changes to the 7Ps. Marketing participants
often employ strategic models and tools to analyze marketing decisions. When
beginning a strategic analysis, the 3Cs can be employed to get a broad
understanding of the strategic environment. An Ansoff Matrix is also often used to
convey an organization's strategic positioning of their marketing mix. The 4Ps can
then be utilized to form a marketing plan to pursue a defined strategy. Marketing
Mix Modeling is often used to simulate different strategic flexing go the 4Ps.
Customer lifetime value models can help simulate long term effects of changing
the 4Ps, e.g.; visualize the multi-year impact on acquisition, churn rate, and
profitability of changes to pricing. However, 4Ps have been expanded to 7 or 8Ps
to address the different nature of services.
There are many companies especially those in the Consumer Package Goods
(CPG) market that adopt the theory of running their business centered on
Consumer, Shopper & Retailer needs. Their Marketing departments spend quality
time looking for "Growth Opportunities" in their categories by identifying relevant
insights (both mindsets and behaviors) on their target Consumers, Shoppers and
retail partners. These Growth Opportunities emerge from changes in market trends,
segment dynamics changing and also internal brand or operational business
challenges. The Marketing team can then prioritize these Growth Opportunities
and begin to develop strategies to exploit the opportunities that could include new
or adapted products, services as well as changes to the 7Ps.
Types of strategies
Marketing strategies may differ depending on the unique situation of the
individual business. However there are a number of ways of categorizing some
generic strategies. A brief description of the most common categorizing schemes is
presented below:
In this scheme, firms are classified based on their market share or dominance
of an industry. Typically there are four types of market dominance strategies:
4. Growth strategies –
In this scheme we ask the question, "How should the firm grow?” There are
a number of different ways of answering that question, but the most common gives
four answers:
Horizontal integration, Vertical integration, Diversification, Intensification.
History
TVS was established by Thrissur Vengaramaswamy Sundaram Iyengar. He began
with Madurai's first bus service in 1911 and founded T.V.Sundaram Iyengar and
Sons Limited, a company that consolidated its presence in the transportation
business with a large fleet of trucks and buses under the name of Southern
Roadways Limited. When he died in 1955 his sons took the company ahead with
several forays in the automobile sector, including finance, insurance, manufacture
of two-wheelers, tyres and components. The group has managed to run 33
companies that account for a combined turnover of nearly $3 billion.
TVS and Suzuki shared a 19 year long relationship that was aimed at technology
transfer to enable design and manufacture of two-wheelers specifically for the
Indian market. Rechristened TVS-Suzuki, the company brought out several models
such as the Suzuki Samurai, Suzuki Shogun and Suzuki Fiero. Differences in
opinion on how to run the joint venture eventually led to the partners going their
separate ways in 2001 with the company being renamed TVS Motor, relinquishing
rights to use the Suzuki name. There was also a 30 month moratorium period
during which Suzuki promised not to enter the Indian market with competing two-
wheelers. The company also got over a period of labour unrest that required
Chairman Venu Srinivasan to take tough measures to resurrect a company that was
in a state of turmoil. He would go on to invest in new technology, nurture in-house
design, and implement Toyota-style quality programs.
Over the years TVS Motor has grown to be the largest in the group, both in terms
of size and turnover, with four state of the art manufacturing plants in Hosur,
Mysore and Nalagarh in India and Karawang in Indonesia. TVS Motor is credited
with many innovations in the Indian automobile industry, notable among them
being the introduction of India's first two-seater moped, the TVS 50cc. The
company became the leader in its category of sub 100 cc mopeds, having sold
7 million units. It also introduced the TVS Scooty, which is India's second largest
brand in the scooterette segment. The TVS Jive launched in November 2009
became India's first clutch-free motorbike aimed at a stress-free rider experience
while the unisex scooter TVS Wego is targeted at urban couples, featuring body-
balance technology for easier handling. On 1 June 2012, TVS Motors reported a
dip of 5% in its total sales for May 2012.In July 2012, TVS Motors and BMW
Motorrad were reported to be in talks for technology sharing. 0n 8 April 2013,
BMW Motorrad and TVS Motor Company signed a cooperation agreement with
the aim to develop and produce motorcycles in the segment below 500cc.
Awards
TVS Motor won the Deming Application Prize in 2002.
The same year, the work done for the TVS Victor motorcycle won TVS Motor the
National Award for successful commercialization of indigenous technology from
the Technology Development Board, Ministry of Science & Technology, and India.
In 2004, TVS Scooty Pep won the 'Outstanding Design Excellence Award' from
Business World magazine and the National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad. The
effective implementation of Total Productivity Maintenance practices won TVS
Motor the TPM Excellence Award given by the Japan Institute of Plant
Maintenance in 2008.
TVS Motor has won several management awards, notable among them being the
Emerging Corporate Giant in the Private Sector awarded by The Economic Times
and the Harvard Business School Association of India. Business Today magazine
awarded TVS Motor the Best Managed Company and the Most Investor Friendly
Company awards. Its advertising practices won it the Good Advertising award by
Auto India Best Brand Awards 2009. Company Chairman Venu Srinivasan is a
recipient of several awards for corporate excellence such as the Star of Asia Award
by Bloomberg Business Week and the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award. The
University of Warwick, United Kingdom gave him an honorary Doctorate of
Science degree while the Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri,
one of India's highest civilian distinctions.
After the releasing several variants of TVS Scoot, the company entered in the
higher end segment of the scooterette market by introducing Wego. The scooter
was advertised with the concept of body balance.
TVS Motor Company has incorporated several improvements in the engine of the
new TVS WEGO making it one of the smoothest performers in its class. The only,
all metal bodied scooter in India, TVS WEGO is an ideal blend of style, stability,
maneuverability, power and mileage," said the company in a press release.
TVS Wego which has a good consumer base in the country is also a recipient of
prestigious India Design Mark (I Mark) by the India Design Council for its stylish
design.
Recently, TVS also launched Star City+, the refreshed version of Star City in India
with a price tag of ₹44,000 (ex-showroom, Delhi). TVS Star City+, the latest in the
Star range is powered by the same 109.7cc single cylinder air-cooled engine, which
can generate a maximum power of 8.18 bhp at 7000 rpm and a peak torque of 8.1
Nm at 5000 rpm. The engine comes mated to a 4 speed gearbox and the TVS's
latest motorbike claims better fuel efficiency of 83.9 kmpl.
The bike which is pitted against the Bajaj Discover 100M, Mahindra Centuro,
Hero Splendor Pro and Honda Dream Yuga comes with dual tone seat, stainless
steel muffler guard, chrome finished handlebar and shock absorbers besides the
service indicator, power/economy models and electric start and is available in four
colours- Celebrity Scarlet, Oscar Black, Show Stopper Blue and Titanium Grey.
Tubeless tyres
Parking brakes
Stylish new muffler and TVS patented econometer
Engine Specs
DATA ANALYSIS
respondent
yes
no
As per the table and the reply from the respondents, it is clear that 83.33 % of the
respondents have bought the product for the first time. It means that the market
strategy adopted by the company is successful in attracting the customer.
Yes
No
Q3.Are you satisfied with after sales services provided by TVS WEGO?
Yes
No
As per the questionnaire survey almost all are satisfied with the after sales service
provided by TVS WEGO. It contains free services, regular service; etc .This
clearly indicates that the TVS are providing good services to their customer.
Respondents
Yes
No
The pie clearly indicates that the 67 % will recommend buying TVS WEGO as
they had a very good experience with the vehicle. The TVS WEGO is said to be
“Scooty Pulsar” as it for both the genders. The remaining 33% recommend trying
any other kind of vehicle to have a good experience and they are of nature trying
new vehicles.
Q5.Which TVS Vehicle would you like to purchase other than WEGO?
Respondents
Streak
Jupiter
Zust
The pyramid shows that the majority of TVS vehicle holder will buy Jupiter as it
has attracted market a lot. The Jupiter is giving a tough competition to Honda
Activa and Activa I. The Zust is recently introduced by the TVS so it will slowly
attract the customer. The streak is lighter in weight and hence it’s not much
customer attracted.
Q6.Which other scoot do you find more flexible than TVS WEGO?
Respondent
Activa I
Honda Dio
Suzuki Access
As per the pie in market, Activa I is found to be most flexible vehicle and their
seems very close competition between TVS WEGO and ACTIVA I.As per the
respondents Activa I is also performing very well even if it is used roughly. The
WEGO is famous for its centralized engine in vehicle.
Respondent
Yes
No
The ex-showroom price of WEGO is Rs.46000/- apt. The pie show exactly neutral
analysis regarding affordability of WEGO. The customer of WEGO holder belongs
to different category and hence the survey shows a very neutral position.
Q8.Does the TVS Service Centre helps you out with all your queries regarding
scooty?
Criteria Respondent Percentage
Yes 17 57
No 13 43
Respondent
Yes
No
The data shows that many of the respondents are not satisfied with the service
centres of the WEGO. And many of them feel it very costlier than the garage. The
43% are satisfied with the regular servicing of WEGO. It depends on the customer
whether to have a good servicing or the garage part.
Q9.If not TVS, which other company’s scooty you would had buyed?
Criteria Respondent Percentage
Honda 18 60
Mahindra 5 17
Yamaha 7 23
Respondent
Honda
Mahindra
Yamaha
The respondent made an opinion that only Honda and TVS are the sound company
for the two-wheelers vehicle who providing a good product and servicing as
compared to another one. And hence, both the companies had captured market a lot
and are making customer satisfaction as their ultimate goal.
Q10. Are you happy with the sales schemes provided to you?
Respondents
Yes
No
Almost 87% are satisfied with the sales scheme provided to them. The company
always comes up with the monthly sales scheme and the customer gets attracted to
extra benefit them going to get for long time through it.
FINDINGS AND SUGGESTION
Customers trust the brand TVS for best vehicle. The Company is
providing good quality at affordable price. The product is also
designed in attractive manner.
CONCLUSION
I have studied and analyzed the product TVS WEGO and its marketing strategy
and data analysis of the respondents.
The successful growth of product depends on its marketing strategy, its branding,
and the promotion of product.
The TVS WEGO is successful from all aspects in marketing strategy and achieving
customer satisfaction.