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CONSUMER DURABLES
By,
2010-2011
DECLARATION
I would like to express my profound gratitude to all those who have been instrumental in the
preparation of this “Entrepreneurship Development Report. I wish to place on records, my
deep gratitude to my project guide JOHN PAUL, for guiding me through this project with
valuable and timely advice.
I would like to thank Dr (Fr). Thomas. C. Mathew, Vice Chancellor and Dr Jain Mathew,
HOD, for their encouragement.
Last but not least, I would like to thank my parents and friends for their constant help and
support.
This is to certify that, this project report titled “Entrepreneurship Development Report”,
submitted to the Christ University [Department of Management Studies] in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration, is a
record of the original and independent work carried out by Anubhav Agarwal (0911508)
and Utkarsh Agrawal (0911541) under my guidance and supervision.
This has not previously formed the basis of the award of any degree, diploma awarded by any
institution/ university.
Place: Bangalore
Date: JOHN PAUL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CONTENTS PAGES
NO.
1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2:PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
2
CHAPTER 3:MARKETING
3
ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 4:FINANCIAL
4
ANALYSIS
7 BIBLIOGRAPHY
8 CONCLUSION
Chapter 1: Introduction
Profile of the entrepreneurs:
ANUBHAV AGARWAL
AGE: 18
GENDER: MALE
UTKARSH AGRAWAL
AGE: 19
GENDER: MALE
ABS Consumer Durables pvt ltd. is basically a small scale industry which manufactures TV
with built in inverter and digi card, ABS also manufactures backup systems along with the
TV and separately for the household already having a TV. ABS would be targeting all metro
and major cities in india and aim every household gets the latest technology at their place and
make their TV watching experience qualitative.
Size Small-scaled
Executive Summary
Suppose you are watching a live cricket match in which your home country is playing and it
is the last over of the match. As the ball is about to be hit, suddenly the power goes. What
happens next? You don’t know who wins or who loses. Although you come to know after
some time through someone else or elsewhere the match would have have definitely been
better when watching live.
What if your TV set is still on in spite of a power cut and you end up successfully watching
the whole match. To make this possible, ABS has decided to develop two new products and
launch them in the Consumer Durables Market of India. Our products are:
With the motive to know the feasibility of the business idea, we contacted Mr.Suresh, an
Electronic Engineer. We explained him about our project and idea to develop a TV with
built-in Inverter and Digi Card. He understood our idea and decided to help us. At first, he
said that the idea was good but it would be difficult to prepare a TV like that. We told him
that if Laptops could work on a battery, then why cannot the TV. Then he told that to make
this possible he would have to experiment with the TV, then only he would be able to tell us
whether such a product is feasible or not. The following day he informed us that such a TV is
possible to prepare and we were able to convince him to prepare a prototype of the TV. We
bought all the components required to manufacture such a TV from Sandhya
Electronics,M.G Road, Bangalore. In addition we bought a battery, Uplus US 12v 7.6AH,
an Inverter Board and a Digital Set top box. Mr. Suresh assembled all the components and the
TV was prepared and was tested for back up successfully. The TV ran for 3 hours with the
help of battery.
With the success of the TV with built in inverter and Digi Card, we also came up with an idea
of developing a back-up system for households who already have TVs. The purpose of the
back-up would be to boost the electrical capacity of the TVs. Mr Suresh gave us the idea of a
system which would have two 12V, 7.5AH batteries, DVD loader and MPEG board which
will work in similar lines as the UPS but would add up more attributes like DVD and a Digi
Card slot. The back-up system was also tested successfully
.
Our objectives:
• To ensure safety of the produts.
• To improve technology in the nation.
• To maintain standard in our goods.
• To reduce the electricity usage from households.
Mission: “We strive to provide the ever needing electronic requirements of our
customers by offering quality service, genuinely and firm up relationship with
our customers.”
Values
We pledge to operate within the highest ethical standards at all times, we will strive to
exhibit and encourage the following characteristics in all service and tt with our clients .,
by following values like:
Honesty
Service
Civility
Timely
Transparency
Small Scale Industries may sound small but actually plays a very important part in the
overall growth of an economy. Small Scale Industries can be characterized by the unique
feature of labour intensiveness. The total number of people employed in this industry has
been calculated to be near about one crore and ninety lakhs in India, the main proponents of
Small scale industries.
The importance of this industry increases manifold due to the immense employment
generating potential. The countries which are characterized by acute unemployment problem
especially put emphasis on the model of Small Scale Industries. It has been observed that
India along with the countries in the Indian continent have gone long strides in this field.
Small scale industries can be characterized with the special feature of adopting the
labour intensive approach for commodity production. As these industries lack capital,
so they utilize the labour power for the production of goods. The main advantage of
such a process lies in the absorption of the surplus amount of labour in the economy
who were not being absorbed by the large and capital intensive industries. This, in
turn, helps the system in scaling down the extent of unemployment as well as poverty.
It has been empirically proved all over the world that Small Scale Industries are
adept in distributing national income in more efficient and equitable manner among
the various participants in the process of good production than their medium or larger
counterparts.
Small Scale Industries act as an essential medium for the efficient utilization of the
skills as well as resources available locally.
Small Scale Industries enjoy a lot of help and encouragement from the government through
protecting these industries from the direct competition of the large scale ones, provision of
subsidies in the form of capital, lenient tax structure for this industry and many more.
Before the liberalization of the Indian economy, only a few companies like Kelvinator,
Godrej, Allwyn, and Voltas were the major players in the consumer durables market,
accounting for no less than 90% of the market. Then, after the liberalization, foreign players
like LG, Sony, Samsung, Whirlpool, Daewoo, Aiwa came into the picture. Today, these
players control the major share of the consumer durables market.
On the flip side, the presence of a large number of players in the consumer durables market
sometimes results in excess supply.Consumer durables are the products whose life
expectancy is at least 3 years. These products are hard goods that cannot be used up at once.
With easy availability of finance, emergence of double-income families, fall in prices due to
increased competition, government support, growth of media, availability of disposable
incomes, improvements in technology, reduction in customs duty, rise in temperatures,
growth in consumer base of rural sector, the consumer durables industry is growing at a fast
pace. Given these factors, a good growth is projected in the future, too.
The penetration level of consumer durables is very low in India, as compared with other
countries. This translates into vast unrealized potential.
For example, in case of color televisions (CTVs), the penetration level of various countries is:
India 24%
Brazil 11%
China 98%
US 333%
France 235%
Japan 250%
According to National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Indian consumer
class is growing at a fast rate. This in turn is benefiting the consumer durables
manufacturers.
The Indian Consumer Durables Industry can be segmented into 3 Key Groups:
1) White Goods
Refrigerators
Washing Machines
Air Conditioners
Speakers and Audio Equipments
3) Consumer Electronics
Mobile Phones
Televisions
MP3 Players
DVD Players
VCD Players
• Disposable income levels are rising and consumer financing has become easier.
• Advanced technology and increasing competition are narrowing the price gap and the
once expensive appliances are becoming cheaper.
Increasing share of organised retail
• Urban and rural markets are growing at the annual rates of 7%–10% and 25%,
respectively, with organized retail expected to garner 10% share by 2010 from a mere 3%
share at present.
• Competitive evolution of organised retail due to the entry of heavyweight players like
Croma, E Zone and Reliance Digital is stimulating the demand through exposure to
experiences.
• Raw materials constituting almost 75% of the costs are mostly imported and will now be
cheaper.
Industry sales were US$ 4.5 billion in value, in 2006-07 and more than 7 million units in
Volume terms.
A strong growth is expected across all key segments
Refrigerators 18-22%
Supplier Power
Competitive Rivalry
Customer Power
• Multitude of brands across price points - wide variety of choice for customers
Threat of Substitutes
• Plasma display panels and liquid crystal display TVs have registered an average growth of
more than 250% in 2006-07 and the trend is expected to continue.
Split Air-conditioners
• Split ACs have been growing at a much faster rate than window ACs - Growth of 97% in
2006-07 as compared to a 32% growth of window ACs.
Mobile Phones
• Production is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.3% from
31 million units in 2006 to 107 million units in 2011
• Low mobile penetration and favourable government policies are driving mobile phone
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to set up manufacturing facilities in India.
• With the rural and semi-urban markets creating opportunity and an almost sedentary urban
market, the need to have a strong distribution network is crucial for the companies to remain
price competitive.
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Several global players are well established in the Consumer Durables sector in India, with
competition from strong Indian players as well.
• Samsung
• Philips
• LG
• Whirlpool
• Nokia
• Sony
About TV
Television (TV) is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving
moving images, either monochromatic ("black and white") or color, usually accompanied by
sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or
television transmission. The word is derived from mixed Latin and Greek roots, meaning "far
sight": Greek tele (τῆλε), far, and Latin visio, sight (from video, vis- to see, or to view in the
first person).
Commercially available since the late 1930s, the television set has become a common
communications receiver in homes, businesses and institutions, particularly as a source of
entertainment and news. Since the 1970s the availability of video cassettes, laserdiscs, DVDs
and now Blu-ray Discs, have resulted in the television set frequently being used for viewing
recorded as well as broadcast material.
Although other forms such as closed-circuit television (CCTV) are in use, the most common
usage of the medium is for broadcast television, which was modelled on the existing radio
broadcasting systems developed in the 1920s, and uses high-powered radio-frequency
transmitters to broadcast the television signal to individual TV receivers.
A standard television set comprises multiple internal electronic circuits, including those for
receiving and decoding broadcast signals. A visual display device which lacks a tuner is
properly called a monitor, rather than a television. A television system may use different
technical standards such as digital television (DTV) and high-definition television (HDTV).
Television systems are also used for surveillance, industrial process control, and guiding of
weapons, in places where direct observation is difficult or dangerous.Amateur television
(ham TV or ATV) is also used for experimentation, pleasure and public service events by
amateur radio operators. Ham TV stations were on the air in many cities before commercial
TV stations came on the air.
Chapter 2: Project Feasibility Study
Feasibility of the Project:
Because of the frequent power cuts and the growing need for tv entertainment across the
world there is a immense need of a product in the market which runs on battery, even if there
is a power cut. On the other hand the World Cup and IPL 4 are on its way starting from
February. People in India would not prefer to miss even a single ball of a match and hence
they would not mind shelling out their money to buy our products which would make sure
that the entertainment doesn’t stop, further solving their electricity crisis. Thus we can expect
our products to have a great demand in the markets and as our vision statements states we
would make our products feasible and accessible.
SWOT ANALYSIS:
Strength
2. The viewers would be able to watch free 60 TV channels along with 20 radio
channels provided by Doordarshan.
Opportunities
1. As per NCAER (one of the premier economic research agencies in India), the
penetration of TVs is expected to increase almost three times by FY08 as compared to
the FY99 level increasing growth prospects for our products.
6. Subsidies and incentives can be expected from the government if the plant is set in a
rural area.
Threats
4. Cheaper products produced and exported from Singapore, China and other Asian
countries worldwide.
Most selling are color TVs and refrigerators but growth is mostly seen in LCD TVs and
expensive electronic items. Also the growth is fast in DVD players because of the availability
of cheap software. The current size of TV industry at 13 million units of CRT TVs and for
the year 2009 a 5 percent growth in CRT based TVs and a whopping 42 percent growth in
LCD TVs
In TV segment, the 14, 20 and 21 inches segments are expected to be the key contributors to
the overall industry growth. There are more than a dozen companies operating in the white
goods segment, which is witnessing excess capacity build-up in ACs, refrigerators, TVs and
washing machines. As a result supply will continue to outstrip demand. As has been the case
in the last three to four years, prices would continue to remain depressed and margins will be
under pressure. However, this not likely to discourage the MNCs from leaving the country as
they have outlined ambitious plans for India and have made substantial investments. Indian
manufacturers may find it difficult to keep up with sustained pressure from the MNCs and
this segment could witness some consolidation in future. Our interaction with companies
indicates that MNCs (especially the Korean majors) are eyeing market share in the initial
phases as opposed to profitable growth. Most importantly TV manufacturers will be focusing
more and more on outsourcing rather than manufacturing on their own. Large companies
even now are offloading the production to original equipment manufacturers.
COMPETITORS
The entrenched position of the Indian market leaders in CTVs’ like Videocon, BPL and
Onida has been challenged by the MNCs such as LG, AIWA, Akai, Panasonic, Samsung,
Sony, Philips and Sharp; some in a perceptible way and others threatening to do so.
LG is the market leader with 26% market share followed by Samsung and Onida.
On the other hand, Samsung is far stronger than LG globally. The company expects
the Indian arm to contribute 10% of the total worldwide turnover by 2010.
Videocon, another major player has managed to hold its own in the midst of the
onslaught from the Korean majors, though profits have suffered.
Other large Indian companies in the top of the list are Mirc Electronics, BPL, Sony,
Philips, Akai, Sansui, Aiwa, and Toshiba and now Hyundai are the other foreign
brands in the market.
CHALLENGES
The main challenge is making it accessible to the target customer market. In India still a good
number of people do not have the purchasing power to buy some necessity products. So, the
main concern out here would be to carefully price the product as the TV is affordable to the
masses. The second challenge would be to tackle with the decreasing demand of CRT TVs as
LCD screen TVs are taking over the market. On an average the CRT screen TVs are expected
to increase by 4 percent in 2010 but the LCD technology way ahead by 48 percent. On the
brighter side this problem can be overcome as LCD screens are very costly and cannot be
afforded by a layman which is possible in the case of CRT screen.
WORST CASE SCENARIO AND CONTIGENCIES
It would be difficult for our company to cope with the established billion dollar companies
like Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba etc. ABS Consumer Durables Pvt. Ltd falls under small scale
unorganized TV manufacturing sector and the growth of unorganized sector in comparison
to the private billion dollar companies is very less. The consumers in India are more devoted
to quality when it comes to electric and electronic products. And therefore these big
established and multinational companies have been making a mark when it comes to quality
selection.
Another problem which may arise is the durability of the battery. Lithium powered cells
have the limitation of loosing durability as they become old. As these batteries become old
they start losing their charge retention capacity which may reduce the performance of the
batteries. Further with the rapid and mass growth of TFT and LCD technology the market for
CRT screen TVs seem to undergo extinction. Our product being concentrated initially with
CRT technology faces a very limited growth in the Tier I and Tier II cities where people have
the purchasing power to buy LCD screen TVs which adds to their lifestyle and status.
CHAPTER 3 :MARKETING
ANALYSIS
Target Market
Initially, the plan is to target the cities where Bhanshan Consumer Durables has its branches.
It has in total 14 branches in Bangalore and Mysore. Since Mysore is easily accessible to the
rural people near Bangalore and Mysore. Bhanshan Consumer Durables through its
marketing strategies will advertise to the rural people. Our target market will be mostly the
rural population since they face a lot of power cut problems in a day and also because they
do not have the purchasing power to buy high end LCD TVs which would also consume a lot
of electricity. After a couple of years, we will expand gradually establishing our “ABS
XPerience” exclusive showrooms to different cities in the country.
Marketing Mix
Product
We have come up with ideas of inventing three products and place them in the consumer
durables market of India. The products are as follows:
4. Speakers 100
5. Degausser coil 55
12. Screws 45
16. Monogram 20
LNB Dish
Features
Built in digi-card which will act on the lines of set top box.
Working of TV:
Battery
1. If the TV is plugged in, then the battery will get charged with the help of electricity.
2. When the power goes, the battery converts 12V DC to 230V AC and 300 Watts Output
with the help of Inverter Board. The TV runs on battery. 3.5 hours back up could be expected
if the battery is fully charged.
3. For additional back up, use ABS TV Back-up system.
Digi Card
1. Power supply 230 AC is converted to DC 5V, 8V, -12V, +12V to MPEG Card
2. Digi card works similar to a normal set top box.
3. Doordarshan facility can be used to watch 60 free channels and listen to 20 radio channels.
4. Digi card also facilitates playing of games.
The system will provide back-up facility to the television sets in case of power cuts. The
following are the components required to manufacture the systems:
Sl. No. Components Price
3. Cabinet 300
4. Screws 45
5. Wires 45
6. Sockets ( 2 numbers ) 45
7. Switch 15
8. Taggle Switch 20
9. LED ( 4 numbers ) 20
10 Solar connector 20
11 Carton Box 55
Solar Panel
The system will also have the features of DVD player and built-in digi-card. The following
are the components which are required to manufacture the system:
4. Screws 45
5. Wires 45
6. Sockets ( 2 numbers ) 45
7. Switch 15
8. Taggle Switch 20
9. LED ( 4 numbers ) 20
17 Carton box 75
Additional Components:
LNB Dish
Solar Panel
Price
The company would adopt cost plus pricing strategy in which a certain amount of profit will
be added to the cost to arrive at the selling price. The following are the selling prices which
we would charge for the first year to Bhanshan consumer Durables Pvt. Ltd.
Selling Price
Sl.
Products per unit (1st
No
year)
3 Television Back-up System (Digi Card and DVD features included). 4000
Place
The companies office will be situated at No 118, 3rd main, 4th cross, electronic city,
Bangalore-86. We will hire 2250 sq. ft floor in the building where the assembling of all the
initial 100 TV sets will be done. The customer care will also be there in the same floor. After
the complete assembling of the TV sets are completed it would be packed and dispatched to
Bhanshan from where customers will be able to purchase our products.
Promotion
Since the marketing will be handled by Bhanshan, the promotion of our products will also be
taken care by Bhanshan. Bhanshan will advertise our brand products on billboards and
hoardings and distribute leaflets to people in and around Bangalore and Mysore.
Product Line
ABS Consumer Durables Private Limited will have the following range of products:
3. ABS Television Back-up System (Digi Card and DVD features included)..
USP
ABS BACK UP SYSTEMS: Solar connector, DVD and Digi-card facilities available.
Advertisement 1
Because
Entertainment
should
not be stopped!!
Advertisement 2
BHANSHAN
STP
Segmentation
The consumer markets for our products in segmented on the following bases :
Geographic: Initially we will focus on various cities and towns of Karnataka. Later, other
major cities of South India such as Chennai, Hyderabad, Cochin, etc will also come under our
segment area.
Demographic: All age groups and people from various income levels will be covered as TV
is view by each and every person.
Targeting
Initially, the cities and towns where Bhanshan Consumer Durables Pvt. Ltd will be targeted
ie Mysore, Bangalore, Mandya , Chamraj Nagar, Kushal Nagara, Gonakappa, Hunsur. Later
major cities of South India will also be targeted.
Positioning
In the consumer durables market of Karnataka initially with the Brand name ABS.
Sources of Funds:
Both the partners Anubhav Agarwal and Utkarsh Agrawal will bring in Rs 750000 each from
their savings.
Start up Expenses
Monthly expenses :
Loan will be repaid Rs.5,00,000 every year. The loan repayment would be done in 5 years
i.e., by the year of 2015 which is explained below.
We will be hiring two floors of a building at Electronic city.. The first floor being 1500 sq ft.
will be divided into four parts. The major space will be occupied by the go down where the
raw materials and finished products will be stored. On the entrance of the office will have a
reception desk where customers and calls will be attended. Both the directors will have two
personal cabins in the same floor. The General Manager will have a desk in the go down. A
floor above with 750 sq. ft. is the place where the components will be assembled to
manufacture the products.
Location analysis:
The office cum go down is situated at No 118, 3rd main, 4th cross, electronic city, Bangalore.
The reason we chose Electronic city as the location for our corporate office is because
Bhanshan Consumer Durables, H.S.R Layout, is close to Electronic city.
Machinery used:
DIRECTORS
1ANUBHAV AGARWAL
2. UTKARSH AGRAWAL
GENERAL
MANAGER
2 RECEPTIONISTS 14 ENGINEERS
3. Two Receptionists
Miscellaneous Staff
5. One Driver
7. Four Assistants.
The engineers involved in assembling our various products will be trained by Mr. Suresh
who has an experience of 18 years in the electronic and electrical field.
Management Structure:
The General Manager will be in charge of the various operations of the company like
purchases, production, storage and distribution.
Receptionist 1 will attend the calls and customers. Receptionist 2 will be in charge of
the inventory and the receipts and issues of raw materials and finished products.
Salary Breakup:
Working Hours:
Leave Policy
Any employee of the company will have to give a prior notice of two days before leave to the
General Manager. The General Manager will pass it further to the Directors. The leave will
be sanctioned only if it approved and signed by any one of the Directors.
Recruitment Sources:
Advertisements will be published in the leading newspaper Times of India and in two
regional kannada newspapers. Advertisements will cost us around Rs 35000.
Bibliography :
http://www.google.co.in/images
books.google.co.in/books
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durable_good
www.wisegeek.com
www.ibef.org
www.investorglossary.com
Conclusion: