Castrol's market share of the MCO 4T oil segment is growing at a slower rate than the overall segment growth. To help close the gap between Castrol's current and target market shares, the document considers directly distributing to non-franchised workshops (NFWs). However, distributors oppose this due to concerns about the unreliability of NFWs, reduced spare parts sales, low margins, credit risk, remote locations, and high service costs associated with NFWs. The document recommends initiatives like Castrol service points, redeemable coupons, loyalty programs, and promotional events to empower mechanics and incentivize use of Castrol products at NFWs.
Castrol's market share of the MCO 4T oil segment is growing at a slower rate than the overall segment growth. To help close the gap between Castrol's current and target market shares, the document considers directly distributing to non-franchised workshops (NFWs). However, distributors oppose this due to concerns about the unreliability of NFWs, reduced spare parts sales, low margins, credit risk, remote locations, and high service costs associated with NFWs. The document recommends initiatives like Castrol service points, redeemable coupons, loyalty programs, and promotional events to empower mechanics and incentivize use of Castrol products at NFWs.
Castrol's market share of the MCO 4T oil segment is growing at a slower rate than the overall segment growth. To help close the gap between Castrol's current and target market shares, the document considers directly distributing to non-franchised workshops (NFWs). However, distributors oppose this due to concerns about the unreliability of NFWs, reduced spare parts sales, low margins, credit risk, remote locations, and high service costs associated with NFWs. The document recommends initiatives like Castrol service points, redeemable coupons, loyalty programs, and promotional events to empower mechanics and incentivize use of Castrol products at NFWs.
Castrol's market share of the MCO 4T oil segment is growing at a slower rate than the overall segment growth. To help close the gap between Castrol's current and target market shares, the document considers directly distributing to non-franchised workshops (NFWs). However, distributors oppose this due to concerns about the unreliability of NFWs, reduced spare parts sales, low margins, credit risk, remote locations, and high service costs associated with NFWs. The document recommends initiatives like Castrol service points, redeemable coupons, loyalty programs, and promotional events to empower mechanics and incentivize use of Castrol products at NFWs.
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• Growth of MCO 4T oil of 17-18 million litre per
year. But growth of Castrol MCO 4T is 2.5 million
litre per year • Potential to tap into after-market, especially spare part shops and NFWs in MCO 4T segment • Organically, Castrol can capture 24% m.s.; how to achieve the target of 30%? • Could NFWs help achieve this gap? • Distributors are against the idea of distributing Challenges directly to NFWs because of following reasons: • Unreliability • Sales drop for spare parts they are distributing to • Low margin from NFWs • They buy on credit and hence riskier • Scattered and at remote locations • High service cost • Delivery in small quantities Castrol Service Points: Initiative designed for first category NFWs Coupons: Redeemable Coupons to empower mechanics, on the cap of the bottles providing them with technical (Ranging from Rs.10-Rs.160) to and sales expertise through incentivize the mechanics trainings and providing them with business support materials and incentive programs
Loyalty Program: Program for Accessories: Provide tools,
Second category NFW by uniform and help in setting up Recommendations accumulating points per year to the mechanic shop for second provide them with benefits category NFWs
Promotions: Sports Stars as
Products: Pouch Pack for smaller Brand Ambassador and Castrol area shops powered motorcycle events NON FRANCHISED WORKSHOP Mechanics that worked at Mechanic workshops that franchised workshops and Mechanics approached for stocked and sold lubricants ready to have business on small jobs their own • 10% mechanics, 30% Oil • 40% mechanics, 50% Oil • 50% mechanics, 20% Oil changes changes changes • Ustaad Mechanics • Young • Apprenticed under an • Own clientele Ustaad • Highly skilled but short on • Limited clientele finances • Procure from spare parts shops NFC - Challenge to distributors • Lack of understanding of cash flow and payment cycles • MCO was a small part of the distributor’s portfolio • 10 -20% Castrol business • Small Business – No bulk orders • 2-3 Active 4T a day • High collection frequency and quick delivery demands • Need for regular contact • Extra DSR not economical for distributors • DSR reluctant to visit workshops