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Are the Corporates delivering what they promise to the Consumers ?. S.Visvanathan GM Mktg Services, CavinKare 16 th March 2012. Jo wadha kiya voh Nibaana padegaa …. Consumer is the King. She is the ‘Queen’ …. For FMCG, Consumer is the queen…
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Are the Corporatesdelivering what they promise to the Consumers? S.Visvanathan GM Mktg Services, CavinKare 16th March 2012
She is the ‘Queen’ … • For FMCG, Consumer is the queen… • Brands and corporates are ready to fulfill her every wish… • If she is not happy, she can cause grevious injury to brands.. • Of course, she is not a single person…she is a collective set of people
The battlefield There are consumer forums which take the complaints from the consumers and help in resolving the same Akosha.com Consumercomplaints.in Consumerdaddy.com
The Queen Takes on.. • There are enough cases out there of marketers who faltered and had to face the wrath of consumers • Cadbury’s worm incident • Pepsi & Coke’s pesticide incident
The Psychology • Don’t deny it • Take it seriously • Get people to talk to the consumer • Get complete details of the problem
Keep the consumer in focus • Understand the issue from the consumer’s point of view • Where did she buy; what was the experience • Replace the product • Assure about tightening the quality systems further
Attack the Problem • Trace the batch code • Get samples from the market • Get R&D to act on it immediately • Trace the origin of the problem • Get the crisis management Cross Functional Team (CFT) to drop everything and attack this problem • Turn this into an opportunity to improve the quality system
FMCG • Understand what consumers want • Get a product which can give that benefit • Communicate the brand promise to her • Make it available to her & let her experience the ‘promise’ • Build the brand
‘The Promise’… • The nature of promise is changing: • Performance quantified • Benefit sharply defined • How it works & why one should believe it explained in detail
Promise…and… Deliver! • Indica10 minutes : • Takes just 10 minutes of waiting time!
Promise & Delivery • More and more, the delivery is critical • Consumer should get the benefit exactly the way it is promised to her • Empty promises cannot hold forte for a long time
The real problem • People really don’t much complain when it comes to FMCG products • One does not even get to know the real consumer problems until it is too late • By the time you figure there is trouble with your delivery, the consumer has long gone…!
The Quality Journey • Get onto preventive mode • Take batches from market randomly and check quality • Do this periodically • Build up knowledge base • Use R&D and the Quality systems to check all key points