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Executive Summary
Sundaram Finance Ltd incorporated in 1954 has grown today into one of the most trusted financial services groups in India.
Today, the activities of the group span savings products like Deposits and Mutual Funds, Car and Commercial Vehicle Finance, Insurance, Home Loans, Software Solutions, Business Process Outsourcing, Tyre Finance, Fleet Cards and Logistics Services. The Company was incorporated in 1954, with the object of financing the purchase of commercial vehicles and passenger cars. The company was started with a paid-up capital of Rs.2.00 Lakhs and later went public in 1972. The Company's shares were listed in the Madras Stock Exchange in 1972 and in the National Stock Exchange in January 1998.
About Sundaram Finance Fleet Card: Sundaram Finance (SF) has tied up with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPC) & Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC) for extending credit facility to the fleet customers, through co-branded fleet cards. The FLEET CARD credit program was launched on 01.oct.2004. Under this arrangement, BPC & IOC would be the issuers of SmartFleet & XTRAPOWER fleet cards. These fleet cards are based on smart card technology. SF would extend credit facility on these cards, for the restricted use of purchasing auto fuel & lubes, at designated retail outlets of IOC & BPC. These retail outlets would be based mainly on the highways & major roads where diesel sales are high, apart from key city centric locations catering to corporates. Product features: In the Fleet Card program, the customer will receive a Fleet Card for every vehicle he has enrolled for. This Fleet Card stores the card no., membership number, vehicle information and PIN (Personal Identification Number). The Fleet Card is also an electronic purse, which enables the customer to
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The project titled Gap Analysis in terms of service delivered to Sundaram Finance Ltd,
Customers is an attempt to analysis the service delivered to fleet card customers by Sundaram
Finance Ltd. As project deals with the study to know about what consumer expects from company and how best company can fulfills the desire of a customer. The main aim of the project is to analysis the consumer expectation, service offered by Sundaram Finance Ltd, even to know about the satisfaction level of customer by using the Sundaram Finance Fleet Card. Area of study was limited to Hubli city. The methodology adopted includes descriptive research; the data was collected through primary method of data selection where in Questionnaire methods with personal interviews and the results collimated according to the nature of question asked.
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OBJECTIVES:
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES MAIN OBJECTIVE:
Gap Analysis in terms of service delivered to Sundaram Finance Ltd, Fleet card customers.
SUB-OBJECTIVES
1) Study to know about the consumer expectations towards Sundaram Finance Fleet card. 2) Study to know about the performance of Sundaram Finance fleet card 3) Analysis of petrol outlet provides better service to fleet card customers. METHDOLOGY
About Pilot Survey Questionnaire: The pilot survey questionnaire was designed under the
guidance of Institute guide Prof. Naresh D and the Company guide Mr. Ramesh Bhatt. The questionnaire was designed keeping in mind that it should be short ( as the respondents do not have time) and in same time it was designed to cater all the needs to serve purpose of the survey. The questionnaire was designed in funnel shape format i.e. starting with general questions and then getting narrower to get to that point. It was designed in such a way that it also includes sections like Awareness, Customer expectations, Service delivered by company, satisfaction level about petrol outlets. The questionnaire also had some briefs, which were uncomfortable for the respondents to answer like how much kilometer their vehicles runs per month. In the end it also has one open ended suggestion question. The pilot questionnaire served the purpose and helped in achieving the purpose of the survey.
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SAMPLING METHODS
In the present research study, Non-Probability, Judgment sampling method techniques were adopted. Individual sampling unit is taken for the Sampling method
MAJOR FINDINGS
1) 96.7% of the people were aware about Fleet card. 2) 70% of the people were using Fleet card. 3) 85.7% of the people were subscribed for Sundaram Finance Fleet Card. 4) 61.9% of the customers go for Sundaram Finance Fleet card because of feature like Cash less transaction. 5) 80% of the people were aware of Sundaram Finance Fleet card. 6) 67% of customers opted for Smart fleet card, followed by Extra Power (33%). 7) 94% of the customers were satisfied with the credit limit charged by Sundaram Finance ltd. 8) 73.7% of the people found that Fleet card operation was easy. 9) 83% of the customers were satisfied with the acceptability of the fleet card in IOC and BPCL. 10) 63% of people were aware about fleet card and through company executive they have come to know about Fleet Card.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Most of the people were well worse with Fleet card but it is not in case of usage so company has to concentrate on how best they can assure people for using Fleet card. 2. As we found 63% of the customers they had come to know about fleet card through company executive so better to increase the Advertisement campaign in various petrol outlets. 3. Company needs to use other channels for Effective Advertisement. 4. As it is booming sector in India today ,company has to give importance about training part of fleet card like how to take proper use of fleet card 5. As it was found less number of customers have opted for Extra Power so it is better for company to give importance to increase the usage level of Extra Power fleet card through effective Advertisement. 6. Company has to conduct and need to inform their customers what are all different type of service they are providing to their customers.
CONCLUSION
As my study was to know and analyze the service provided by Sundaram Finance Ltd, to their fleet card users. Most of them were aware of fleet card but as compare to it usage level is little less. Almost majority of the customers were satisfied with the credit limit provided by company, interest charged by company, about loyalty points and all. Even most of the consumers were satisfied with the acceptability of fleet card in Indian Oil Cooperation and Bharath Petroleum Corp Ltd. As majority of the customers are satisfied with the overall performance and they liked the service provided by company and they even found that the application part of fleet care is quite easy. It will be a feasible for company to increase its advertisement and training regarding how to use and take benefit of fleet card.
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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Gap Analysis
Gap Analysis A marketing technique used to identify gaps in market or product coverage. In gap analysis, consumer information or requirements are tabulated and matched to product categories in order to identify product or service opportunities or gaps in product planning. Gap Analysis A method of improving a company's financial performance by reducing the gap between current results and long-term objectives
Customer Gap:
The central focus of the gaps model is the customer gap, the difference between customer expectations and perceptions. Expectations are the reference points customers have coming in to a service experience; perceptions reflect the service as actually received. The idea is that firms will want to close this gap- between what is expected and what is received- to satisfy their customers and build long term relationships with them. To close this all important customer gap, the model suggests that four other gaps-need to be closed.
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Provider Gap:
The provider gaps are the underlying causes behind the customer gap: Gap1: Not knowing what customers expect. Gap2: Not selecting the right service designs and standards. Gap3: Not delivering to service standards. Gap4: Not matching performance to promises.
C) BENEFITS OF CONCEPT
Perception of the customer regarding fleet card service. To get the strong features of the company brand and the competitor brand. Makes the company aware of the shortcomings of its brand when compared to its competitors and work on it. It will help company to know the customers expectations. What place the brand occupy in customers mind. The strategies that the companies adopt to attract the customer
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CHAPTER II METHODOLOGY
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A) RESEARCH DESIGN
It is the specification of the methods and products for .acquiring the information needed. It is the overall operational pattern or framework of the project that Stipulated what information is to be collected from which sources and what Procedures. Companies define and redefine problems, formulating hypothesis for suggested Solutions, collecting, organizing, evaluating data making decisions and reaching conclusions to determine whether they fit formulating hypothesis. Research methods are classified as Casual, Descriptive and Exploratory. Casual Research This type of research investigates the cause and effect relationship between two Or more variables. Descriptive Research It is done to know the proportion of people in a given population who have Behaved in a particular way but for the present study, Descriptive research was done and has been followed. The questionnaire was used to know the awareness of DDC Exploratory Research It is used when rates in the business have been declining for the past few Months and costs are rising. But
B) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Main Objective Gap Analysis in terms of service delivered to Sundaram Finance Ltd, Fleet card customers.
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SUB-OBJECTIVES 1) Study to know about the consumer expectations towards Sundaram Finance Fleet card. 2) Study to know about the performance of Sundaram Finance fleet card 3) Analysis of petrol outlet provides better service to fleet card customers.
METHODOLOGY
A) GEOGROPHICAL AREA For the purpose of collecting primary data research need to visit/ interact with customer who owns the Fleet card with the help of questionnaire has been gathered from 30 Respondents of Hubli. B) ABOUT THE COMPANY CHOSEN FOR THE STUDY Sundaram Finance Ltd. - An Overview Sundaram Finance (SF) has tied up with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPC) & Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC) for extending credit facility to the fleet customers, through cobranded fleet cards. The FLEET CARD credit program was launched on 01.oct.2004. Under this arrangement, BPC & IOC would be the issuers of Smart Fleet & XTRAPOWER fleet cards. These fleet cards are based on smart card technology. SF would extend credit facility on these cards, for the restricted use of purchasing auto fuel & lubes, at designated retail outlets of IOC & BPC. These retail outlets would be based mainly on the highways & major roads where diesel sales are high, apart from key city centric locations catering to corporate.
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Primary Data
Primary data are the data that are collected to help solve a problem or taken advantage of an opportunity on which a decision is pending. The main method of collecting primary data is survey method there are different types of survey technique for example personal interview, mail survey, Internet survey and telephone survey. Primary data is first hand information that has been collected by the researcher from the respondents of Belgaum district as well as Dharwad district through personal interview method with the help of questionnaire. Analysis, interpretation, summery of findings conclusion and recommendations are completely based on primary data.
Secondary Data
Secondary data are data that were developed for some purpose other then helping to solve the problem at hand. After identifying and defining the research problem and determining specific information required solving the problem, the researchers task is to look for the type and sources of data which may yield the desired results. Secondary data in this research references made by the researcher with other published sources. The present research will not be complete without complete references to the relevant secondary data.
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METHODOLOGY
A) PERIOD OF STUDY The study was undertaken for the duration of four months. Where in the plan for each week was planned well before only and accordingly the project work was carried out. B) UNIQUENESS OF STUDY Though smart card use in India still lags behind other Asian giants like China, the potential is great since a range of applications can be incorporated into a smart card. Unlike normal plastic credit cards, smart cards are embedded with a small microchip, which can be programmed to perform specific functions for the end-user. Smart cards can also store up to a thousand times more data than other traditional media (like the magnetic strip) used on credit cards. Whats more, each application can have its own logical space on the card, and can be read or written onto thousands of times. It is not surprising therefore that smart cards have now begun to proliferate in almost every sector. Market research firm Frost & Sullivan (F&S) puts the value of the smart card market in India at $5.1 billion, and a compounded annual growth rate of 39.8 percent. Indias fast-growing cellular market is a key driver of this usage as it alone accounts for over 95 percent of smart card usage by way of SIM cards in mobile phones. This potential would be much more if the same cards were to be upgraded to support more applications. Another important milestone in the history of the smart card market in India was a project sponsored by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and named SMARS (Smart Rupee System). The pilot project aimed to make the IIT-Bombay campus a cashless one. Since IIT-Bombay is like a self contained unit, the project was seen as a kind of testbed to evaluate the potential of smart cards. The SMARS project was also significant as it involved many partners. IIT-Bombay and the Institute of Development and Research in Banking Technology jointly coordinated the project. State Bank of India, Canara Bank and Citibank were the banking partners, while representatives from Aplab, Ascom, EximSoft, CMS Computers, Schlumberger, VeriFone, Gemplus, SGS Thomson and HCL Deluxe were involved in providing the terminals, cards, software and settlement systems. Unfortunately, even this venture slowly slipped off the radar screen.
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C) LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY Following were the limitations encountered during the project tenure. All the practical experience cannot be put on papers, but an attempt has been stick made. The city was totally new to me, so it increased the time span for the survey. The population of the city is very large and the sample size chosen may not represent the entire population. The respondents views could be biased and ambiguous. The research was conducted in Hubli between Dec 10, 2007 to April 19, 2008 and the findings are related to this particular area and time only. Due to the busy schedule of respondents it was difficult to interact with them. The given time span was very less to cover the topic of study. My study was live project. .
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Correlation:
Concept: Many a times we come across problems or situations where two variables seem to move in the same direction such as both are increasing or decreasing. At that time an increase in one variable is accompanied by decrease in another variable. Such changes in variables suggest that there is a certain relationship between them. Correlation analysis is used as a statistical tool to ascertain the association between two variables. Types of Correlation: 1. Positive and Negative 2. Linear and Non-Linear 3. Simple, Partial and Multiple. For the analysis of this project I have used positive and negative correlation analysis. Positive correlation indicates that both the variables move in the same direction. Negative correlation indicates that if there is an increase in one variable, the other variable declines. For gap analysis in wildlife conservation, see Gap analysis (conservation) In business and economics, gap analysis is a business resource assessment tool enabling a company to compare its actual performance with its potential performance. At its core are two questions: Where are we? Where do we want to be? If a company or organization is under-utilizing resources it currently owns or is forgoing investment in capital or technology then it may be producing or performing at a level below its potential. This concept is similar to the base case of being below one's production possibilities frontier. This goal of the gap analysis is to identify the gap between the optimized allocation and integration of the inputs and the current level of allocation. This helps provide the company with insight into areas that have room for improvement. The gap analysis process involves determining, documenting and approving the variance between business requirements and current capabilities. Gap analysis
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Gap analysis provides a foundation for measuring investment of time, money and human resources required to achieve a particular outcome (e.g. to turn the salary payment process from paper based to paperless with the use of a system). Note that 'GAP analysis' has also been used as a means for classification of how well a product or solution meets a targeted need or set of requirements. In this case, 'GAP' can be used as a ranking of 'Good', 'Average' or 'Poor'. This terminology does appear in the PRINCE2 project management publication from the OGC.
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o o o o o 1 Gap analysis and new products 1.1 Usage gap 1.2 Market potential 1.3 Existing usage 1.4 Product gap 1.5 Competitive gap 2 Market gap analysis
Gap analysis and new products The need for new products or additions to existing lines may have emerged from the portfolio analyses, in particular from the use of the Boston Growth-share matrix or the need will have emerged from the regular process of following trends in the requirements of consumers. At some
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Market potential The most difficult estimate to make is that of the total potential available to the whole market, including all segments covered by all competitive brands. It is often achieved by determining the maximum potential individual usage, and extrapolating this by the maximum number of potential consumers. This is inevitably a judgment rather than a scientific extrapolation, but some of the macro-forecasting techniques may assist in making this estimate more soundly based. The maximum number of consumers available will usually be determined by market research, but it may sometimes be calculated from demographic data or government statistics. Ultimately there will, of course, be limitations on the number of consumers. For guidance one can look to the numbers using similar products. Alternatively, one can look to what has happened in other countries. It is often suggested that Europe follows patterns set in the USA, but after a time-lag of a decade or so. The increased affluence of all the major Western economies means that such a lag can now be much shorter. The maximum potential individual usage, or at least the maximum attainable average usage (there will always be a spread of usage across a range of customers), will usually be determined from market research figures. It is important, however, to consider what lies behind such usage.
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Product gap
The product gap, which could also be described as the segment or positioning gap, represents that part of the market from which the individual organization is excluded because of product or service characteristics. This may have come about because the market has been segmented and the organization does not have offerings in some segments, or it may be because the positioning of its
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Competitive gap
What is left represents the gap resulting from the competitive performance. This competitive gap is the share of business achieved among similar products, sold in the same market segment, and with similar distribution patterns - or at least, in any comparison, after such effects have been discounted. Needless to say, it is not a factor in the case of the monopoly provision of services by the public sector. The competitive gap represents the effects of factors such as price and promotion, both the absolute level and the effectiveness of its messages. It is what marketing is popularly supposed to be about.
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Growth objectives
- The needed and desired performance results to be reached by means outside the present products and markets. Objectives are identified by a direct translation of business goals from the growth strategy. The growth objectives guide decision making so a firm can reduce the gap between the forecasts of profit contribution of present products and markets from the overall objectives.
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Girish Rangan believes that EMV II compliance will drive the growth of the smart card segment If this sounds like a scenario from the US or Singapore, think again. For India too is witnessing the start of a revolutionalthough on a smaller scalein the area of smart cards. And unlike other sectors, it is the traditional laggardthe governmentwhich is driving this growth. Look at some of the projects being undertaken using smart cards. The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) plans to issue smart cards for its 2.6 crore subscribers; these cards can be accessed through its 267 offices. The key advantage is that each member of the EPFO will be able to access his account irrespective of the place he is currently employed. Settlement (which now takes ages) can be done in a matter of days. Two states, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (MP), have started adopting the concept of smart cards and are issuing smart card-based driving licences. The smart card can not only hold details about the driving licence but also store a variety of data like an individuals signature, fingerprint and even his photograph. The traffic police would also be able to enter data about traffic violations in the smart card. Automobile owners benefit because they do not have to bother about carrying their ragged and torn paper licences wherever they travel. In Kerala, the state government is issuing smart card-based ration cards for monitoring the distribution of supplies through the public distribution system. In a country that is ravaged by pilferage of resources at various points in the system, the use of smart cards can cut down on fraud. In a small village called Naila in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan, rural women are using smart cards to improve milk collection methods. The smart cards are used in recording the amount, quality and fat content of milk sold to milk distributors. The smart card includes a picture identification, and serves as a non-transferable bank book. This project has eliminated middlemen and increased profits.
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Pramod Rao says that innovative applications like smart cards integrated with biometric technologies will drive smart card growth Pioneering projects Apart from e-governance initiatives, there have been a couple of projects by organisations like BPCL. The corporation launched a smart card known as the PetroCard, with a loyalty programme branded PetroBonus. PetroCard is a loyalty card whereby customers get additional mileage points or petromiles for using the card. The points are stored directly on the card, with loyalty statements printed out with each transaction. The project has turned out to be a phenomenal success, and now there are more than ten lakh customers using the card. Also much talked about is the BEST project in Mumbai where smart cards were proposed to be used on its public transport buses. The project began in August 1998, and the idea of smart cards was mooted for solving the problem of issuing loose change, and for increasing overall efficiency. Explains Amit Phatak, industry analyst, IT practice, F&S, "About 51 percent of BESTs total expenses are costs incurred due to salary. If the entire bus fleet was equipped to handle smart cards, there would be around 22-25 percent reduction in staff costs. The biggest advantage for BEST would be that all its passengers could have a smooth and hassle-free ride." It was a significant moment for the smart card industry, since it was for the first time in India that a mass transport organisation had decided to go in for smart cards. The project was well-received, and over 6,000 smart cards were issued in about four months. Going by the initial reaction, BEST officials were optimistic that the entire fleet would be equipped for validating smart cards. The concept was good as it not only allowed bus conductors to be less burdened with cash handling and ticket issuing, but also addressed issues like coin shortages, counting cash and daily accounting. Since all transactions were recorded on a memory pack in the smart card validator, the data could be used in different ways, from identifying non-profitable routes to maintaining punctuality. Though BEST did not face any technical glitches, the project failed to take off as BEST did not have the required funds (close to Rs 60 crore) for installing the smart card validating equipment on all its buses. If this pilot project had taken off, the use of smart cards would have risen to a new level in the country." Another important milestone in the history of the smart card market in India was a project sponsored by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and named SMARS (Smart Rupee System). The pilot project
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P N Karanth feels that for a developing country like India it is imperative to stop the pilferage of resources at various nodes in distribution channels, which can be ensured by using smart cards Another notable achievement in the field of secure smart cards has been implemented by Siemens Information Systems (SISL). Currently there is a shortage of cards which incorporate more than one biometric feature, since the task of packing more applications (like, say, facial recognition) is extremely difficult. But SISL has worked around this impediment with the introduction of the Intelligent Digital Passport (IDP). The technology allows three levels of biometrics to be incorporated on the card to provide maximum securityfingerprint identification, facial recognition and voice recognition. Whats significant is that the company has managed to compress all these features into data of just 6 KB in size, and which can be incorporated on a 32 KB chip, leaving enough space for other applications. The Indian government now plans to issue multi-purpose identity smart cards to about 29 lakh people in selected areas of 13 border and coastal states by next year as part of an exercise to strengthen security. A smart card incorporating biometrics and a photograph would serve as proof of
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Note: All figures are rounded; the base year is 2001 Source: Frost & Sullivan Notable smart card projects 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. PetroCard issued by BPCL. The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Siemens joint venture project to Initiatives by state governments like Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to issue smart card-based Rajasthan milk card projectthe worlds first milk collection system based on smart card The RBI-sponsored SMARS project, which involved the issuing of smart cards to the The BEST project to solve the problem of loose change, ensure better administration, and
offer smart card facilities to EPFOs 2.6 crore subscribers. driving licences. technology, and run exclusively by women. students and staff in the IIT Bombay campus. increase efficiency. This project was significant as it was the first time that a mass transport organisation in India decided to go in for smart cards.
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distribution system. The project has helped in cutting down pilferage of resources at various points in the system. Why India is a hot spot for smart cards Asia-Pacific accounts for approximately 30 percent of worldwide smart card sales, and is the second-largest market after Europe. India is said to be the next big market after China and Japan for smart card growth. 2005. In addition to various e-governance projects, smart card-based projects like the national ID Frost & Sullivan puts the value of the smart cards market in India at $5.1 billion, with a The requirement of smart cards as identity cards, and combined municipal and welfare cards, The demand for smart cards in healthcare and transportation is expected to reach 35 crore by card, driving licence and vehicle registration will drive the use of smart cards in India. compounded annual growth rate of 39.8 percent. is expected to be 60 crore by 2005.
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Organizational Profile
Sundaram Finance Ltd incorporated in 1954 has grown today into one of the most trusted financial services groups in India. Today, the activities of the group span savings products like Deposits and Mutual Funds, Car and Commercial Vehicle Finance, Insurance, Home Loans, Software Solutions, Business Process Outsourcing, Tyre Finance, Fleet Cards and Logistics Services.
History:
The Company was incorporated in 1954, with the object of financing the purchase of commercial vehicles and passenger cars. The company was started with a paid-up capital of Rs.2.00 Lakhs and later went public in 1972. The Company's shares were listed in the Madras Stock Exchange in 1972 and in the National Stock Exchange in January 1998. Subsequently, the equity shares of the Company have been delisted from Madras Stock Exchange Limited (MSE) with effect from January 27, 2004, in accordance with SEBI (Delisting of Securities) Guidelines, 2003, for voluntary delisting. Founder: For him it was a lifetime involvement in automobiles, finance and philanthropy Born on November 8, 1912, Mr.Santhanam had his education in Madurai. In 1930, he joined his father in business, and thus began a life-time involvement in automobile and finance. He was not only deeply involved in negotiations with foreign collaborators for the manufacture of quality auto components, but also in financial planning and project financing. His financial acumen was always regarded highly, not just in the TVS group, but outside as well. He served on the Government's Direct Taxes Advisory Committee, and the study Group on Road Transport Financing among others. For Mr.Santhanam, quality was paramount. He ensured that his auto component distribution companies provided transport operators genuine and quality products at fair prices.
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Milestones:
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Certificate of Commendation award by the Government of India under the scheme of Good Tax Payers.
Second Best Tax Payer in the category of Private Sector Company for Assessment Year 1994-95 in Tamil Nadu Region, from the Income Tax Department, Tamil Nadu.
Rolling Trophy by Rotary Club of Madras South West for Best Employer-Employee Relationship for the year 1995-96.
Best Tax Payer in the category of Private Sector Company for Assessment Year 1995-96 in Tamil Nadu Region, from the Income Tax Department, Tamil Nadu.
Automan Award to Shri T S Santhanam, Chairman, from Motor India in 1998. Pioneering Service Award to Shri T S Santhanam Chairman, from Chennai Good Transport Association.
Sarige Ratna Award to Shri T S Santhanam, Chairman, from the Bangalore City Lorry Transporting Agents Association (Regd).
Most Valued Customer Award to Shri T S Santhanam Chairman, from the State Bank of India.
The Best Financier of the New Millennium 2000 to Shri. G K Raman, Managing Director, from the All India Motor Transport Congress.
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Chairman Director
Sri S Viji Sri S Ram, Sri S Narayanan , Sri A Rangaswami , Sri S Padmanabhan, Sri T R Seshadri
Managing Director
Sri T T Srinivasaraghavan
Deputy Managing Director Sri Srinivas Acharya Company Secretary Compliance Officer Types of Business: Retail Finance: Business Finance: 1) Commercial Vehicle. 2) Equip met Finance. 3) Tyre Finance 4) Fleet card Sri. S Venkatesan, CFO & Secretary Sri. P N Srikant, Assistant Secretary Investments: 1) Deposits 2) Mutual Fund. 1) Car Finance 2) Home Finance.
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Sundaram Finance Lakshmi General Finance (since merged with SFL on 1/4/2005) Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Sundaram Infotech Solutions Sundaram Business Services Sundaram Finance Distribution Limited LGF Services Limited Infreight Logistics Solutions Limite
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Interpretation: As graph clearly indicates that 40% of customers were having almost all the models of vehicle followed by tractor, trucks and car.
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Interpretation: The above graph indicates the occupation of the people. By looking at the graph, most of the customers occupation falls in the group of transportation that is 40% and 33.33% are business people, 10% are the students who are very few and 16.67% of the customers are scattered to different occupation.
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Interpretation: The above graph indicates the awareness of people regarding the fleet card. By looking at the graph we can say that almost every other person is aware of the fleet card that is 96.7% of the surveyed people know about the fleet card and there are very small percentage of people are not aware of it that is 3.3%.
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Interpretation: By looking at the awareness level of the customers towards fleet card we can definitely interpret that there are many people who use fleet card. Looking at the above graph 70% of the survey population use the fleet cards and there are very few that is only 30% of them do not use fleet cards.
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Interpretation: The above graph represents the different companys fleet cards used by the surveyed population. Among them most of the customers use the fleet cards of Sundaram Finance as indicated by the above graph about 85.7% of them are the users of fleet cards of Sundaram Finance, and the remaining percentage of people use different companys fleet cards like Reliance of about 9.5% and others 4.8%.
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Free credit perio s d 9 .5% Sec urity 14.3% E y too as perate 14.3%
Interpretation: The above graph indicates the various services, which the customers look in for the usage of fleet card. By looking at the above graph we can interpret that large number of customers look for the cash less transaction services as shown in the graph about 61.9% of the customers prefer for cash less transaction and 14.3% of the customers look for the ease with which one can operate that is the comfort ness and 14.3% of the customers prefer security and the rest 9.5% of the customers look for free credit periods.
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Interpretation: The above graph indicates the awareness level of people towards the Sundaram finance fleet cards. The above graph shows that 80% of the people are aware of the fleet cards offered by Sundaram Finance and very few survey customers that is only 20% of them are not aware of the fleet cards offered by Sundaram Finance.
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8) How did you come to know about Sundaram Finance Fleet card?
Interpretation: By looking at the above graph one can say that about 63.6% of the customers came to know about the fleet cards offered by Sundaram finance through the company executives, and 31.8% of the customers are aware mainly due to word of mouth, and remaining 4.5% of the customers came to know about fleet cards through various petrol and diesel outlets which they visit.
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Interpretation: The above graph indicates the market potential for the Sundaram Finance Fleet Cards. The above figure shows that 60% of the customers do not wish to purchase the fleet cards of Sundaram Finance, Though 60% of the customers say no to the companys fleet card still 40% of the customers who are willing to purchase the fleet cards of the company and so the 40% of the market has to be tapped by the company.
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10) How long you had been using Sundaram Finance fleet card?
Interpretation: The above graphs indicate the duration of the fleet cards used by the customers of the company. From the graph we interpret that about 47.1% of the customers have been using fleet cards from 7-12 months, and 41.2% of the customers have used it for a period of 1-6 months and remaining 11.8% of the customers have been using it from 2-3 years. So we can say that there are very few customers who had been using it from 2-3 years.
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Interpretation: The above graph represents the type of fleet cards particularly of Sundaram Finance used by the customers. 67% of the customers use the smart fleet card offered by the company and 33% of them use Extra power fleet card and so we can say that the potential for smart fleet card is high.
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12) Are you satisfied with the credit limit provided by Sundaram Finance?
N o 5 6/ 5 % .5 .6
Ys e 9 .4 / 9 .4 4 4 4 %
Interpretation: The above graph indicates the satisfaction of customers towards credit limit facility provided by Sundaram Finance. The graph shows that most of the customers are satisfied with this service and the percentage is 94.4% and the remaining 4.6% of the customers are not satisfied with this service.
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Interpretation: The above graph indicates the satisfaction of customers towards interest charged by Sundaram Finance. The graph shows that most of the customers are satisfied with the interest charged and the percentage is 94% and the remaining 6% of the customers are not satisfied with this service.
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Ys e 3 .3 3 %
N o 6 .7 6 %
Interpretation: The above graph indicates the awareness of customers towards free credit period allowed by the company. About 66.7% of the customers are not aware of free credit period and only few of the customers, that is about 33.3% of them are aware of it.
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15) Are you aware of loyalty points? & have you ever redeemed your loyalty points?
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Interpretation: According to the graph 78% of the customers were not aware about loyalty points which were given by the company to their customers as a added service.
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T d us e io 1 .5 0 % A ra e ve g 1 .8 5 %
Es ay 73 .7%
Interpretation: The above graph indicates the customers opinion about the application procedure. The graph shows that 73.7% of the customers feel that the application procedure is easy , 15.8% of them feel that it is average and the remaining 10.5% of the customers feel that the procedure is tedious.
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17) How do you feel about the acceptability of the SF card in various fuel outlets?
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Interpretation: The above graph indicates the customers opinion about the acceptability of the Sundaram Finance card at various fuel outlets. The graph shows that 83% of the customers are satisfied with the acceptability, 6% of them feel that they are not satisfied with the acceptability, 6% of them are dissatisfied and the remaining 6% of the customers are highly dissatisfied. Overall the satisfied percentage of customers is high.
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A grade 8 .9 8 %
Interpretation: The above graph indicates the satisfaction level of the customers the service of easiness to operate.
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19) Security
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Interpretation: As the graph indicates about 50% of the customers have given their opinion about security as B grade and even 38.9% of the customers were C grade.
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20) Cross tabulation between fleet card users and service they expect in fleet card?
Are you using fleet card? * What type of services you look in fleet card? Crosstabulation Count What type of services you look in fleet card? Free credit Easy to Cash less period operate transaction Security scheme 3 13 3 2 3 13 3 2
Total 21 21
Interpretation: The above table indicates the relationship between fleet card users and service they expect in fleet card. From the above table we can interpret that there are 21 fleet card users in total and out of those 21, 13 users would prefer cash less transactions and 3 of them expect security and the remaining 3 expect easiness in its operations.
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21) Cross tabulation between Sundaram Finance Fleet card users and how did they come to know about that?
Are you aware of Sundaram Finance fleet card? * How did you come to know about Sundaram Finance Fleet card? Crosstabulation Count How did you come to know about Sundaram Finance Fleet card? Through compny Word of Petrol/Diesel executive mouth outlet Are you aware of Sundaram Finance fleet card? Total Yes 14 14 7 7 1 1 22 22
Total
Interpretation: The above table indicates the relationship between fleet card users and the awareness of that particular companys fleet card. From the above table we can interpret that there are 22 fleet card users of Sundaram Finance and out of those 22, 14 users came to know about fleet cards of Sundaram Finance through company executives, 7 users are aware due to word of mouth and 1 user came to know through petrol and diesel outlet.
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Are you aware of Sundaram Finance fleet card? * Do you want to have a Sundaram Finance Fleet card in future? Crosstabulation Count Do you want to have a Sundaram Finance Fleet card in future? Yes No Are you aware of Sundaram Finance fleet card? Total Yes No 2 2 4 2 4 6
Total 4 6 10
Interpretation: The above table indicates the relationship between awareness of fleet card and the willingness of the customers to purchase the fleet card of Sundaram finance in future. From the above table we can interpret that out of 4 customers 2 of them wish to purchase companys fleet card and the remaining 2 do not wish to buy it this means there is only 50% scope for the purchase of card. And out of 6 customers who are not aware of fleet card only 2 of them wish to purchase it.
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23) Cross tabulation between Users and Credit limit satisfaction level?
Are you using fleet card? * Are you satsfied with the credit limit provided by Sundaram Finance? Crosstabulation Count Are you satsfied with the credit limit provided by Sundaram Finance? Yes No 17 1 17 1
Total 18 18
Yes
Interpretation: The above table indicates the relationship between fleet card users and the credit limit provided by Sundaram Finance. From the above table we can interpret that there are 18 fleet card users in total and out of them, 17 users are satisfied with the credit limit provided , 1 user is not satisfied with the credit limit provided by the company.
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Are you u sing fleet card ? * Are you aw are of free cred it period ? Crosstabu lation Count Are you aware of free credit period? Yes No 6 12 6 12
Total 18 18
Interpretation: The above table indicates the relationship between fleet card users and the free credit period allowed by Sundaram Finance. From the above table we can interpret that there are 18 fleet card users in total and out of them only 6 users are aware of the free credit period provided, and 12 users are not aware of the free credit period provided by the company.
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25) Cross tabulation between Users and Acceptability of the Sundaram Finance card in various fuel outlets?
A r e y o u u s in g fle et c a r d ? * H o w d o y o u fee l ab o u t th e ac c e p tab ility o f th e S u n d r am F in an v a r io u s fu e l o u tle ts ? C r o s s tab u latio n Count H o w d o y o u fe e l a b o u t th e a c c e p ta b ility o f th e S u n d r a m F in a n c e c a r d in v a r io u s fu e l o u tle ts ? H ig h ly S a tis fie d N o t s a tis fie dD is s a tis fie d d is s a tis fie d T o ta l A r e y o u u s in g fle e t cY e d ? ar s 15 1 1 1 18 T o ta l 15 1 1 1 18
Interpretation: The above table indicates the relationship between fleet card users and their opinion about the acceptability of the Sundaram Finance fleet cards at various fuel outlets. From the above table we can interpret that there are 18 fleet card users in total and out of them 15 users are satisfied with its acceptability, and remaining users are not satisfied with its acceptability.
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Are you using fleet card? * Are you aware of loyalty points and have you ever redeemed your loyalty points? Crosstabulation Count Are you aware of loyalty points and have you ever redeemed your loyalty points? Yes No 4 14 4 14
Total 18 18
Yes
Interpretation: As this summary indicates that more than 75% of customers are using fleet card but they were not aware of loyalty points which is considered as one of the service feature provided by company.
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27) Cross tabulation between satisfaction level of service provided and customers recommendation to others?
Are you satisfied with the service provided by Sundaram Finance fleet card? * If Yes, would you like to recommend it to others? Crosstabulation Count If Yes, would you like to recommend it to others? Yes No Are you satisfied with the service provided by Sundaram Finance fleet card? Total Yes 11 11 7 7 18 18
Total
Interpretation: The above table indicates the relationship between satisfaction level of customers towards the services provided and customers recommendations to others. From the above table we can interpret that there are 18 fleet card users who are satisfied with the services provided and out of them 11 users would like to recommend it to others and remaining 7 users would not wish to recommend it to others.
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Here we see that the correlation is 0.284. This means that awareness and usage of fleet card are positively correlated. But the degree of correlation is less than 0.5. This shows that the association between these two variables is moderate. It means that, at time passes these two variables may move in the same direction. Awareness is directly associated with usage of fleet card.
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29) Correlation between awareness of Sundaram finance fleet card and in which sundaram fleet card.
Correlations Do you want Are you aware to have a of Sundaram Sundaram Finance fleet Finance Fleet card? card in future? Pearson Correlation 1 .167 Sig. (2-tailed) . .645 N 30 10 Pearson Correlation .167 1 Sig. (2-tailed) .645 . N 10 10
Are you aware of Sundaram Finance fleet card? Do you want to have a Sundaram Finance Fleet card in future?
Here we see that the correlation is 0.167. This means that awareness of Sundaram fleet card and future prospective of usage of Sundaram fleet card which are positively correlated. But the degree of correlation is less than 0.5. This shows that the association between these two variables is moderate. It means that, at time passes these two variables may move in the same direction. Awareness is directly associated with usage of fleet card.
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CONCLUSIONS:
As my study was to know and analyze the service provided by Sundaram Finance Ltd, to their fleet card users. Most of them were aware of fleet card but as compare to it usage level is little less. Almost majority of the customers were satisfied with the credit limit provided by company, interest charged by company, about loyalty points and all. Even most of the consumers were satisfied with the acceptability of fleet card in Indian Oil Cooperation and Bharath Petroleum Corp Ltd. As majority of the customers are satisfied with the overall performance and they liked the service provided by company and they even found that the application part of fleet care is quite easy. It will be a feasible for company to increase its advertisement and training regarding how to use and take benefit of fleet card. It was a practical experience for me to know about service marketing in all the categories of the market like Fleet card, customer expectations, Designs and standards and measurement of customer satisfaction. It was an opportunity for me to apply theoretical concepts into practical and it helped me to get good exposure. Finally, this research has helped me to gain immense knowledge about service industry. It will help me to find the new avenues in the future.
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Findings:
1) 96.7% of the people were aware about Fleet card. 2) 70% of the people were using Fleet card. 3) 85.7% of the people were subscribed for Sundaram Finance Fleet Card. 4) 61.9% of the customers go for Sundaram Finance Fleet card because of feature like Cash less transaction. 5) 80% of the people were aware of Sundaram Finance Fleet card. 6) 67% of customers opted for Smart fleet card, followed by Extra Power (33%). 7) 94% of the customers were satisfied with the credit limit charged by Sundaram Finance ltd. 8) 73.7% of the people found that Fleet card operation was easy. 9) 83% of the customers were satisfied with the acceptability of the fleet card in IOC and BPCL. 10) 63% of people were aware about fleet card and through company executive they have come to know about Fleet Card.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1) Most of the people were well worse with Fleet card but it is not in case of usage so company has to concentrate on how best they can assure people for using Fleet card. 2) As we found 63% of the customers they had come to know about fleet card through company executive so better to increase the Advertisement campaign in various petrol outlets. 3) Company needs to use other channels for Effective Advertisement. 4) As it is booming sector in India today ,company has to give importance about training part of fleet card like how to take proper use of fleet card. 5) As it was found less number of customers have opted for Extra Power so it is better for company to give importance to increase the usage level of Extra Power fleet card through effective Advertisement. 6) As most of the customers are using fleet card but they are not aware of extra service provided by Sundaram Finance so company need to inform about their key services to their customers through training or through advertisement.
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CHAPTER VIII
ANNEXURE
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Questionnaire
Dear Customer,
I B S Patil , Student BEC DOMS BAGALKOT . Undertaking a study on Gap Analysis in terms of service delivered to Fleet Card Customers at Sundaram Finance Ltd, Hubli. As part of the project study for the Masters Degree in Business Administration. I humbly request you kindly to fill up the questionnaire by sparing your valuable time. The information provided by you will be used for academic purpose only.
Name ______________________________. Place_______________________________. Vehicle, Make and Model____________________________. District______________________________. Occupation________________. Ph. No_______________________________. 1) Are you aware of Fleet card? a) Yes b) No 2) Are you using fleet card? a) Yes b) No If No, Please Specify the reason____________________________________________________. Then 3) Which company fleet card you have subscribed? a). Sundaram Finance b) Reliance c) Others_____________________. 4) How many times do you use the card in a month? a) Two times b) Four times c) Ten times 5) What type of services you look in fleet card? a) Easy to operate. b) Cash less transaction. c) Security. d) Free Credit Period scheme. e) Others____________________. 6) Which type of vehicles does you own\operate? a) Car b) Truck c) Tempo/Bus/Jeep 7) How many vehicles do you own\operate? a) 1 to 5 b) 6 to 10 c) 11 to 15 d) 15 and above d) Specify_____________.
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20) How do you feel about the application procedure? a) Easy b) Average
21) How do you feel about the acceptability of the SF card in various fuel outlets? a) Highly Satisfied b) Satisfied c) Not satisfied d) Dissatisfied d) Highly dissatisfied
22) Are you satisfied with the service provided by Sundaram Finance fleet card? a) Yes b) No If yes, would you like to recommend it to others? a) Yes b) No If yes, Please specify 3 names that you know worth to use fleet card. 1 2 3 If no, please specify the reason ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 23) Did you find all the desired features in Sundaram Finance Fleet card, please rate the following features. 1 to 5 (1 is lower and 5 Greater) Features F1 Easy to operate F2 Cash less transaction F3 Security F4 Free Credit Period Scheme F5 Others___________________________ 1 2 3 4 5
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CHAPTER IX BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reference Books 1 George E Belch and Michael A Belch- Advertising and Promotion An Integrate Marketing Communication Perspective 2 Kotler and Keller- Marketing Management 12e 3 A Parasuraman - Marketing Research Babasabpatilfreepptmba.com 84
Gap Analysis in terms of service delivered to Sundaram Finance Ltd, Customers Dhruv Gareval 4 Leon E Schiffman Consumer Behavior 9th Edition
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