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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1COMPANY PROFILE:Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified Health and Well-being company,
focused on improving peoples lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in
healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-
centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of sense
and simplicity.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 116,000 employees inmore than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 23 billion in 2009, the company is a
market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting
solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being
and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming,
portable entertainment and oral healthcare.
Global Footprint
Philips is a global leader across its healthcare, lighting and lifestyle portfolio:
We are the worlds largest home healthcare company, being number one in:Monitoring systems, Automated External Defibrillators, Cardiac Ultrasound,
Cardiovascular X-ray.
We are number one in lamps in Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific and numbertwo in North America; in Automotive lighting, we are leading in Europe, LatinAmerica, Japan and Asia Pacific.
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We are number one in the electric shavers and male grooming category globally. Philips is one of the leading flat-TV brands globally.
Mission
"Improve the quality of peoples lives through timely introduction of meaningful
innovations."
Vision
In a world where complexity increasingly touches every aspect of our daily lives, we will
lead in bringing sense and simplicity to people.
Values
Our Values reflect the ambitions we have laid down in Vision 2010, our recent strategy
update. The Values, the four Ds, are like a compass guiding us in how we behave every
day, and reminding us of the attitudes we should have towards our work, our customers and
our colleagues.
Delight Customers
We anticipate and exceed customer expectations
We demonstrate Passion for Philips and "sense and simplicity" We create superior customer experiences, based on deep insights We act as One Philips ambassadors all the time
Develop people
We get the best from ourselves and each other
We attract the best players to create strong and diverse teams We take risks by giving people stretch assignments to accelerate their development We personally invest significant time to coach and recognize people.
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Depend on each other
We deliver more value by working as One Philips
We think as One Philips and act as owners We trust and empower each other to contribute our best We team up and allocate resources to the most promising opportunities.
Philips Electronics India Limited:
Philips Electronics India Limited, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Royal Philips
Electronics, is the leading Health and Wellbeing company. Today, Philips is a simpler and
more focused company with global leadership positions in key markets of Healthcare,
Lighting and Consumer Lifestyle, addressing peoples Health and wellbeing needs and
aspirations as its overarching theme.
As one of the nation's most well-known and well-loved brands, Philips is a part of
practically every Indian's life. With recent launch of Philips Respironics product categories inobstructive sleep apnea management and home respiratory care, home decorative lighting
range and ALU range, Philips products find use in virtually every aspect of an individuals
daily life 24X7 - at home, at work, on the move and at rest. Philips stands as a source of easy
to use, trendy and innovative internationally acclaimed products with superior design and
technology that enhance the quality of consumers' professional and personal lives.
Philips has been operating in India for over 75 years and employs over 4,500
employees around the country. The company has an excellent pan India distribution and
after-sales service network.
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1.2 EVOLUTION OF PHILIPS AS A BRAND:
Wherever encountered, the Philips brand is a familiar sight in millions of households and
buildings throughout the world with its instantly recognizable word mark of seven blue
capitalized letters. Although the company has evolved and grown over more than hundred
years, Philips visual brand identity is rooted in its early years at the beginning of the 20th
century.
Philips in 20th Century: First Lamp Advertisements
Established in 1891 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Philips &
Co. was founded to meet the growing demand for light bulbs
following the commercialization of electricity.
In the early years of Philips & Co., the representation of the
company name took many forms: one was an emblem
formed by the initial letters of Philips & Co., and another was the word Philips printed on the
glass of metal filament lamps.
One of the very first campaigns was launched in 1898 when Anton Philips used a range of
postcards showing the Dutch national costumes as marketing tools. Each letter of the word
Philips was printed in a row of light bulbs as at the top of every card. In the late 1920s, the
Philips name began to take on the form that we recognize today.
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Philips Identity Trademarked: Origins of the Shield Emblem
The now familiar Philips waves and stars first appearedin 1926 on the packaging of miniwatt radio valves, as well as
on the Philigraph, an early sound recording device. The waves
symbolized radio waves, while the stars represented the ether
of the evening sky through which the radio waves would travel.
In 1930 it was the first time that the four stars flanking the three waves were
placed together in a circle. After that, the stars and waves started appearing on radios and
gramophones, featuring this circle as part of their design. Gradually the use of the circle
emblem was then extended to advertising materials and other products.
At this time Philips business activities were expanding rapidly and the company
wanted to find a trademark that would uniquely represent Philips, but one that would also
avoid legal problems with the owners of other well-known circular emblems. This wish
resulted in the combination of the Philips circle and the word mark within the shield emblem.
In 1938, the Philips shield made its first appearance. Although modified over the
years, the basic design has remained constant ever since and, together with the word mark,
gives Philips the distinctive identity that is still embraced today.
Advertising Philips Brand Today
Whilst the logo of the company has been consistent
since the1930s the way in which Philips has advertised and
communicated to the outside world has varied. In general, until
the mid-1990s all advertising and marketing campaigns were
carried out at product level on a local market basis. This led to
many different campaigns running simultaneously, not giving a
global representation of Philips as a global company.
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To establish consistent global presence, in 1995 Philips introduced the first global
campaign in 1995 under the tagline Lets make things better. This theme encapsulated the
One Philips thinking and was rolled out globally in all markets and on all Philips products.
This was also the first campaign that bought the whole company together, giving theemployees a sense of belonging and providing a unified company look for an external
audience.
In September 2004, Philips launched its sense and simplicity brand promise, which
marked a new way forward for the company. Sense and simplicity reflects Philips
commitment to be a market-driven company that provides products and services that fulfill
the promise of being designed around you, easy to experience and advanced.
In 2008, the total estimated value of Philips brand increased by 8% to USD 8.3
billion and was ranked the 43rd most valuable brand in Inter brands 2008 ranking of best
global brands.
1.3:MARKET POTENTIAL:
Market potential of the PHILIPS is much positive in competitive era and will sure cover the
maximum market share of electric product. Potentiality of any product depends upon the
futuristic performance of the product. it depends that how much retailers have potentiality to
be permanent seller of PHILIPS.
For great potentiality it is necessary to improve those factors which are going to effect
retailers. In my study I found some factors which can help to cover great potentiality.
These factors are following:-
Scheme delivery should in perfect determining time. Some places distributors not able to cover such as (Jankipuram 60 ft road,
aishbagh).That should be improved.
Scheme facility should be regular as much as possible. Cash discount should be provided when a retailer purchase in bulk in cash payment so
that the working capital circulate from both end and this activity will help to generate
more potential retailers.
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Always collect the views of retailers. It gives psychological effect on the retailersabout careness by manufacturing company. If we do not consider retailers point of
view then who will sell our products.?
These factors are very important for the organization. If company is able to improve these all
factors then definitely its market share will more increase. Retailers will take more interest to
sell Philips product and customer will also enjoy for it. .
Philips E-Waste Management Program In India:
Philips has tied up with a recycler for collecting, transporting and recycling unwanted /
broken down consumer products.
At Philips we offer consumers a convenient way of recycling their unwanted, obsolete and
damaged Philips products by dropping them off at convenient locations. The program
encompasses 8 major cities across India. Consumers can approach one of 27 authorized
Philips service centres, which will act as collection points for consumer products which need
recycling. Our efforts are to expand the network in the near future.
Philips ensures that the consumer products received will be recycled in an environment-friendly manner. Philips understands the corporate social responsibility and takes steps
towards providing a safer environment to the future generations. We design our products to
continuously realize improvements and reduce their overall life cycle environmental impact.
Designing products for recycling is an integral part of this approach.
Our aim is to use our planets limited resources effectively and respect the principle of
extended producer responsibility.
This also calls for manufacturers to engage in developing solutions for effective and efficient
recycling of their products. We will continue to promote and invest into improved recycling
systems to reduce the impact of electronic waste on the environment
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1.4: COMPETITORS:
Generally all organizations have competitors in the market. A particular organizational
comprises with other same business and according to market share i clarify the brand of
product is giving more challenge to my product.
I found many products which can be compared with Philips products. As aconclusion i found
that particularly in the area i surveyed Philips is really doing well and its performance is on a
satisfactory level but as far as the competitors is concern they are growing at a rapid speed a
capturing the market of Philips.
During the field work and after intensive study it was found that main competitor of
Philips are :-
HAVELLS
BAJAJ
CROMPTON
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CHAPTER 2
ANALYSIS I
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Philips is number one in the global lighting market, a position supported by leadership in
innovation combined with a systematic approach to seeking out new market opportunities. Its
strategic ambition is to set the pace in the lighting industry as the first-choice innovative
partner for the supply of creative and cost-effective lighting solutions.
The divisions products are found all around the world: not only everywhere in the home, but
also in a multitude of professional applications, for example 30 per cent of offices, 65 per
cent of the worlds top airports, 30 per cent of hospitals, 35 per cent of cars and 55 per cent of
football stadiums (seven of the ten at the 2002 SSoocccceerr WWoorrlldd CCuupp in Japan/Korea).
Products include a full range of incandescent and halogen lamps, compact and normal
fluorescent lamps, high-intensity gas-discharge and special lamps, fixtures, ballast, lighting
electronics and automotive lamps.
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Halogen offers consumers in the U.S. whiter light and a lifetime about three timeslonger than standard incandescent lamps.
The ALTO T8 fluorescent lamp, which contains the least mercury of all comparablelamps on the U.S. market while maintaining its superior performance, is being
installed in all newly constructed WalMart stores in the U.S.
Ecotone Ambiance, a compact, energy-saving lamp on the European consumermarket, has the same shape and gives the same natural soft light as the Philips
Softone.
The CLEO Natural range of tanning lamps which apply the latest scientific andmedical knowledge in providing a sensible, effective tan in a soft and gentle way.
MasterColour CITY extends to outdoor applications the excellent "white light" colorproperties and high efficacy of the existing MasterColour indoor range.
Metronomis outdoor luminaires reflect a modern vision of architectural urbanlighting, in which leading-edge technology is combined with a clear and elegant
design.
The TL5 office lighting system, consisting of the T5 small-diameter (16mm)fluorescent lamp along with efficient TL5 fixtures incorporating sophisticated lighting
controls, provides high-quality lighting and minimizes energy demands.
The UHP (Ultra High Power) lamp is currently the leading product in the market fordigital data projection in beamers connected to PCs.
Electronic ballasts for TL5 and PL-T/C lamp circuits (e.g. miniature HF-Matchbox),and electronic gear for operating HID lamps.
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The recently launched e-Kyoto electronic ballastweighs 58% less and uses 20% lessenergy than electromagnetic ballasts.
VisionPlus lamps increase road safety by giving 50% more light on the road, a 10-20meter longer beam and better reflections from roads and signs; Xenon automotive
lamps give more than twice as much light as conventional halogen lamps while using
only half the energy.
The divisions extension of its LumiLeds JV with Agilent
Technologies in the field of LEDs (light-emitting diodes)
strengthens its leading position in this field and underlines
its confidence in this technology being applied to an
increasing range of applications.
Philips Lighting employs some 47,000 people worldwide. Manufacturing operations in the
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, the United States,
Canada, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Thailand, the Peoples Republic of China, South Korea,
Spain and Mexico.
Our Halogen Classic light bulb lasts two years and is
ideal for hard-to-reach fixtures. Its Long Life means less
hassle and lower maintenance as well as energy savings
over standard incandescent bulbs. The Halogen Classic
provides crisp, white light, and is available in 60, 75, 100
and 150 watt bulbs. Use it for table lamps, hanging
pendants, ceiling fixtures, outdoor lighting, commercial downlights, or any hard-to-reach
fixture.
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The versatile Halogena Indoor Floodlight and Spotlight
reflector lasts up to 50% longer than standard incandescentreflectors. That's up to 3000 hours of brighter, whiter light!
Save time with fewer light bulb changes to your hard-to-reach
fixtures. When the time does come to change bulbs, this
reflector's easy-to-grip shape makes for quick installation and removal.
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Thousands of Americans - and millions more on TV -
welcomed the new millennium with Halogen Brilliant Crystal,
a brand-new light bulb that was specially designed to light up
the world-famous New Years Eve Ball in Times Square, New
York. Being facetted, it is ideal for any application in which
sparkle, dazzle and brilliance are desired, such as in chandeliers,
or in outdoor decorative situations.
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Halogen Stylized Flame is an elegant Long Life alternative to standard decorative
incandescent bulbs. Its Long Life means less hassle and lower
maintenance as well as energy savings. Available in both
candelabra and medium base, the Stylized Flame provides a
direct replacement to standard incandescent decorative lamps
and is ideal for chandeliers, sconces or any decorative fixture.
Stylized Flame can also be used with a dimmer swich, which
provides additional energy savings.
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Halogen Postlight's and Traditional Flame's Long Life mean they last longer than standard
and decorative incandescent lamps. Their crisp, white halogen light provides an elegant
sparkle for indoor and outdoor applications. Both are also dimmable, which adds design
flexibility and energy savings to these premium bulbs.
Philips Innovation Campus (PIC)
Philips Innovation Campus (PIC), Bangalore is a division of Philips Electronics India
Limited, which is owned 96% by Royal Philips Electronics N.V., The Netherlands. It was
established in August 1996, with a vision to be an innovation hub creating next generation
solutions and products for Healthcare and Lifestyle. With the objective of meeting the
growing need for high-quality, cost-effective software development capacity within the
organization, PICs share has increased significantly from 8% in 1998 to around 20% in
2008.
Working at PIC are about 1000 of the industry's finest professionals, using state-of-
the-art software engineering paradigms and platforms including real-time systems,
component-based software engineering and multi-threaded architecture to drive the creation
of tomorrow's products and services. PIC is an ISO 9001/TickIT, SEI, CMM SM level 5
company & has emerged as a critical partner in the development of strategic & futuristic
technologies for Philips worldwide. 60,000 registered patents illustrate the innovative nature
of the company. Philips has adopted an Open Innovation strategy which leverages the joint
innovative power of partnering companies and researchers to bring more innovations to the
market effectively and faster. PIC has built-up extensive know-how and expertise in the
software engineering and technology domains relevant to its business. In addition,
competencies in the areas of project management, requirement engineering and quality
assurance have been established to offer customers products and services of the highest
quality, at the fastest time-to-market and the lowest cost of ownership.
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2.2: PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
Philips being a market leader in electronic consumer durables and consumer non durables,
has a wide range of products under the following heads-
Healthcare
Philips simplifies healthcare by focusing on the people in the entire cycle of care -
whether it is in the hospital or in the home patients and care providers. Philips Healthcare in
India operates in the diagnostic imaging segment including CT, MRI, X-rays, cardiovascular
system, nuclear medicine, PET-CT, and ultrasound imaging systems, and is also a significant
player in patient monitoring. Recently, Philips Healthcare announced its entry into the fast-growing Indian home healthcare market by introducing the Philips Respironics product
categories in obstructive sleep apnea management and home respiratory care. Through
combining human insights and clinical expertise, Philips aims to improve patient outcomes
while lowering the burden on the healthcare system. Outstanding image quality and
reliability, backed by an excellent application, and customer support network, has made
Philips Healthcare a preferred choice of clinicians and one of the leading suppliers of
diagnostic imaging systems. Philips is the clear leader in cathlabs segment with the mostcomprehensive range of innovative cardiology solutions in India.
With a strong focus to drive growth from emerging markets, Philips Healthcare
announced the first patient monitor designed for emerging markets, Philips SureSigns VM3,
in India. This series of new portable, compact patient monitors provides a reliable, yet
affordable means to observe and care for patients. With the acquisition of India-based Alpha
X-Ray Technologies and Meditronics, Philips also expanded its healthcare business to cater
to the high-growth economy segment for Cardiovascular and General X-Ray systems.
Lighting :
Philips Electronics India, Indias largest lighting company operates in business areas
of Lamps, Luminaires, Lighting Electronics, Automotive and Special Lighting. Today, as
global leader in Lighting, Philips is driving the switch to energy-efficient solutions. With
worldwide electrical lighting using 19 per cent of all electricity, the use of energy-efficient
lighting will significantly reduce energy consumption around the world and thereby cut
harmful CO2 emissions. Philips India has been consistently working with industry bodies
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such as ELCOMA, Bureau of energy efficiency and NGOs towards addressing Indias power
crisis through promotion of energy efficient lighting in India.
Philips provides advanced energy-efficient solutions for all segments: road lighting,
office & industrial, hospitality and home. Philips is also a leader in shaping the future withexciting new lighting applications and technologies such as LED technology, which, besides
energy efficiency, provides attractive benefits and endless new never-before-possible
lighting solutions.
In 2008, Philips inaugurated a global research and development (R&D) centre for
lighting electronics in India. This was its third such unit in the world. The facility which is
situated in Noida will not only cater to the needs of the Indian market but also the Asia-
Pacific, Europe and North America. The other R&D centres are located at Eindhoven in the
Netherlands and in Shanghai, China. One of the primary research areas for the centre is to
develop products that can tackle high voltage fluctuations in India. The centre currently
employs 35 engineers. Around 40 per cent of Philips revenue in India comes from the
lighting business.
ConsumerLifestyle:
Guided by the brand promise of sense and simplicity and the consumer insights,
Philips Consumer Lifestyle offers rich, new consumer experiences that meet consumers
desire for relaxation and improving their state of mind. Philips also responds to the
consumer's desire for wellness and pleasure by introducing products that meet the
individuals interests in terms of their mind, space, body and appearance
The Consumer Lifestyle arm in India operates in the business areas of Home
Entertainment solutions and Personal Infotainment with product categories such as TVs,
home theatre systems, music systems, DVD players, personal entertainment solutions, sound
accessories, Domestic Appliances and Personal care.
Sound and Vision
The Philips GoGear with FullSound was created to enhance the sound quality of your MP3
music while you play it. Now you can experience your music on the go as never before.
Includes product range in
Televisions Home Theatres
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Blu- Ray And DVDs Audio Products MP3 And Media Players Portable TV And DVD Digital Photo
House Hold Products
Includes the range in
Coffee Makers And Kettles Irons Juicers and Blenders Food Preparation Water And Air Purifiers
PC Products and Phones
Web Cams And Head Sets Monitors PC Audio Drivers And Storage Mice And Key BoardsAccessories
Phone Accessories Audio/ Video Accessories MP3 Players Accessories Head Phone Remote Controls Mother And Child Care Power SolutionsPersonal Care
This includes
Mens Shaving
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Mens grooming Female depilation Hair care
SERVICES Philips products have reached millions of consumers in India.
Products discarded by consumers turn into electronic waste.
This E-Waste is hazardous for the environment, and to human health.
Efforts are needed to dispose off these products in an environment friendly manner.
Philips India has initiated a voluntary take back and recycle program.
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2.3 PRODUCT DETAIL:
Philips India ltd. is the Indian counterpart of Royal Philips Electronics. Originally established as Phili
Electrical Co. (India) Pvt. Ltd, Philips was born in India in Kolkata in 1930. With the tag line of "Sense a
Simplicity", Philips is introduced to the Consumer as a Company that adheres to its promise of deliveri
Products and Services that make lives simpler and easier. Philips enjoys the position of a household name
Consumer Products In India. Any of the Appliance or Electronic item can be purchased from a Philips Dea
or Outlet.
The Consumer Products range of Philips include:
Televisions- LCD, Plasma, Flat Screen , Smart Touch XL
Recorders, DVD Players, I pods and Home Theatre Systems
Audio Products - Audio Systems, Remote Controls, Audio/Video Accessories
Digital Photo Products and Frames
Portable Audio and Video Systems, Accessories like Headphones and Speakers
PC Products - Mouse and Keyboard, Multi Media Headsets, External Hard Disk Drives.
Mobile Phones
Male Shaving and Grooming - Dry Shavers, Beard Trimmers
Personal Care - Beauty and Hair Care Products
Kitchen Appliances - Blenders and Hand Blenders, Juicers and Citruspresses, Food Processors and Mixe
Coffee Makers and Kettles, Frying and Grilling Appliances, Toasters and Snacking Products
Household Products - Irons, Vacuum Cleaners, Water Purifiers .Philips is a name synonymous to Lighti
In India. The Lighting solutions by Philips are aimed at providing state-of-art lighting technology combin
with costeffectiveness. These lighting products have applications in not just Homes but also Industrial a
infrastructure based settings. The Philips Lighting Solutions cover the following spheres:
Professional Lighting - Industrial, Shops and offices, Road and Area, Hospitality, Sports Lighting, C
Beautification, Philipsools and Petrol Stations
Automotive Lighting - In Cars, Motorcycles and Trucks
Home Lighting
The Annual Reports of the Company show considerable growth owing to a well planned and maintain
Research and Development System. Philips India Ltd. has Offices in all the major cities in India nam
Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and Gurgaon.
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The Corporate Office is situated at Mumbai. The CEO of Philips Electronics India Limited, Mr.
Ramachandran, along with the Chairman, Mr. S.M. Datta and the entire team of directors has been success
in taking Philips to new heights in Indian Consumer Appliances Market.
Juicer:
HR1861/00 700W
- Dishwasher-safe
- Extra large capacity
- Extra large feeding tube
Juicer Mixer Grinder:
2 jar
- Auto shut-off
- Compact design for less sto ...
- Easy to pour and store
Mixer Grinder
HR1651 3 jar 750W
- 750 W powerful motor
- Auto shut-off
- Intelli control timer
Iron
Pressurised steam ge... GC8220
- 1.4 liter water tank
- Up to 4.5 bars steam pressu ...
- Steam tip
Steam iron GC4420
- Up to 40 g/min of steam
- Steam tip
- Automatic safety shut-off
Travel iron GC650
- Steam boost
- Vertical steam
- Carry pouch
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Mens Shaving:
Electric shaver RQ1280 Chrome
- GyroFlex 3D
- UltraTrack
- Patented Super Lift&Cut Act ...
Electric shaver HQ130
- Unique Lift & Cut dual blad ...
- Individually floating heads
- Up to 60 minutes cordless s ...
Hair Care
Hairdryer HP8202
- Ion conditioning
- 1600W
- EHD+ technology
Lady Shaver:
Epilator
HP6609 Total body
- Opti-start cap with massage
- Lift and massage attachment
- Sensitive cap
2.4 : ACQUISITIONS, SUBSIDIARIES AND SPINOUTS:
Acquisitions-
Companies acquired by Philips through the years include Amperex, Magnavox, Signeti
Mullard, VLSI, Agilent Healthcare Solutions Group, Marconi Medical Systems, ADAC Labs, A
Ultrasound, portions ofWestinghouse and the consumer electronics operations ofPhilco and Sylvania. Phil
abandoned the Sylvania trademark which is now owned by SLI (Sylvania Lighting International) except
Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and the USA where it is owned by the Osram u
ofSiemens. Formed in November 1999 as a equal joint venture between Philips and Agilent Technologi
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the light-emitting diode manufacturerLumiledsbecame a subsidiary of Phillips Lighting in August 2005 a
a fully-owned subsidiary in December 2006. In 2000, Philips bought Optiva Corporation, the ma
ofSonicare electric toothbrushes. The company was renamed Philips Oral Healthcare and made a subsidi
of Philips DAP. In 2006 Philips bought out the company Lifeline Systems headquarter
in Framingham, Massachusetts. In August 2007 Philips acquired the company Ximis, Inc. headquartered in
Paso, TX for their Medical Informatics Division. In October 2007, it purchased a Moore Microproces
Patent (MPP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group.
On Friday, 21 December 2007 Philips and Respironics, Inc. announced a definitive merger agreem
pursuant to which Philips will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Respiron
for US$66 per share, or a total purchase price of approximately 3.6 billion (US$5.1 billion) to be paid in cupon completion.
Spinouts-
Polymer Vision, the maker of The Readius is a spin out from Philips Electronics.
APRICO Solutions is a venture within Philips Intellectual Property and Standards.
Philips also forayed into the pharmaceuticals market in a company best known as Philips-Duphar (Dut
Pharmaceuticals). Philips-Duphar made products for crop protection, veterinary medicine and products
human use. Duphar was sold to Solvay, now Solvay Pharmaceuticals. In subsequent years divisions have be
sold off, by Solvay, to other companies (crop protection was sold to UniRoyal, now Chemtura and
veterinary division was sold to Fort Dodge, a division ofWyeth)
2.5: SPORTS, SPONSORSHIP AND NAMING RIGHTS
Traditionally Philips has a vested interest in sports, originally as a means to provide a healthy form
recreation for its employees. In 1913, in celebration of the Centenary of Dutch independence from Fran
Philips founded a sports club called Philips Sport Vereniging (Philips Sports Club), or PSV, as it is n
known. The sports club encompasses all kinds of sports, but is currently most famous for its Premier Leag
football team and its swimming team. Philips owns the naming rights to Philips Stadium, loca
in Eindhoven, which is home to Dutch football team PSV Eindhoven.
Abroad, Philips sponsors and has sponsored numerous sport clubs, sport facilities, and events. Philips recen
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(November 2008) extended its very successful F1 partnership with AT&T Williams to include many m
product groups.
Furthermore, Philips owns the naming rights to the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and to the Phil
Championship, the premierbasketball league in Australia, traditionally known as the National Basketb
League. Between 1988 and 1993 Philips were also the major sponsors of The Balmain Tigers, an Australi
rugby league team.
In Thailand Philips is a sponsor ofPEA FC.
Outside of sports Philips sponsors the Philips Monsters of Rock festival, held in many countries all over t
world
2.6: Challenges Facing the Consumer Electronics Industry
With the increase in price wars due to the entry of new players in the market and increase in manufacturing
capacity by some original manufacturers, the profitability and margins of the companies are adversely
affected. Poor distribution network in semi-urban and rural areas. Low awareness of consumer electronics
products in rural India. Presence of gray market in consumer electronics products, especially in DVD playermusic players. Companies need to increase focus on product differentiation to address various segmental
specific needs.
With the increase in access to Internet information, and availability of wide range of choices, consumers ha
become quite smart. They want the product that is easy-to-handle, good in quality and low in price. M
importantly, consumers want some guarantee for the product that they are buying. They look for the prod
that can be used for many years.
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CHAPTER 3
ANALYSIS II
3.1: PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY:
Under the market strategy promotional idea is very important. Organization provides some
schemes or rebates to retailers or consumers.
They make advertisement according to convenient of the people and the feature of the
product. Sometimes Philips should comer to market with new offerings at the time of
festivals and of course with cost benefits to the customers. Giving discounts over bulkpurchase also comes under this strategy. This strategy will Philips to increase their market
size as well as the share and this will help to generate more and more revenue
BRAND POSITIONING
With different various products Philips has a very strong position in the mind of consumer
that they provide good quality products which suits their budget.
3.2: EXPORT MARKETING-4PS:
ELECTRIC MARKET FROM 4 PS OF MARKETING
PRODUCT:-
Philips deals in good quality of electric products,right from its beginning and provide
customer a valuable product and maintain a good relationship with their retailers and
customers. They give first priority to the customers and due to this they are the market leader
from last 8 years..But from last few years Philips is facing stiff competition from their
competitor (Bajaj,Crompton,Havells) in terms of product range as well as the quality of
products & they are capturing the market of Philips at a rapid speed
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PRICE:-
Philips use the strategy of Skimming Pricing to promote their products with this thing in
mind costlier the better thats why all Philips products are costlier as compare to theircompetitor but from last few years others companys are also providing the better quality
products at low cost and more warranty on their products as compare to the Philips.
PLACE:-
Philips uses the word of mouth promotion strategy because of the literacy rate is low as
compare to other metro cities of INDIA.
PROMOTION:-
Promotion is an important tool for any company to survive in any national or domestic
market & to promote their products Philips use word of mouth strategy which is not sufficient
to capture a bigger market.
To capture the bigger market Philips should go for Window Dressing, Hoardings, Offer on
new products in order to capture a bigger market. During the whole survey of 60 days I
havent found any board, hoardings, display board at any retail counter whereas other
comapnys do so and increasing their market size day by day and this is the biggest threat for
Philips and this will result to lose the market share
3.3 PHILIPS STRATEGY IN INDIA:
Philips India, is in a bid to aggressively push its sales in the rural/semi-urban
segment and has designed an innovative strategy for these regions. Called the Philips
Mahasangram Integrated Marketing Programmes', the rural initiative will be taken across the
country from July 2, focusing on rural towns with a population of less than 5,000 and semi-
urban towns with a population between 5,000 and 50,000. , The Philips Mahasangram is
aimed at taking Philips' new products to the semi-urban and rural customers and increasing
their awareness where product knowledge, information and availability are concerned. Anindication of the size of this initiative can be obtained from the fact that Philips will be
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spending about 4.5 per cent of its turnover from the rural/semi-urban areas on the
Mahasangram alone.
Meanwhile, the key reason behind this initiative lies in the growing potential ofthe rural market. According to industry data, while in 1997-98, rural sales formed about 25
per cent of the total sales for CTVs, refrigerators and washing machines, it increased to 36
per cent in 2001-2002 and is expected to go up to as high as 41 per cent in 2006-07. Apart
from initiating new marketing and distribution programmes, Philips will also be launching a
range of new products during the rural initiative. Meanwhile, Philips plans to implement an
innovative FMCG style marketing strategy to push its durables in the rural segment. The
Mahasangram Integrated Marketing Programme is essentially about implementing a non-
durables strategy marketing in a consumer durable segment. The management is planning
effective use of a number of media vehicles to ensure efficient communication of the message
and maximum utilization of the money spent. The advertising and marketing strategy will be
a combination of above-the-line and below-the-line/ on-ground activities.
Various promotional activities which Philips plans to initiate during the
Mahasangram include a series of on-ground activities such as point of sale material at
retailers' counters, road-shows, mobile vans with Philips products on display and games,
innovative tactics like advertising on an inland letter form or postcard (a popular form of
communication in rural areas) and sponsorship of local events, among other things.
On the distribution front, Philips claims to have the biggest distribution network
(as compared to other consumer electronics companies) and a high degree of penetration even
in the rural and semi-urban areas. The company has carried out an extensive product-wise
mapping exercise over 540 districts across India. Keeping in mind the objective of extensive
physical reach of 80 per cent plus, where portable audio is concerned, the company has
developed a second line of activity in the distribution set-up. Also, in order to cater to volume
drivers i.e., major retailers, company has identified the main retailers of each distributor and
practice the Key Account Management Approach with them, so that there is a focus on
improving relations, trade with these retailers, and catering to their needs. These steps have
helped in developing their volume reach, geographical reach and counter share significantly.
Philips is hoping that its innovative rural marketing initiative coupled with the high growth in
the rural market will boost its market share.
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How Philips India doubled its sales
The company launched an aggressive new advertising campaign in print,
television and online. The new tagline "Sense and simplicity" showcases the new brandpromises -- using technology to make life simpler and easier. Company sources say Philips is
counting on the new campaign to help it grow by at least 25 per cent this year.
That's in the future, but how did Philips almost double its market share in under four years?
Interestingly, the company didn't adopt radically different strategies.
It paid attention to what customers wanted; passed on cost benefits; and brushed up its
admittedly fuddy-duddy image. According to Mr. D Shivkumar, executive director, consumer
electronics, Philips, "We have managed to grow the business by focusing on the price --
quality equation."
The battle of perception
Philips has been a household name in India for 75 years, but consumers associated
the brand more with tube lights and transistors than cutting-edge technology.
That's ironic, considering the company has made its mark globally as a technology leader -- it
invented the cassette recorder, the compact disc and the DVD; the last in association with
Sony.
But a survey by advertising agency JWT, which held the Philips account from 2001
(it has recently moved to Mudra), revealed that Philips technology was seen as reliable but
not state-of-the-art.
Clearly, Philips needed an image makeover. It began by taking the technology route.
Post-2001, advertising campaigns emphasised the company's technologically-advanced
features.
Philips was the first audio company to launch an MP3 player (May 2002), and it
made sure its communication played that up: "Don't buy a system if it doesn't have an MP3
player." Then there was the October 2002 campaign, in which a little boy uses the power of
the music system to nudge the cookie jar off the top-most kitchen shelf.
The company was constantly refining the image of the company in the minds of the
consumer, making it more modern. But that wasn't enough. That's where in-store displays and
promotions that demonstrated the abilities of Philips products came in. In October 2003, JWT
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broke the "Ramu kaka" ad, where the manservant inadvertently inserts a roti into the DVD
player.
The tagline made the message clear: "The new Philips DVD player plays anything".The campaign proved immensely popular - it was used in other Asian countries as well -- and
Philips wasn't slow in leveraging its appeal. At live demos, customers would be invited to slip
rotis into the player, creating a buzz around the product and the brand.
But that would probably appeal more to families and Philips needed to reach out to
the youth, its target customer base. So it went to where the action was -colleges and rock
festivals.
Philips set up stalls, complete with a professional DJ. Youngsters were invited to man
the console, while the DJ gave them tips on mixing and spinning. And had huge walk-ins and
could provide an involvement and experience with the brand.
Clinch the dealer
Philips has successfully played the price card, but not all price cuts have been due to
better or cheaper technology. In some segments like radios, it did away with trade discounts
and passed on the savings to the customer.
Two years ago, Philips' radios sold at Rs 600 -- a huge premium compared to the Rs 200 or
so that other brands cost. In mid-2003, the company slashed the price to Rs 400 and even
introduced new models at the Rs 160 price point, especially targeting the non-urban youth
segment.
Not surprisingly, dealers were upset at their shrinking margins. Some started stocking
competing brands, only to return, claim company officials, when they found volumes were
increasing exponentially.
They soon realized it was more profitable to sell Philips radios because the turnover is
much higher. To ensure the penetration and distribution happens, Philips changed its
distribution strategy around two years ago. Distributors were now allocated smaller
geographical territories so they can concentrate on getting firmer footholds in their areas.
Distributor in upcountry markets, who were earlier allotted five or six districts are now given
only two or three. And not all are given the entire product range so that the focus is sharper.
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Creating the value proposition
Philips realized early on that maintaining the price-quality equation is critical. That's
especially true of the minis (DVD and VCD hi-fi systems) segment, which accounts for a
quarter of the audio market in value terms.Even as Philips constantly raised the technology bar (MP3 players, deeper bass, sleeker, more
streamlined systems), it's kept its prices competitive. The company prices its minis at Rs
8,000-25,000, compared with the market range of Rs 7,500-30,000.
Moreover, prices have been falling by 10 per cent on average every year. Of course,
that's true for other brands as well but, Philips "found the sweet spot at which youngsters
could buy".
How did it do that? By ensuring that it was perceived neither as a price warrior like
Aiwa or Sansui nor prohibitively expensive -- Sony products are on average 10 per cent more
expensive.
Philips also brought in help from outside. In late 2002, it tied up with Countrywide and
Citibank to provide accessible finance schemes for its products.
Compared to equal monthly installments of about Rs 1,000 earlier, the new schemes let
customers pick up state-of-the-art sound machines for as little as Rs 333 a month - that too,
without a down-payment.
Has that helped? Consider: Philips entered the minis segment only in 2000, a year
behind Sony. But it's now carved up the market with Sony, with 45 per cent share each.
The company also paid close attention to customer feedback. It has ramped up the number of
service centres across the country to 190, from 125 two years ago. Today, over 900
technicians now attend to complaints, up from 600 in 2002.
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CHAPTER 4
ANALYSIS III
4.1 PEST ANALYSIS:
Mission statement
The Philips Inc. is a company with 115 years of history. It has made its way from a small
carbon-filament lamps producer to the one of the world's biggest electronics companies. A
mission the company was devoted to all this years improving the quality of people's lives
through the timely introduction of meaningful technological innovations. (Phillips, 2007)
The mission statement shows that the business of the company is developing new
technologies which can be used in day to day life in order to make it easier and more
comfortable. It is also clearly seen from the mission that the customers of the company are
mostly individuals, who buy the product for their own use. According to the statement the
customer should probably be seeing the company as a provider of advanced and user friendly
technology that improves their lives.
The business will be providing solutions in the areas of healthcare, lifestyle and enabling
technology and should be the most admired company in the industry.
PEST Analysis of Philips company
All business entities are under the pressure of different factors inside and outside the
organization. In order to survive in the global environment, companies in building their
strategies have to aware of the outside forces such as political and economic situation inside
the country and in the global community, new technologies in the market, socio and cultural
influences.
1.POLITICAL FACTORSPolitical factors that affect the activity of an organization are: tax policy, employment laws,
environmental regulations, trade restrictions and political stability inside the country. As
company maintains sales and service organizations as well as manufacturing operations in
many different countries it must deal with a great variety of laws and policies, which
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additionally change all the time. For example in many countries of European union now
taking place dynamic changes in employment law.(Federation of European employees, 2007)
Also many countries are now environment concerned and try to reduce pollution. Philips as a
large manufacturer can face some problems because of that.
2.ECONOMIC FACTORSAt the present time a lot of countries where Philips Company has its business are
experiencing high levels of economic growth at the moment.
For example according to bbc.co.uk, the economy of the country grew at the fastest rate for
two years in the second quarter of 2006 and as it was reported by Office for National
Statistics (ONS) reached 2.6% in August 2006. Inflation rate has increased to 2.5% in June
2006; however, the average inflation in 2006 is likely to around 3% that is normal for UK.
Because of the high economic growth inflation and interest rates are likely to rise. In 2006
the Bank of England kept the interest rate at 4.5%. For Philips high economic growth means
the increasing purchasing power of the population that is desirable for the company.
3.SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS:The social and cultural influences on business vary from country to country, region to region.
It is very important that such factors are considered.
Philips operates in many countries therefore they are in vast and diverse socio-cultural arena.
It is important for Philips to adapt to these changes in customers expectations from region to
region and being able to cater according to them. People in developed countries now also
start to pay more attention to the culture of a company, and that fact that Philips is a highly
ethical company, which cares about its customers and suppliers will win them more respect
from people. Another point about social factor is that people in many countries become
wealthier so more now will be able to afford prices of new technology.
4.TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS:Technology is vital for competitive advantage, and is a major driver of globalization. The
main benefits of a better technology are that it allows cheaper and better standard of quality
for products and services. It also offers to consumers and businesses more innovativeproducts and services such as Internet banking, new generation mobile telephones, etc.
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Philips Company is very dependant on technology. New innovations can significantly
improve operations of the company. On the other side if competitors of the company will
become more technologically advanced Philips can loose its market share.
4.2 SWOT ANALYSIS :
SWOT Analysis of Philips
Every company faces few challenges and weaknesses in its existence, therefore, to
know companys strengths and opportunities is desirable to overcome any difficulties that
may arise and successfully predict any trends. SWOT Analysis is a marketing tool that
gathers and analyse these information about the company. With help of SWOT, which stands
for Strengths Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, Philips would know how to deliver
their products and right services to its customers effectively.(Kotler, P. 2005)
1.INTERNAL STRENGTHS:Philips has a recognizable and very strong brand image that was established thorough the
years. The core values and the whole icon of Philips are based on the quality, value for
money, innovation, and superiority of the service and on the trust. The product range is wide,
modern and of good quality.
Philips products and solutions are known to be advanced, easy to use, and designed to meet
the needs of all users. Company also has strong intellectual property position as it has a lot of
widely used technologies patented as their own innovation.
Philipss another strength is operations excellence and flexibility of the firm, which helps it to
deal with changes. Well built customer and supplier relationships also help the company.
Philips is the worlds leading lighting supplier. Strategic alliances are an important part of
business at Philips. They enable us to bring new products to the market that we would not
have been able to develop on our own. Philips combines with a number of leading global
companies to build advanced products and services that touch the lives of people everyday.
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2.INTERNAL WEAKNESSES:Philips Inc. operates in fields where competitiveness is very concentrated. However it has
strong customer base it should not underestimate the emerging customers; it should keep up
with new trends and updating the existing products, actively listen new proposals from
customers and staff and continue to promote its brand image via effective advertisements.
Another weakness is that Philips employs a huge number of people which work in a variety
of different countries. Therefore the company experiences some problems in sharing
information between employees and controlling operations of different businesses. New,
efficient and less complicated ways of transmitting information between the stores,
manufacturing premises, head office and various departments should take place in order to
communicate successfully and deliver the most effective customer service.(Philips Company,
2007)
3.EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES:Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products
to its consumers. It have created a program through which higher and higher quality levels in
all products and services will be reached. Technological products of Philips can be more
design oriented.Creating jolly, modern and convenient stores with place to rest and have a
coffer is another project, which Philips can undertake.Redevelopment will create good
atmosphere in the stores, the changes would encourage customer to stay longer in the stores.
4.EXTERNAL THREATS:More retailers have understood where the market trends are going; quality, value is the key in
today retail sector. Many companies started to produce the same quality products on a
cheaper price.
Another challenge that not only Philips faces is fast changing environment, where new
products are introduced within small space of time. Therefore, keeping track with new trends
and products is essential for the business.
Spending habits and way how people shop is changing rapidly. People shop more on line,
looking for promotions or wait until the sale period.
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Therefore, improve on-line facilities; friendlier web page would boost the sale and
maintaining small promotions in the stores would invite higher number of visitors into the
stores.
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CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION/RECOMMENDATION
CONCLUSION:The conclusion that can be derived from this survey is that Philips being a big brand, and a
quality striver is hit by the low- cost rivals. But the segment it caters is highly satisfied and
constitutes immense Brand Loyal.
To boost its sales the company may need to adopt, certain measures for its repositioning and
can adopt differentiation strategies and proper distribution of their products including
schemes and post sales services for the consumers in Indore region and turning low cost itself
for the rest.
Philips is the largest electronics company in the world. They made a positive transformation
over the years and became market leader. The company has been profitable over the last
couple years except in years of global recession
Research Design
This is a Descriptive type of research which involve the collection of information about the
company.
Sample Technique:-
The probability sampling has used to collect the date for research.
RECOMMENDATION : They should prefer proper distribution. They should provide some good scheme and offers to his retailers as well customer. Give proper information to the retailers about new products and provide catalogue. They should improve their post sales services.
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