Collection Title: | SIU IS | Title : | A Study of Concrete Admixture Industry in Myanmar with Implications on Marketing Strategy for MINOKCA | Material Type: | printed text | Authors: | Zay Ya Aung, Author ; Wilaiporn Laohakosol, Associated Name ; Buncha Limpabandhu, Associated Name | Publisher: | Bangkok: Shinawatra University | Publication Date: | 2018 | Pagination: | vii, 60 p. | Layout: | Tables, ill. | Size: | 30 cm. | Price: | 500.00 | General note: | The purpose of this study is to find out the customer needs, wants and expectations for concrete admixture industry in Myanmar. The local brand, MINOKCA wants to compete with international brands. Therefore, MINOKCA needs to provide a marketing strategy which is competitive, Marketing mix will be needed namely product, price, place and promotion. Nowadays, as Myanmar is developing quickly, more businesses both local and foreign are being opened and the competition gets higher and higher. Therefore, researcher expected to find the level of brand awareness of foreign brands as compared with the local ones, including promotion programs from suppliers. Interviews were used to find out customers’ views. With the first round interview, researcher noticed that the expected information was not relevant. Customers really want quality of admixture with right proportion to match their raw materials, affordable price and technical service.
Interview data were collected from the sample size of 12 people. All of respondents are QC engineers who are executive level in their organizations. The interviews covered customers’ difficulties, benefits of using admixture, advertising channels, after sale service, and criteria for choosing the admixture.
The study revealed that customers need most is quality of product as how much match with their raw materials including cements and secondly they want affordable price for this admixture and their expectation includes technical service from supplier which can solve their problems. Customers do not care about brand of admixture. Most of interviewees do not know about concrete technology properly because this subject covers many areas and innovation. | Languages : | English (eng) | Descriptors: | [LCSH]Concrete -- Mixing [LCSH]Marketing
| Keywords: | Concrete admixture,
Marketing strategy,
Ready mixed concrete,
Competition,
International brand,
Innovation | Curricular : | BBA/MBA | Record link: | http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27707 |
SIU IS. A Study of Concrete Admixture Industry in Myanmar with Implications on Marketing Strategy for MINOKCA [printed text] / Zay Ya Aung, Author ; Wilaiporn Laohakosol, Associated Name ; Buncha Limpabandhu, Associated Name . - [S.l.] : Bangkok: Shinawatra University, 2018 . - vii, 60 p. : Tables, ill. ; 30 cm. 500.00 The purpose of this study is to find out the customer needs, wants and expectations for concrete admixture industry in Myanmar. The local brand, MINOKCA wants to compete with international brands. Therefore, MINOKCA needs to provide a marketing strategy which is competitive, Marketing mix will be needed namely product, price, place and promotion. Nowadays, as Myanmar is developing quickly, more businesses both local and foreign are being opened and the competition gets higher and higher. Therefore, researcher expected to find the level of brand awareness of foreign brands as compared with the local ones, including promotion programs from suppliers. Interviews were used to find out customers’ views. With the first round interview, researcher noticed that the expected information was not relevant. Customers really want quality of admixture with right proportion to match their raw materials, affordable price and technical service.
Interview data were collected from the sample size of 12 people. All of respondents are QC engineers who are executive level in their organizations. The interviews covered customers’ difficulties, benefits of using admixture, advertising channels, after sale service, and criteria for choosing the admixture.
The study revealed that customers need most is quality of product as how much match with their raw materials including cements and secondly they want affordable price for this admixture and their expectation includes technical service from supplier which can solve their problems. Customers do not care about brand of admixture. Most of interviewees do not know about concrete technology properly because this subject covers many areas and innovation. Languages : English ( eng) |