Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Gunjan Dugar
Manish Madhukar
Mohit Almal
Vineet Sekhani
Background
• AMUL – formally registered on December 14,
1946
• During 1940’s the milk procurement was done by
a private company, Polson’s Dairy in Anand
• In 1946, under the leadership of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, Mr. Tribhuvandas Patel, a local
farmer organized farmers into a Cooperative
• In 1949, Dr. Verghese Kurien joined dairy Institute
Research at Anand
Background
• Membership -
– Committing to supply a certain quantity of milk for a
certain number of days in a year
– Would continue to be a member only if he kept up this
commitment
Assistant general
Manager
(Marketing – Dairy
Products)
400000 • Retailers
Product Portfolio
Category Market Share Market Position
Liquid Milk NA 1
Full fat milk
Semi Toned Milk
Fully Toned Milk
Butter
Amul Butter 85 1
Amul Lite 80 1
Amul Ghee 8 2
Sagar Ghee 10 1
Milk Powder
Amul Spray 65 1
Amul Milk Powder 80 1
Sagar, Skimmed Milk 40 1
Powder
Amulya, dairy whitener 60 1
Product Portfolio
Category Market Share Market Position
Cheese
Amul pasteurized Cheddar Cheese 50 1
Amul Paneer
Amul Cheese Powder
Ice Creams
Amul Ice Creams 30 2
Sweets
Amul Shrikhand 50 1
Amul Mithai Gulab Jamun 1
Technology
Low cost
and e-
strategy
initiatives
Success
Strong Diverse
distribution product
network mix
Raw Milk
Pasteurization
Condensed
Packaged Milk Dried
Butter
Ice cream Skimmed Milk
Ghee Powder
Beverages
cream
GCMMF’s Business Strategy
Developing demand
Limited purchasing power
A low cost price strategy product
Umbrella Brand
Common brand for most product categories
Amul’s sub-brands like Dhara, Safal etc.
Third party service providers
Core is milk processing
Logistics of milk collection, distribution of products
and sale through retail outlets and dealers
Porter’s 5 Forces: An Industry Analysis
Threat of new
entrant is high
as entry barriers
are low
Threat of
substitute is
high because of
other products
3 C’s Model
Defending against Customers extremely
Mahananda, Vijaya and satisfied
other co-operative Moved from loose to
socieities packaged milk
Aggressive moves by Ready to try more products
Britannia, Nestle, Kwality Competition Customer
Improved socio economic
conditions
Company
Opportunities Threats
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ROE
20.00%
18.00% 18.63% 18.76%
16.00%
14.00% 13.73% 13.72%
12.00%
10.00%
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
3.20%
2.00% 2.25%
0.00%
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Ratio’s
Marketing Expense/Total Dhara Sales/ Total Turnover
Turnover 25.00%
3.00% 22.81%
1.50%
10.00%
1.00%
5.00%
0.50%
0.00% 0.00%
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Amul Competition
Product Strategy of Amul
• Product Positioning Strategy
• Product Design Strategy
• Diversification Strategy
• Value Marketing Strategy
Product Positioning
• To place the product in that part of the market
where it will get favourable reception
• Positioning of Amul is “Taste of India” as it has
created value in the whole chain from
customers to farmers
• USP – Quality with affordability
Product Design Strategy
“Whether to offer standardised or customized
products”
Uses of Utterly – Butterly Girl:
Using since 1967
One of the longest serving ad campaigns
Product Diversification
• Seeking unfamiliar markets or products in the
pursuit of growth
• Amul’s Philosphy:
- Progressive addition of higher value
products while maintaining the desired
growth in existing products
Core philosphy:
- Providing milk at basic and affordable
price
Value Marketing Strategy
• Providing a product that works as claimed, is
accompanied by decent service and delivered
on time
• Commitment to quality
• Value for money
• Creating awareness
• Fostering loyalty
Dairy Cooperative Network-Current Scenario
The Dairy Cooperative Network Milk Production
• Includes 177 milk unions • India's milk production
• Operates in over 346 increased from 21.2 million
MT in 1968-69 to 100.9 million
districts
MT in 2006-07 and to 102
• Covers around 1,28,799 million MT in 2007-08
village level societies • Per capita availability of milk
• Is owned by around 13.4 was 246 grams per day in
million farmer members of 2006-07 increased from
which 3.7 million are 241grams per day in 2005-
women 06, up from 112 grams per day
in 1968-69
Dairy Cooperative Network-Current Scenario
Marketing Innovation
• In 2007-08, average daily • Bulk-vending - saving money
cooperative milk marketing and the environment.
stood at 189.21 lakh litres;
annual growth has averaged • Milk travels as far as 2,200 kms
about 6.6 per cent to deficit areas, carried by
compounded over the last five innovative rail and road milk
years tankers.
• During 1991-2007 the daily • Automatic Milk Collection Unit
milk supply by Cooperatives to (AMCU) and Bulk Milk Cooler
each 1000 urban consumers (BMC) at grass root level –
has increased from 37.3 to preserve quality and reduce
66.3 litre post-procurement losses
Mission 2020
• “Mission 2020,” as the GCMMF calls it, focuses on
cattle feed manufacturing capacity