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BANGALORE UNIVERSITY
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Name: SUDESH
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DECLARATION BY THE STUDENT
I hereby declare that “A Study on the Service Process Provided by SONY after the sale of product” is the
result of the project work carried out by me under the guidance of Dr.V.S.CHAUHAN in partial fulfilment
for the award of Master’s Degree in Business Administration by Acharya Bangalore B School.
I also declare that this project is the outcome of my own efforts and that it has not been submitted to any other
University or Institute for the award of any other Degree or Diploma or Certificate.
Name : Sudesh
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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LIST OF CONTENTS
1 INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 11
1.1 Introduction 12
2 COMPANY OVERVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Objective, vision, mission
2.3 Achievements
2.4 Product profile
3 RESEARCH DESIGN 22
3.1 Statement of the problem
3.2 Objectives of the study
3.3 Research methodology
3.4 Review of literature
3.5 Limitation
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 43
LIST OF TABLES
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Table no. Description Page no.
1 Gender 27
2 Age 28
3 Education qualification 29
4 Occupation 30
5 Do you use Sony products? 31
6 Are you Satisfied with the Quality of 32
Brand?
7 Do they provide quality service? 33
8 Since how many years you are using 34
Sony Product?
9 Which Sony Product do you use? 35
10 Do you get good response from the 36
company whenever you need any help?
11 What is your opinion about the service? 37
Is it?
12 Are you satisfied with the price they 38
charge for the Service?
13 What is your rating on service operator? 39
LIST OF FIGURES/GRAPHS
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Table no. Description Page no.
1 Ratio of gender 27
2 Ratio of age 28
3 Ratio of education qualification 29
4 Ratio of of occupation 30
5 Ratio of usage of product 31
6 Ratio of satisfaction towards product 32
7 Ratio of using Sony product 33
8 Ratio of customer satisfaction towards brand 34
9 Ratio on providence of quality service 35
10 Ratio of year of usage of product 36
11 Ratio of using different sony product 37
12 Ratio of customer opinion towards service 38
13 Ratio of rating the service operator 39
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Executive Summary
The project is based on the Service which the company provides after the sale of the
product . Sony pvt ltd is choosen to study on the service providence after the sale of product ,
Sony pvt ltd is the most popular company in the world which sales different kind of electronic
products . Its headquater is in Tokyo in Japan. They are also in the broadcasting channels. They
sell products like TV , music player , mobiles and many other products . They are one among the
market leaders .
Using our unlimited passion for technology, content and services to deliver ground
breaking new excitement and entertainment and entertainment, as only Sony can is the vision of
company
A company that inspiresand fulfils your curiosity is the mission of the company
. The main purpose of the study is to know the method of service provide to costumer and to
know the satisfaction & expectations of the customer towards the service of Sony and take
feedback from the customers and it is provided for the improvement in the service according to
the costumer need
To analyze the customer perception towards the service provided by company i have been
worked in the customer service department as Sony man power for 30 days. Where in have
collected all the customers detail to know the opinion of customer towards the service provided
to them by the company through Google forms . Through that data project is being done . Even
the employees opinion is also carried about the service process. As per the overall analysis of
response. The final conculusion is made and sum suggestion are provided
As per the service process is concerned, every company has their own way of providing
service . It differs from company to company. Some company may have similar kind of service
process . As concerned of Sony it seem little leanthly process as per the opinion taken from the
employee working over there. After overall study some suggestions are given in case change in
the process which can be made shorter
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CHAPTER - 1
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION TO SERVICE OF SONY
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1. INTRODUCTION
As per my topic “A Study on the Service Process Provided by SONY after the sale of
product” I worked in a company to know about the service process of a company.
As I am now studying based on the service processof a company. Every company has its own
service sector and each company’s service process will be different .
Service can be seen in many ways . As per the study , let us know how companies provide
service (service process).
I have chosenSony as to know service process is carried out in a company?
In Sony pvt . Ltd company , when the product is sold and sent it for delivery the list of product
sold will be taken and then in customer service department the data is collected about the sold
product then they will call to the toll free number of a company connecting to the service
department and they will provide the customer detail then they will raise a service request for
customer then one Id will be generated called demo log number which has to be noted by the
dealer and they will be informed that within 2 working days customer will get the demo
installation service . This process should be done each and every time when ever a new product
is sold . First service will be free to the customer.
In this way each and every company has its own process of providing service for customer
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CHAPTER - 2
COMPANY OVERVIEW
SONY
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2.1INTRODUTION
Sony is a technology based company which makes many electric products like video
game consoles play Station, music audio players, mobiles, televisions etc. Masaru ibuka& Akio
Morita started this company in 7th May 1946 as Tokyo Tsuishin Kogyo in Tokyo. In 1958 it was
renamed as SONY. It’s headquarter is in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Osamu Nagayama is the
chairman of the board & Kazuo Hirai is the President & CEO of the company.
This company also provides services like financial services, insurance, credit finance &
advertising agency
Principal Indian business of Sony includes Marketing Sales and After-sales service of
electronic product and software export products like LCD televisions , videos and Digital
cameras , business projectors and other music Accessories
In India, Sony is well-known across all major towns and cities in the country through
a distribution network of over 10000 dealers and 250 exclusive Sony outlets and 23 direct
branch locations . It has also developed a network of 270 Sony service centre and established 30
warehouses across the country to manage its supply chain effectively.
Over the past quarter, Sony made the accompanying huge item declarations:
● S-LCD Corporation, a joint endeavor between Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. furthermore,
Sony Corporation, dispatched LCD boards created from its eighth Generation Line.
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● Developed a bio battery that produces power from starches (sugar) using compounds as
itsimpetus.
HISTORY
After that they produced japans first tape recorder named as Type-G. After that in 1958 company
changed its name into Sony
The first branded product of Sony is TR-55 transistor radio but it was not named as Sony till
1958
Cofounder of Sony Akio Morita founded Sony Corporation of America in 1960. Sony played a
most important role in the development of japan as a powerful exporter during the year 1960s,
1970s &1980s.
In 2005 Howard Stringer came in place of Nobuyuki idei as chief executive officer
Despite of their Success they struggled lot in 2000’s . In the year 2002 Kazuo Hirai was
promoted as president
In 2014 Sony announced the sale of its Vaio Pc division to a new corporation owned by
investment fund japan industrial partners and spinning its TV division into its own corporation as
to make it more to turn the unit around from past losses of 8 billion dollars
Now the company is moving so speed in the world of digital marketing. There products are used
even in the manufacturing other company product, they have huge market in the world and they
are also good in the broadcasting service sector. They do different kind of innovation to bring the
market into a different level . They are one among the market leaders who conquered the market
in the world
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A layout of Sony's.
● 1946- - The organization was established by Masaru Ibuka, Tamon Maeda, and Akio
Morita as Tokyo
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● 1989 Purchased Columbia Pictures for $4.9 billion.
● 1997 Entered into a joint endeavor with Intel to make a line of work area PC
frameworks. Likewise that year, the organization cooperated with Philips Electronics to build up
a chronicle media, called Super Audio CD.
● 1998 Shipped its underlying computerized, superior quality TV to the US. Likewise
that equivalent year, the organization combined its Loews theaters with Cineplex Odeon.
● 1999 Forged a joint endeavor with Philips and Sun Microsystems to make organized
excitement contributions. Additionally that year, Nobuyuki Idei was delegated CEO.
● 2001 Started a Web-based budgetary foundation with Japan's Sakura Bank and JP
Morgan Chase. The organization rebuilt again that year, setting all hardware divisions under one
upper-administration unit.
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● 2002 Laid off roughly 13,700 laborers, principally from its gadgets and music
organizations, amid the financial year finishing March 31, 2002. Sony Pictures Entertainment
renamed its Columbia
(SPTI), separately. At last, the organization changed its Aiwa unit into a completely
claimed backup also, retained the battling firm later in the year.
● 2003 Acquired Japanese data frameworks counseling firm CIS Corp. Sony additionally
shut its sound hardware plant in Indonesia. Declared intends to combine its music unit with the
music unit of Bertelsmann, framing Sony BMG, a joint endeavor which the two sellers would
claim 50 percent.
● 2004 Announced intends to end its Clie PDAs in the US and Europe. Propelled
Transformation 60, which through 2006, plans to lessen the organization's staff by 20,000, or 13
percent. Started arrangements to procure motion picture studio MGM.
● 2005 Named Howard Stringer as seat and CEO, and Ryoji Chubachi as president and
Electronics Chief. Was likewise requested to pay $90.7 million to Immersion for supposed patent
infringement identified with the
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Monetary Year 2007
Sony reported incomes of 8,295.7 billion yen for its monetary year 2007. This looks at to
incomes of 8,510.6 billion yen for monetary 2006. Working misfortune totaled 70.8 billion yen,
a decline of 67.3 percent thought about the 226.7 billion yen detailed for financial 2006. This
misfortune is ascribed to the clearance of PS3 at cost focuses lower than generation cost amid its
early on period, and in addition charges identified with arrangement for the item's dispatch.
Likewise, working pay from the PS2 business declined because of a decline in programming
deals.
Overall gain amid the year was 126.3 billion yen, an expansion of 2.2 percent contrasted with a
year ago's 123.6 billion yen. Weakened income per share were 120.29 billion yen contrasted with
116.88 billion yen for monetary 2006.
Mission:
A company that inspiresand fulfils your curiosity.
24thkinoshita Award for 100% recycled magazine paper and ink with solvent completely
replaced with soyabean oil developed by sony in cooperation with oji paper Co.,Ltd
Best factory 2000 for Environment andother activities by Sony Mobile Electronics
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Prime minister’s award for outstanding industry
Ecotgoods Award
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2.4 PRODUCT PROFILE
Home Audio
Radio
Television
Video recorder
Personal audio
Digital camera
Game
Personal computer
Mobile
Broad casting
Media recording
Robot
2.5 COMPITITORS:
LG
SAMSUNG
PANASONIC
PHILIPS
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2.6 SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE COMAPNY:
STRENGTH:
WEAKNESS:
OPPORTUNITY:
It can take the advantage of their movie along with their music
They have the opportunity to enter into the healthcare sector
THREATS:
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CHAPTER - 3
RESEARCH DESIGN
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1. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:
. The main purpose of the study is to know the method of service provide to costumer and to
know the satisfaction & expectations of the customer towards the service of Sony and take
feedback from the customers and it is provided for the improvement in the service according to
the costumer need
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:
A combination of Primary Data which will be collected through administering a structured close
ended questionnaire and Secondary Data from Business Magazines, Newspapers, Company
Websites and Relevant articles will be used for the study.
SAMPLE SIZE:
SAMPLING AREA:
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SOURCES OF DATA
Primary Data:
Primary data is collected through interviewing the respondents and taking their responses
through questionnaire issued to them. Researcher can expect straight answers to the questions.
The respondents are informed about the significance of the study and requested to give their fair
opinions.
Secondary Data:
Secondary data is collected through the documents provided by the company. From old sales
records, pamphlets, sales records, through the knowledge of customers.
3. SAMPLING DESIGN:
1. PLAN OF ANALYSIS:
The data will be analysed by the statistics data provided by the responders in the
questioner.
The data analysis will be represented in tabular form and various graphical
representations charts
such as bar charts, pie charts, diagrams
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4. REVIEW OF LITARATURE:
Studies on Product–Service Systems (PSS) are emerging as a growing body of literature pushed
by way of the preference to mix financial prosperity and sustainable resource control. However,
expertise about how companies can undertake and enforce PSS has remained confined. In this
take a look at, a scientific literature assessment is conducted related to expertise implementation
of PSS business models and five sets of tactical practices. Based on an in-depth analysis of sixty
seven articles, it changed into determined that PSS is growing hastily as a research subject, that's
unfold across a diffusion of disciplines and research domains. More specially, research findings
were accumulated from the sphere to present a framework supporting the implementation of
properly-established classes of PSS enterprise models, this is, product-oriented, use-orientated,
and result-oriented enterprise models. Each commercial enterprise version class is linked to 5
operational-level approaches that make certain the model may be carried out efficiently and
subsequently generates price.
Since the Nineties, Product Service Systems (PSS) were heralded as one of the only contraptions
for moving society towards a useful resource-green, round economy and growing a far-wanted
‘resource revolution’. This paper opinions the literature on PSS inside the final decade and
compares the findings with the ones from an in advance overview on this journal in 2006. Close
to 300 applicable papers have been diagnosed, over 140 of which have been referenced in this
evaluation. Research in the discipline of PSS has come to be greater prolific, with the output of
refereed papers quadrupling considering that 2000, while on common scientific output has
simplest doubled. PSS has also become embedded in a much wider range of technology fields
(including manufacturing, ICT, commercial enterprise control, and design) and geographical
regions (Asia now produces more papers than Europe). The literature of the last seven years has
subtle insights with reference to the layout of PSS, as well as their commercial enterprise and
environmental blessings, and confirmed the definitions and PSS standards already to be had in
2006. A important contribution of the latest literature is research into how corporations have
applied PSS of their agency and what the important thing achievement elements and troubles that
require unique interest are (inclusive of a focal point on product availability for customers; an
emphasis on range in phrases of services provided in preference to the variety of products; and
the need for team of workers to own both knowledge of the product and courting control
abilities). The motives why PSS have nonetheless still now not been broadly carried out,
especially within the B2C context, seem to have already been defined fairly nicely inside the
literature to be had in 2006. For clients, having control over matters, artifacts, and life itself is
one of the maximum valued attributes
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CHAPTER -4
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1. Gender of the respondent.
Gender Responses
Male 38
Female 22
Total 60
Series 1
40
35
30
25
20
Series 1
15
10
0
Male Female
The above graph shows there are more number of Male respondent as compared to Female
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2. Different age group of respondent.
Age Responses
15-30 50
31-40 5
41-50 5
Total 60
Series 1
60
50
40
30
Series 1
20
10
0
15-30 31-40 41-50
From the above graph more number of respondents are between the age of 15-30
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3. Education Qualification of the respondent.
Qualification Responses
Undergraduate 7
Graduated 7
Post Graduated 42
others 4
Total 60
Series 1
45
40
35
30
25
20 Series 1
15
10
0
Undergraduate Graduated Post Graduated others
From the above graph we can see more number of respondents are post graduate students
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4. Occupation of the respondent.
Occupation Responses
Teacher 10
Businessman 7
Government Employee 7
Student 36
Total 60
Series 1
40
35
30
25
20
Series 1
15
10
0
Teacher Businessman Government Student
Employee
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5. Do you use Sony Products?
Respond Responses
Yes 56
No 4
Total 60
Series 1
60
50
40
30
Series 1
20
10
0
Yes No
From the above graph we can see that 56 people use the Sony products
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6. Are you Satisfied with the Quality of Brand?
Respond Responses
Yes 56
No 4
Total 60
Series 1
60
50
40
30
Series 1
20
10
0
Yes No
From the above graph we can see that 56 people are satisfied and 4 people are not satisfied with
then quality of brand
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7. Do they provide quality service?
Respond Responses
Yes 50
No 10
Total 60
Series 1
60
50
40
30
Series 1
20
10
0
Yes No
From the above graph we can see that 50 people are satisfied with the quality service & 10
people are not satisfied with the service
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8. Since how many years you are using Sony Product?
Respond Responses
Less then 6 month 11
1 year 8
2-3 years 24
Above 4 years 17
Total 60
Series 1
30
25
20
15
Series 1
10
0
Less then 6 month 1 year 2-3 years Above 4 years
From the about it can be identify that more number of people are using Sony brand since 2-3
years. This shows that the quality of brand is good
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9. Which Sony Product do you use?
Respond Responses
Television 24
Music system 20
Mobile 12
Play station 4
total 60
Series 1
30
25
20
15
Series 1
10
0
Television Music system Mobile Play station
From the above graph it is noticed that most of the people prefer television then other product .
this shows that they should improve in other product
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10. Do you get good response from the company whenever you need any help?
Respond Responses
Yes 14
No 9
Some times 37
Total 60
Series 1
40
35
30
25
20
Series 1
15
10
0
Yes No Some times Category 4
From the above graph we can see that very rare the customers will get the information which
ever they required
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11. What is your opinion about the service? Is it?
Respond Responses
Very good 26
Good 12
Poor 20
Very poor 2
total 60
Series 1
30
25
20
15
Series 1
10
0
Very good Good Poor Very poor
We can see from above graph there is lot to bring changes in the service. Because only few
customers are happy with the service
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12. Are you satisfied with the price they charge for the Service?
Respond Responses
Strongly satisfied 7
Satisfied 25
Not Satisfied 17
Not at all satisfied 11
Total 60
Series 1
30
25
20
15
Series 1
10
0
Strongly satisfied Satisfied Not Satisfied Not at all satisfied
As we can see from the above graph most of the customers are not satisfied with the price
they charge for service. They should try to reduce the service cost
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13. What is your rating on service operator?
Respond Responses
1 7
2 6
3 10
4 25
5 12
Total 60
Series 1
30
25
20
15
Series 1
10
0
1 2 3 4 5
From the above graph we can see that the employee who are working over there are providing
good service
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CHAPTER – 5
SUMAARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, SUGGESTION AND
RECOMMEDATIONS
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FINDINGS:
When i was working in Sony for the purpose of my project
There I worked in customer service department for 30 days.
When i stated working there i came to know about the service process of the company
As per the response of customers some of people are really happy with the service of the
company and some of them are not satisfied with the service
Even when iasked the employees who were working over there then some of them told
that the process is little lengthy .
Even as per my own experienceWhen i was working ifound little difficulty in the service
process
Service process can be shortened which will be helpful for customers to get quick service
CONCULUSION:
As per the response of the customers and employee we can say that the company is doing good
in the manufacturing a quality products but case of service they have to bring a changes in the
service process as to reduce the time of waiting for the customers.
The process is bit lengthy because as per the process of the company , it takes two working days
to provide service to the customer as product is reached to the home, because of which customer
may feel bad even if they are getting a good product.
As per the current generation people will not be having much time to wait for the things.
So if the process of service would be redesigned and reduce the time then it would be good for
the customer and they would get satisfied with both product and service
SUGGESTION:
When i was working process was like , first we have to get list of sold products then we have to
call to the tool free number of company and we have to register there by giving the details of the
customer then they will provide a demo log Id and we will be informed that the service person
will visit the customer place in 2 working day.
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As you can see that to complete the process of service it would take 2 days. I this may make the
customers to loose their interest to buy from your company even though your product is good.
So as per my thinking time can be reduced by doing a simple change in a process , instead of
registering the demo log from tool free number the company can provide details of the service
centre to the dealers and they should register the customer detail to the particular service centre
who gives service to customers address and the after the completion of service . The specific
service centre can send the detail to the main branch of the company by the end of the day .
I wish my suggestion would help you in bringing the solution and improving the service
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CHAPTER – 6
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Www.sony.co.in
Www.servicenetwork.org
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