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Assignment Of
Channel Distribution Management of
Nokia
Submitted To: - Submitted By:-
Prof. Kruti Patel Jinesh Shukla (105)
S.K. Patel Institute of Management,Gandhinagar.
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Introduction
Distribution (or place) is one of marketing element in marketing mix and hence designing a
distribution Network for a product is very important aspect for any companys product. The
success of the channel design will be declared as the product is readily available at ease for
the consumers.
Here we as a group have chosen the Nokia mobile company for doing this assignment. The
company established in 1865 having its foundation in Finland. Nokia is one of the leading
mobile communications in the world, it has 14 manufacturing plants throughout the world
and they have 58,876 employees. The company owns R&D centers in Japan and China.
Nokia mobile industrialized company plays a major role in India and have huge market share
than other players. They have started its process in India in 1995 and have their offices in
major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. They
have increased their man power from 850 people to 15000 from the year of 2004 to 2008.
And also they have targeting all class of people by releasing different kind of mobiles with
different features. China started mobile services in 1988 whereas, India started mobile
services in 1995. By 2001 India exceeded Chinas growth rate in mobile services. This shows
how the distribution channels of the mobile companies working in India. Here in this report
we are trying to bring out the efficient network of distribution addressed by Nokia in India.
Distribution channel structure
Nokia manufactures its mobile in Chennai manufacturing plant and then it transfers to
nokias mother depot which is located in Gurgaon, HCL will start distributing Nokias
product from here on. HCL takes order from all the distributers in the region and then it
supply the product to the retailers with the help of RDSS (Re-Distribution stockiest supplier).
RDSS are further divided in to two types based on quantity distributed and geographic nature
as RDSS city and RDSS MD (Micro Distributers), RDSS city caters to large cities and supply
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directly to the retailers whereas RDSS MD will supply to its micro distributers to carter small
towns and through them it will be supplied to retailers. The above mentioned distribution
channel structure of Nokia HCL is restricted to north and east part of India. For west and
south India Nokia has developed its own distribution channel which takes responsibility of
transferring handsets to end users apart from that Nokia also takes responsibilities like
recruiting sales force, training and developing. Stock norms of Nokia- HCL says that how
many days stock should be maintained in each level of distribution in the supply chain which
are as, HCL7, RDSS city5, RDSS MD4 and MD3. Anything below this number of
days would be replenished immediately to avoid stock out. The expected target to fulfill the
stock level can be determined by the formula (30/number of working days)* stock norm for
that level. (Handset distribution businessHCL Info, Nokia in new 5-year deal , 2006)
New concept stores:
Nokia rolled out its new channel distribution as Nokia concept store. The shop provides one
stop solution for mobile users to give away the opportunity to experience the desired mobile
in the outlet before purchasing the same. These stores would have wide range of Nokia
mobiles along with mobile enhancements also. The new concepts had launched new branding
which was extended to other Nokia retailer and other multi-brand shops. These concept
outlets will help in reducing the distribution cost and transportation cost. These concept
outlets are opened only in metros and large cities which bring out exclusivity towards the
brand. (Handset distribution businessHCL Info, Nokia in new 5-year deal , 2006)
Franchisees:
Nokia franchised its brand exclusivity in the name of Nokia Priority Dealers. All the outlets
which are under the franchiser should follow certain footfalls of the franchisers company.
This would include converting a normal outlet into Nokia Priority Dealer outlet. But the
franchiser will help in visual merchandising and loan for deposits which are refundable.
Rural market distribution:
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Nokia did not concentrate more on rural market as the products are widely used in urban
cities but due to competition in the market Nokia planning to venture in rural marketing along
with the concept of micro financing for its product which would help in covering high market
share. Nokia planning to leverage the distribution network in order to expand to rural sectors
and to serve untapped market. The company planned to educate the benefits of its mobile
towards the villagers.
Other distributions in India:
Apart from its Nokia concept stores, the company distributes its product to many multi-brand
mobile stores which are well known in India for their service and price discounts. They are
Hotspot: it is ranked as the number one outlet for its wide collection of mobile of all range
and also for good after sales service. Apart from handsets, it also sells mobile accessories,
mobile network connections, recharge vouchers and gaming device.
Univercell: it is considered as the highest selling outlets among the other mobile retailers in
India. This is because of their service flexibilities like online shopping, door delivery, and
after sales service.
The mobile store: it is a recently emerged mobile outlet which is also well known for the
wide range of mobiles and its enhancement product along with the well known repair center
insides its each outlet. Recently the store had won award as most wanted mobile retailer in
India.
Channel distribution for GSM handsets:
The handsets are transferred from Nokia Chennai manufacturing center to Gurgaon mother
warehouse near Delhi and from there it is supplied through HCL distribution network to north
and east part of India. HCL distributes to its regional distributors and from them to RDSS city
and they will supply directly to the retailers but in the second channel called RDSS MD first,
they will receive and send it to micro distributors and through them the handsets will reach
retailers and then to its customers.
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GSM handset distribution structure:
(Handset distribution businessHCL Info, Nokia in new 5-year deal , 2006)
Channel distribution for CDMA handsets:
The distribution system for CDMA will be little different from GSM as there is a need for
SIM from the mobile network operators. The CDMA handsets are manufactured and send to
Nokias mother warehouse located in Gurgaon. And then from there it is delivered directly to
the mobile network operators of India. There they will assemble their respective mobile
networks SIM card and then send it to its own operators outlets and large distributors. The
large distributors will further transferred to agents, chain of stores, etc. and finally it will
Nokia mother warehouse
HCL Distributor
RDSS MD
MD
Retailer
MD
Retailer
RDSS City
Retailer
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reach the end customers. Nokia has a tie-up with TATA Indicom and Reliance network for its
CDMA handsets.
CDMA distribution structure:
Activities of channel member:
Nokia owns the distribution centers in west and south of India but, in northern and eastern
part of the country Nokia distributes its products through HCL. HCL has served thecustomers as a partner of Nokia for more than 10 years. HCL consist a large part of Nokia
services, it has its centers in more than 180 cities, and these care centers are owned and are
operated efficiently by HCL, the operations of HCL is limited only to north and east India
only. (Distribution Structure of Nokia, 2007)
The mother depot of Nokia is in North India in Gurgaon, all the high end sets which are
imported and all the sets which are manufactured in Chennai are transferred here first.
Nokia's motherwarehouse
Network operator
Large distributors
Mobile store,
Agents and Dealors
Network owned
oulet s
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As we mentioned in the distribution channel diagram as how the distribution is handled by
HCL in Himachal Pradesh, the stock will transported from Gurgaon to a small center in
Parvanu, Himachal Pradesh which is owned by HCL.
HCL will receive orders from various distributers in the region, after taking the orders the
RDSS will take care of the further flow in the supply chain, this is how the retailers receive
the product.
As the RDSS is divided in to two parts, the RDSS-city will distribute the products directly to
the retailers in the region then, the RDSS-MD will take care of the regions outside the city
and small towns. (Distribution Structure of Nokia, 2007)
Firstly the products will be distributed to the micro distributes and then the micro distributer
will distribute to the retailers in small towns and places outside the city, by this way they are
trying to supply the demanded quantity to smaller towns and remote location.
This is the same format used by HCL in all states of north and east India. In the regions
where HCL does not operate Nokia outsources some other regional distribution company and
this company holds all the responsibilities to appoint a sales force and take care of otherrequirements of the distribution channel. This outsourced company reports to Nokias Area
Sales manager. They have Regional Managers for north, south, east and west part of that
area, for each part there are three to four Regional sales manager and one area sales manager
per state, the area sales managers are segregated on the basis of up market and a sales force.
(Distribution Agreement for Nokia, 2008)
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Table of Management structure for Nokia channel distribution:
(Distribution Structure of Nokia, 2007)
Regional GM (one eachfor N, S, W & E)
Regional sales Manager(3 to 4 in every region)
Area sales mangers
Sales forces