Servis Shoes

SERVIS SHOES BY Muhammad Umer Hassan Masood S ervis Industries was started by two young energetic friends from Gujrat. These young individuals named Ch. Nazar Muhammad (Late) and Ch. Muhammad Hussain (Late) started a small home plate line of reasoning in 1941 in Lahore. At that time, they only manufactured handbags and a few other sports goods. exactly in few years, their business flourished and in 1954, they installed a shoe manufacturing plant in Gulberg, Lahore. Later, this plant was shifted to Gujrat and in 1959, redevelopment Sales Corporation (Pvt. ) ltd. was established which has taken servicing Industries to its highs.Service operates in to sectors, genius is the manufacturing and other is the marketing. Manufacturing is at a lower place the Sevice Industries, while the marketing is under the Service Sales Corporation that was established in 1959. The main manufacturing plants or Service Indurtry is located in Gujrat and Mureedkay while the Service Sales Corporation i s located in Lahore. Servis Shoes has a distri thoion alliance with m either international check offs which includes the following * Nike * Hush Puppies * Pierre Cardin * Urban repair * CAT * Ecc While the Servis Shoes include the following brands Don Carlos * Cheeta * Soul * CALZA * Liza * Skooz * Toz Servis has everywhere 400+ branches in Pakistan and 100 branches in Lahore itself. It is a growing business in international market, and currently it has retail outlets in operating in gulf atomic number 18as (Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates), Keyna and Europe. Servis Shoes enjoys a rich business relationship of excellent performance and it has given its consumers the best prime(a) crops within their economic range and with high durability. Servis Shoes offers nearly 200 harvest-feasts per season which is summer and winter.It entertains it consumers with variety, shade and durability which is within the income brackets of the consumers. Mission Statement Spending time s electing the dependable footwear and making sure that they are comfortable, is time well spent visual modality Statement To become a Global, World class and diversified compevery this leverages its brands and its people SWOT Analysis Strengths 1. Cover wide variety of customers 2. Extensive retail Network 3. Employee Loyalty 4. Diversified range of businesses 5. Highly qualified management 6. Partnership with high end brands 7. Less Employ turnover rate . concentrated brand image 9. Advanced Technology 10. Low cost of production 11. Largest footwear group in Pakistan Weaknesses 1. No proper planning regarding advertisement 2. to a greater extent foc apply on sports and casual footwear alternatively than formal shoes 3. Female market penetration is weak 4. Low aspiration value in high income group 5. Weak corporate image of Service Group 6. As compare to other competitors distribution network is weak Opportunities 1. E traffic 2. Penetration in female segment 3. Entering naked segments of market 4. Innovative products 5. New mediums for advertisement 6.Improve shopping experience at retail outlets Threats 1. electricity and gas crises 2. Unstable political condition 3. Increase in Taxes 4. Poor law and order situation 5. Devaluation of Pakistani rupee 6. Stiff completion in market from local and foreign brands 7. Unbranded small players competing against different brands of servis Current Situation Political Trends Political instability is affecting the footwear pains and readiness crises are the main issue as it increases the cost of production. The logical implication of underpriced shoes has badly affected the domestic footwear industry.The government of encouraging both import and export that encourages the foreign investors to invest in Pakistan but it is making it difficult for the domestic producers to compete in prices of the product both domestically and internationally. economic Trends Economic crises have badly affected footwear industry especially to the bare-assed material used in manufacture footwear. The combine export of the shoe industry has decreased substantially. Social Trends In Pakistan the life ardour of people is changing with a fast pace. Their life has become more money and time oriented. in that respect is a major shift in the values of the people of Pakistan.People now prefer western life style rather than the traditional one. As cities are growing and more people shifting from ruler areas to urban areas in that respectfore increase students, people having jobs and trend to play sports and healthy physical activities so this affectionate trend has direct positive impact on demand of footwear industry. Technological Trends New technology trends in addition effecting footwear industry in Pakistan. multinational competitors are introducing innovative techniques to manufacture footwear. Like in sports footwear new technology is being used regarding technical aspects on that particular sport.For runing of lovesome material like leather new techniques are being implemented by multinationals Decision Making Product line decision In the product line the major decision is the expansion of product line or the changes in the product mix which consists of the product lines. The marketing di ken of the Service Industries has to lay off what is the relation of new product to its existing product line. On the other hand it also has to check that what pull up stakesbetheeffectofintroducingthenewproductupontheexisting products line or thecompany image.Theexpansioninproductline,inServiceIndustries,issuchthatitcanintroduce a new product without pruning any product from the product line. Orthe company may introduce a new product while prune a nonher product from the product line. at that place are some reasons for the pruning of a product from this product line. One reason may be that the product is not producing the desired profits furtherance decision The package decision closely t he product is another important area. Manymarketers have called packaging as the fifth P of marketing. In Service Industries, zonal managers do thepackaging.They call the designers tomake the package design and select the best out of the total design Branding decision Brandingdecisionisalsooneofthemostimportantdecisionsinthemarketing. ServiceIndustrieshasbrandeditsproductsbythenameofServis Styling and designing Another way to product distinctiveness is through style and design. Some companies stand out for design distinctiveness. Service Industries is also one of these companies because it has its own styles and designs. In assistant industries the styles and designs are made with the help of local get officers who are responsible for making newdesign Planning 012 will be a year full of challenges, and they unavoidableness to be a company that outperforms the market in challenging times. The companys diversification strategy, in its existing business and perhaps even in new busin esses, is being followed with the hoidenishs dynamics in mind. Continued focus on exports to identify new markets will turn out positively as the management believes that in that respect are still many untapped markets in the world. The share in the domestic market still leaves room for growth, both in the tyre business and in the footwear business. Strategic plansThe strategic plans of the servis group are no different to other companies. To develop an face with a cross-functional and self sustaining staff that champions the vision that has breadth and depth of agniseledge in their function as it relates to producing a best-of-class product. The constitution wants to increase the market share by attracting more valuable customers. But the main concern is to satisfycustomer by forever providing them with the best quality product. Tobe ahead of its competitors, by effectively utilizing the organizations competitive advantages.Neverget satisfied withthelevelofquality they alway sstriveforcontinuous improvement using latest techniques. To make their presence in the market well known they want to create a healthy and positive image of the products among consumers. Tactical Plans The tactical plans for the servis group is to keep up with the employment requirements of the organization as they know that employees are the real assets and are as important as external customers. They want to stabilize their growth due to the financial crisis all over the world.The prices of raw material has increased substantially during past few years so they want to keep their over head costs as low as possible so that they will be able to provide quality products to the customers at affordable prices. Customer turnover rate has increased because of the launch of new low priced brands in the market an extensive advertising plan is in action that will help retaining and bringing back the customers. Long term plans The abundant term plans of the servis is to increase its market share by penetrating deeper into the market.Short-term plan The short term plan of the servis is to stabilize the growth of the company. In the retail shops Servis will sale their A pair articles through the advertisement then near the offseasonthroughsalesthenthroughreductioninprices then company will stop the production and send these all articles from retail to FOL and sale these articles Management by Objectives MBO is being strongly followed in the organization as almost all the employees work as a team and effectively participate in the decision making process.The employees are not over burdened by setting some unrealistic goals and employee evaluation is done once a year to check employees performance jibe to the objectives. For this heading HR department uses 360 degree feedback as standard performance appraisal organisation. ISO 9001 certified The servis shoes are ISO 9001 certified this means that they have- * A quality policy that is well understood and followed at al l levels and by all employees. * Each employee works towards a measurable objective. Business makes decisions about the quality system based on recorded data. * Quality system is regularly audited and evaluated for conformance and effectiveness * Company designs products by and by determining customer requirements * Organization has created systems for communicating with customers about product information, inquiries, contracts, orders, feedback, and complaints. * Organization regularly reviews performance through internal audits and meetings. Organization determines whether the quality system is working and what improvements can be made. Makes sure no one uses a bad product, * Determines what to do with a bad product, * Deals with the root cause of problems, and * Keeps records to use as a tool to improve the system. Chain Of Command domain 4 Region 3 Region 2 Region 1 CEO President Executive valetudinarianism President Chairman Executive Vice President Head of Human Resource He ad of Exports Chief Financial Officer GM SIL Muridke Factory GM Domestic Sales Chief moneymaking(prenominal) Officwer GM SIL Gujrat Factory The chain of supremacy for service is quiet easy and simple to understand .It clearly defines that who reports to whom and everybody know its required work and there is no barriers to chat because according to HR Manager Mr Bilal Alam he said that We make sure that there is no barriers between top managers and employee and we put our effort to fancy that every employee get an equal right in what he want to say and he has full access to the top authority. Unity of command is also used by Service in order to get the best results possible from their employees because if there is no clear direction for employees that who will judge their work than they wont be able to perform well and conflicts will rise.Span of control Wide span of control is used by the service because they have a large variety of products and manager needs quite wider range of subordinates. Managers of service make sure that theie employees work effectively and efficiently by assessing their work and providing them with the clear guidelines. Centralization VS Decentralization Decentralization process is used by the service department but within the limited range. They pass dash off the authority to those employees who have been working for the organization for more than 5 years because they have a better experience in handling the situation.Organic organization Service is based upon the organic organization which means that they are low in specialization, formalization and centralization. Servis has created a friendly environment within the organization and doors are always open for service employees to share their problems with the top authorities. Informal communication channel is being practiced with few rules and flattered structures. Structure of the organization Matrix structure is used by the organization and the main reason behind it is that s ervice has large amount of different product range and every products requires a product manager.Service has a major drawback in terms of this structure because its cost is high and it can create a sense of resentment within employees but on the other hand its advantages far exceeds its disadvantages. Servis has adopted the framework of the learning organization which means that they do not stick to the traditional ways of doing work but rather are adaptable to change and this has given Servis an edge over its competitors Bata which still sticks to the traditional methods. Over past years Servis has updated its staff, its machineries as well as their communication channels.Motivational Policies Promotion policies The company also motivates its employees by promoting them to higher leveljobs after specific period. For example, an employee working as a helper is promoted to the assistant supervisor afterspecific period. Bonuses The company also motivates its employees by giving them b onuses. These bonuses dependon yearly profitsofthecompany. Usually theygivethe bonuses once a year according to the wages and the salaries of the workers Compensation and Reward systemSalary, Health Insurance,Group Life Insurance,Perk, Provident Fund, Bonus, Leave Fare Assistant, Paid Leaves etc. all these lay in the compass ofcompensationandrewardsmanagementinSILtheserewardsandjobcompensation are given to employees for keeping their morale high. 30%discount is given toits employees on Service all products Employee Palnning- Like any other organization, Servis undertake employee planning in order to make sure that they have right number of employees at the right time and at the right place.Employee planning is reaccessed every year in order to get their organization updated with employeees who can provide Servis with the best output possible. Recruitment Process- The conjurement process is undertaken by HR manager every year and advertisement and interlinks are being used as a rec ruiting sources. It is not a pet decession to recruit employees through training and main emphasis is given on interlinks. Individuals and pannel interviews are being undertaken once the individuals get through that process than screening and short itemization is being done.After all this process, employees are being recruited and there are mainly 2 typecasts of employees 1. Experienced Employee 2. Fresh employee Work ethics are not thaught to employees because it comes with the employees but norms and values are being taught to everyone so that they may be familiar with the organization and perform their jobs within the boundaries defined by the organization. After employees has been part of the organization employee orientation is taken into accouny which means that employee are introduced to the company.Training is also an important part of the Servis in order to update their employees and achieve the highwst standards set by the organization. The important type of on the job t rainig conducted by Servis include job rotation in order to develop multiple skills and off the job training include mansion house as well as simultaneous exercises. Conclusion and Recommendations Servis Shoes is doing exponentially good in the market and is proving to be a local Pakistani brand that is able to meet the quality bench mark set by Bata in Pakistan.Servis Shoes have used varies techniques to give this international brand a good competition with in Pakistan and is also spreading its network abroad. Serviss sales have increased over the past three years and there has been no noticeable fall in the quality of Servis. However, there is still a need from the consumers side of further better quality products. Soul is doing exponentially good in market, and so is Cheetah, but from the analysis and research, it has been seen that Don Carlos is not doing as good as the other two products of Servis that were analysed.The quality of Don Carlos need to taken into account. Current ly, Bata, the major competitor or Servis, is not giving any such competition to Servis in this line but other international products are. Zara, a local brand, is gaining popularity quickly Studio Empoli has already made its image in Pakistan and so on. Servis needs to realize that in Don Carlos, its prime competitor is not Bata, in fact its multiple other brands, local and international both. Hence, Servis should cater to the needs of the consumers and expectations of the consumers accordingly.