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Report on Meghna Cement Mills Limited
Executive Summary
Man is social being and lives in a society. They want to live in more happiness in
future than previous days. For this reason they invent some things. Cement is one of
them. Cement is very much needed for modern civilization. That civilization touched
our country. The demand of cement increased day by day from that time. After that
cement industry was grown in Bangladesh.
Private enterprises dominate production and import of cement to cater to the local
market. The manufacturing of cement is based on both locally available raw materials
and imported clinker. The two cement plants of the first type, one at CHHATAK and
the other at Ayeenpur, have a total installed capacity of 260,000 tons a year. They
produce cement from local LIMESTONE and use NATURAL GAS as fuel. The mills
that produce cement from imported clinker are located mostly around DHAKA,
CHITTAGONG and MONGLA. There were 62 registered cement factories in the
country in 1999, but only 13 of them were in production. The total installed production
capacity of these factories is about 3.8 million tons a year. Their actual production,
however, is much lower. A 50-kg bag of cement produced locally sells at Tk 250-260,
while a bag of imported cement is priced at Tk 230-250. Local raw material basedcement production depends on limestone deposits that lie in ST MARTINS ISLAND,
JOYPURHAT and SYLHET areas. The deposits in Sylhet support the production of
Chhatak and Ayeenpur cement factories.
In 1992 Bashundhara Group introduced another enterprise Meghna Cement Mills
Ltd. In January 1996 they commercially produced cement called King Brand Cement.
From then this brand get a strong position in the market with very good corporate
image. The factory of King Brand Cement is situated beside the river of Pashur at
Mongla, Bagerhat. The production capacity is 15 Lac MT per year. The weight of
each marketed bag is always perfect of 50 kg due to the adoption of an automated
packaging system.
At present MCML is producing three types of cement. One is Ordinary Portland
Cement (OPC) and another two types are Portland Composite Cement (PCC) {
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CEM-II/B-M (S-V-L) and CEM-II/A-M(S-V-L) }. In Bangladesh many high-rise building,
road, bridge, culvert, hospital, shopping mall etc. have made by King Brand Cement.
The Company has been awarded the coveted ISO-9001-2000 Certification in the
year 2000 by the National Quality Assurance (NQA), registered by the NationalAccreditation of Certificate Boards, UK. The factorys environmental standards are
high.
My major achievement is that I came to know the marketing mix analysis of King
Brand Cement. As I had continuous touch with the management, customers, dealers
and other personnel in the organization and record their sales, collection etc. I
learned the total distribution and selling process of this company. I personally very
closely observed the working style and decision making process of different
executives. My internship has a very good relationship with my major field of study.
The reason is that I did my major in marketing and worked in the marketing
department of King Brand Cement of Meghna Cement Mills Limited.
Any company is not fully independent and can not 100% to their customers. Meghna
Cement Mills Limited is not different from them. They have some limitations in
production, distribution, promotion and others. But King Brand Cement has very good
image in the market for their quality and already captured 9% share of the market
(3rd position). Now it can not capture more market share because of some
constraints inside and out side of the organization. They should be suited with the out
side constraints of the organization. But it can be remove the inside constraints. For
this I tried to give some recommendations to the organization.
The promotional activities must be increase and proper way like TV commercial need
to moderate for gaining attention of customers. On the other hand print media should
be attractive toward customer. Consumer scheme is more attractive other than other
promotional activities. The quality of King Brand Cement is so good but price is high.
It should be price competitive and reasonable. To provide well advantage toward the
dealers for fulfilled their objectives and will be created smooth distribution
Mechanism.
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Since the starting of the operation King Brand Cement confident that they are quite
capable of challenging others and positioning themselves in the highest rank by
increasing the sales per day, introduction of the consistence quality blended cement,
with integrating supply and distribution chains and logistics, securing an exclusivedistribution network and buildings strong relationship all over the country segmented
on the basis of consumers use. Though King Brand Cement is in good position in the
market, it should think critically to generate new ideas for existing and potential
consumers to hold the consistent growth in the market.
2.0 ORGANIZATIONAL PREVIEW
2.1 INTRODUCTION
The Meghna Cement Mills Limited (MCML) was the first undertaking Bashundhara
Group in the manufacturing sector. This enterprise produces world-class cement and,
as a testimony to this, stands the fact that the concern has been awarded the ISO-
9001 certification for sustained quality control effort. The Company markets its
cement under the registered trademark of King Brand Cement. The factory of this
Company is located in the southwestern part of Bangladesh at Mongla Port Industrial
Area, in Mongla, Bagerhat under the Khulna Division.
2.2 ORGANIZATION
Bashundhara is a premier industrial group in Bangladesh business area.
Bashundhara started its journey in 1987 as a real estate concern East West
Property Development (Pvt.) Ltd popularly known as BASHUNDHARA. This project
turned out to be very successful and had helped foster the growth of trust and
confidence of the urban people in Bashundhara.
Now a day Bashundara operates fifteen vital enterprises of highly esteemed
commercial and technological caliber. They include city development, cement, steel,
LP gas, tissue, sanitary napkin, trading, import-export, paper, newsprint, technology,
communication and network, sack, paper etc.Current value of the total assets of the
enterprises of Bashundhara Group would be Tk. 15000 million (approx.). Total
turnover of the businesses amounts Tk. 16000 million (approx.). Now about 8100
people are employed in various enterprises of the group. The Groups publicly traded
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company, the Meghna Cement Mills limited, is currently listed on the two stock
Exchanges of Bangladesh.
Name of the Company/Group
: Bashundhara GroupYear of inception of the Group : 1987
Form of Business of the Group : Private Limited Company
Type of Business of Group : Manufacturing, Constructing, Trading, and Service
oriented
Market : Whole Bangladesh
Customer pattern : All classes of people especially middle
Total Units of the Group : 17
Location of the Group (Head office) : Bashundhara City
13/Ka/1, Panthapath, Dhaka.
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.bashundharagroup.com
2.3 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
The span of control of MCML is almost tall. In office high officials control the
subordinates and subordinates are liable for their work to their authorized superior
boss. In this organization all the people works in relaxation. As per job character job
threatening is very low here. Very naturally job satisfaction is very high for all working
people. On the other hand job-switching tendency for the mid level, high-level officers
and expert peoples is very low here. Working environment is all over satisfactory
here. Here the chairmen and directors take crucial decision.
2.4 MISSION STATEMENT
Bashundhara Group (BG) is a leading private-sector industrial conglomerate in
Bangladesh. It currently has 14 on-going concerns, ranging from real estate
development and management to manufacturing and services. The BG strives to
work in partnership with the Government for promoting sustainable development,
environment preservation, and employment-generation and poverty reduction.
Bashundhara Group has no any specific vision. But BG has a particular focus on
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urban housing, recreation center and commercial ventures. Thus the motto of the
Group is For the People, for the Country. At the crux of all industrial processes
deployed at the Groups enterprises stands the need to ensure environmental
stability. As a result, conscious efforts are made to use re-cycled material asindustrial input.
The Groups Efforts Seeks to:
Create affordable housing (developed land & homes) for people.
Foster better living environments and pleasant surroundings.
Ensure environmental balance and sustainability.
Use re-cycled raw material in industrial production.
Treat industrial effluents.
Establish recreational and shopping facilities for people.
Develop a meaningful partnership with others for development.
Provide better working conditions for its staff members.
2.5 COMPANY REFLECTION
In the year 1987, Bashundhara was lunched, initially as a real estate developer,
moving in the later years into other areas, including manufacturing. Over the past two
decades, the challenges in the fields of urban housing civic amenity provision have
been unprecedented. In keeping with rapid population growth in metropolitan Dhaka,
Bashundhara stretched itself to cover new boundaries and respond effectively to
long-term needs of the mammoth city populace.
With the passing of time Bashundhara Group expanded its business activities and
undertook various projects in different fields. At present the group owns following
companies:
East West Property Development (PVT) Ltd.
Bashudhara City Development Ltd. Meghna Cement Mills Ltd.
Bashundhara Paper Mills Ltd.
Bashundhara Tissue Ltd.
Bashundhara Newsprint & Duplex Board Industries Ltd.
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Bashundhara LP Gas Ltd.
Bashundhara Steel Complex Ltd.
Paver Manufacturing Plant.
Bashundhara Communication & Network Ltd. Bashundhara Trading Company.
Bashundhara Shipping Ltd.
Bashundhara Logistics Ltd.
Bashundhara Cement Sack Plant.
The East West Property Development (Pvt.) Limited (EWPD) was the first venture of
the Bashundhara Group. Initially it was launched as a land development undertaking
for housing in the year 1987, but was later transformed to cover the entire gamut of
housing. Currently, the EWPD is engaged in the development of apartment blocks,
recreational facilities, schools, hospitals and parks, commercial and in-complex
shopping centers. It is now the largest real estate concern in the country. In the
backdrop of the mammoth success of the first land project, new projects were
subsequently launched in quick succession.
The EWPD has so far been involved in three large projects. Two of these, the
Baridhara Land Project and the Riverview Land Project, are now ready for allotment
of developed individual land plots, while another, the Savar Land Project, has already
been completed and handed over to its owners for home construction. The Baridhara
Land Project also has an apartment complex within the Project site wherein over 900
apartments shall be completed by the year 2007.
The BLPG is the first liquefied gas (LPG) producing facility in the private sector in
Bangladesh. The enterprise was initially known as Union LP Gas Ltd after it was set
up by the Bashundhara Group in 1997. The name was changed in 2002 in order to
bring an element of uniformity in the Groups nomenclature. It has an annualproduction capacity of 1, 36,000 metric tons per annum. The product is comprised of
propane (30%) and butane (70%). There are six major reservoirs in the factory
premise that are used to store the LP gas. The company has its own distribution
mechanism through appointed dealers and distributors. There are more than a
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thousand dealerships for Bashundharas LP Gas, many located in remote areas of
Bangladesh. The entire distribution operation is carefully monitored by the companys
regional sales representatives for ensuring timeliness of delivery. The LP Gas
produced at this plant has become a popular brand among many rural householdsand its market share continues to grow
The name was changed in 2002 in order to bring an element of uniformity in the
Groups nomenclature. It has an annual production capacity of 1, 36,000 metric tons
per annum. The product is comprised of propane (30%) and butane (70%). There are
six major reservoirs in the factory premise that are used to store the LP gas. The
company has its own distribution mechanism through appointed dealers and
distributors. There are more than a thousand dealerships for Bashundharas LP Gas,
many located in remote areas of Bangladesh. The entire distribution operation is
carefully monitored by the companys regional sales representatives for ensuring
timeliness of delivery. The LP Gas produced at this plant has become a popular
brand among many rural households and its market share continues to grow.
The Bashundhara Newsprint & Duplex Board Manufacturing Industries Ltd (BNDBIL)
is a massive complex situated on the banks of the Meghna River in Naryangonj
District. Built in 1994, it has three plants one producing duplex boards used
commonly by the packaging industry, the second produces simplex boards and
newsprint paper. The print media of the country uses the newsprint manufactured at
this unit. The third plant manufactures sturdy cement sacks which are used for
packaging industrial grade cement. The product is used by Bashundharas own
cement plant as well as other cement producers in the country.
The BNDBIL is an environmentally friendly enterprise that uses de-inked pulp instead
of forestry ingredients as raw material. In this manner, waste paper is recycled to
provide feed stocks to the end-product-manufacturing unit. As a consequence, the
company makes little use of felled timber and helps preserve environmental balance.
The BNDBIL mainly produces newsprint for the nations newspaper industry. It also
produces duplex boards. The principal raw material for these products is old
newsprint paper and other waste paper. Due to the fact that old and used paper are
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utilized, the technical production process saves forest resources of the country and
minimizes tree-felling. As a result, the general environmental balance is preserved.
The steel re-rolling unit was established in the year 2000 with a capacity of producing
25,000 tons of deformed bars per annum. In order to meet increased domesticdemand, a second plant was commissioned. As a consequence, the production
capacity rose to 50,000 tons per annum and the range of products was enlarged to
include angles, channels, and flat bars, in addition to deformed bars. The enterprise
uses imported steel scrap that is mixed with segregated scraps obtained from ship-
breaking yards. This selected proper charge mix is then melted in high-frequency
induction melting furnaces to obtain a homogenous molten metal at proper
temperature. Appropriate quantities Ferro-alloys are then added to the molten metal.
Through a series of other technical processes and after careful chemical control, the
product of these induction-melting furnaces is rolled in a 16-inch roughing mill to
obtain billets of desired size and specifications. These billets are then fed into a 10-
inch finishing mill that is equipped with repeaters in order to ensure a continuous
production line of deformed bars. The BSCL also manufactures MS and GI pipes that
are mainly used for modern water supply systems and irrigation. The pipe mill has a
precision-engineered welding plant, imported from the UK. The unit has a galvanizing
section with a zinc kettle imported from Japan. The plant uses imported zinc slabs of
near-perfect purity level.
The pipes are made as per British Standard Specification of BS-1387/1998. The
pipes are marketed under four brand titles and they come in varying bore sizes and
wall thickness. The LP gas cylinder-manufacturing unit was set up in 1999 with an
installed capacity of producing 500,000 cylinders per annum. The principal raw
material, hot rolled coil of 3.2 mm thickness is imported from Japan and is cut to
specified sheet sizes in a shearing machine. After cutting the sheets into a circular
shape, they are pressed in a hydraulic power press of 500 metric ton capacity to form
a half-capsule. Two halves of capsules thus made are then welded in a submerged
welding unit under controlled pressure and temperature. The valve guards and foot
rings are also manufactured at the BSCL. The finished cylinders are tested for stress-
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taking capability through hydraulic tests (burst test) and gas pressure tests. The
finished cylinders are normally used to hold natural gas, butane and propane.
The Bashundhara Tissue industries Ltd (BTIL) was launched in collaboration with a
German firm in 1995. Initially, it was named as Frey Schmidt Tissue Limited. In theyear 2002, the name was changed to reflect the Groups corporate identity as was
named as the Bashundhara Tissue Industries Limited. The company maintains
excellent quality standards and has aimed the coveted quality management
certification, the ISO 9002.
The BTIL is currently the largest retailler if tissue paper products in Bangladesh. The
products manufactured at the BTIL are listed in the Products link. This company
was established at a time when the tissue and allied products was not so common
people. The BTIL plays a vital role as an import-substitution industry and has recently
begun limited exports.
Bashundhara Paper Mills Ltd.
The Bashundhara Paper Mills Ltd. (BPML) was established in 1993 at a time most of
the demand for paper and allied products was met through imports. This company
produces a wide range of industrial grade paper for home and office use. It
manufactures writing and printing paper, colored printing paper, blue match paper
and brown wrapping paper. These items come in varying thicknesses and
specifications. The plant has a modern waste treatment unit and effluent control
systems to minimize environment population.
The BPML has acquired the ISO 9002 certification in view of its sustained quantity
control effort. This company, like others, also makes use of recycled waste paper. It
has emerged as a leading import Substitution industry of the country.
Bashundhara Cement Sack Plant
In the 1970s, Bangladeshi cement producers had been using simple multi-wall paper
sacks for packaging cement. Scarcity of basic raw material for manufacturing cement
such as lime stone and gypsum and inadequate industrial infrastructure had forced
the country to import almost 90% of its requirement of cement till the late nineties,
most of Meghna Cement Mills Ltd. a concern of the Bashundhara Group- the largest
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domestic cement plant in the country in January 1996, the nations cement industry
leaped into a new era of self-sufficiency. An accelerated economy, supported by a
booming construction and housing industry, had made Bangladesh one of the most
popular destinations for cement producers. Coupled with it, the demand for cementpackaging bags went up by mammoth proportions. At the peak of this demand cycle,
Bashundharas paper sack manufacturing unit went into production in June 2000. At
the beginning, this plant received orders from about 50 different cement producers,
local and international.
Bashundhara Communication & Networks Ltd
Bashundhara communication and Networks ltd (BCNL) was founded in 2001 to
provide telecommunication and information communication services at affordable
cost to the people of the country. BCNL proposes to build high band width networks
to provide the various telecom services that are now in short fall. BCNL seeks to
provide a wide array of telecom services across the country that include Fixed
Wireless Access (basic services), GSM and data over optical backbone in the
medium term, and build its own International Gateway over the long term. BCNL
would also endeavor to create a high bandwidth optical fiber network across all major
traffic generating nodes in Bangladesh.
Bashundhara City Development Ltd
Bashundhara City Development Ltd (BCDL) was founded in 1998 to provide
integrated service facilities to the city dwellers of the country. The company has
developed an international standard integrated commercial complex on a major
avenue in Panthapath, Dhaka. It is South Asias largest shopping-cum-recreation
complex in Dhaka City. In this complex there are shopping mall, food court, theme
Park, multiplex Cinema Theater, Fitness centre, swimming pool as well as office
accommodations of many national and international companies and organizations.
BCDL will continue to expand and explore new business opportunities in the service
sector in line with the latest technological advancement and sophistication and will
make it a world class service providing company in the country.
Paver manufacturing plant
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The Bashundhara paver manufacturing plant produces the following items:
Interlocking concrete paving blocks
Rectangular blocks
Super pave special blocks Tulip-design paver blocks
Colored blocks
Hollow blocks
These products are much stronger than common bricks (which are commonly made
from clay and a primitive kiln-burning process). Since they are manufactured with
concrete as the basic ingredient, and a modern technology that was heavy
compressive pressure. Thus, the blocks are ideal for heavy traffic areas such as
main streets, airport runway strips and drive ways. The design laden blocks are
useful for landscaping.
Bashundhara Industries Complex Ltd
Bashundhara Industrial Complex Ltd (BICL) was founded in 2000 as part of
expansion program of cement manufacturing activities to cater to the need of basic
contraction materials in the country. BICL is the second independent cement
manufacturing unit of Bashundhara Group. It began production in 2002 and now it is
a profitable and viable enterprise of the Bashundhara family. It has immediate plans
to also deal in trading, clearing and forwarding, and shipping related business.
The BICL is now engaged in carrying out studies on a proposed project that will
enable the company to set up its own dockyards and shipyards in Chittagong,
Bangladesh. At a later stage, the BICL has plans to get more intricately involved in
inland water transport for movement of passengers and cargo within the country.
Bashundhara Technologies Ltd
Bashundhara Technologies Ltd (BTL) was founded in 2001 to provide civil
engineering services and products to the construction industry in the country.
Bashundhara played a pioneering role in bringing new technologies to the
construction industry of the country.
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The Bashundhara Group has on going housing and land development projects, and a
number of backward linkage industries that provide support and raw material for the
building and landscaping industries. It supplies, on contract terms, construction-
support equipment and well trained expertise. Additionally, BTL in collaboration withgovernment, city corporations and other government authorities is exploring business
opportunities for construction of footpath, highways, car parking terminal, taxi way,
port and bus terminal.
Bashundhara Trading Company Ltd
The Bashundhara Trading Company Ltd (BTCL) serves as the general trading arm of
the Group. It supports the import, export, marketing & sales endeavors of the Groups
many enterprises. It helps develop marketing channels and methods. This unit also
operates as a private trading company engaged in the acquisition of basic raw
material and finished products for private buyers-outside the domain of the
Bashundhara Group. It was launched in the year 1993, initially to support backward
linkages and marketing strategies for the Group.
Bashundhara Logistics Ltd
Shipping and logistics have emerged as one of the most important service industries
in the present world. Over 80% of worlds international trade is transported by sea.
The scope of sourcing, securing, transportation, timely delivery and distribution of all
sorts of commodities and raw materials has become an important factor in the global
economic activities. Bashundhara Logistics Ltd. was founded in December 2004. A
logistic infrastructure contributes to develop territorial competitiveness, inter modality,
logistic network and supply chain including freight, transport services,
communications and transport pattern. BLL seeks to serve the above requirement for
its client. Globalization and its effect have brought and are brining major changes in
the way companies are handling logistics and related operations.
2.6 HISTORY OF CEMENT
In the 18th century a big effort started in Europe to understand why some limes
process hydraulic properties.John smeaton often referred to as father of civil
engineering in England concentrated his work in this field. In 1822, the production of
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British Cement had been started by James Frost at Swanscombe based on a
patent for a new cement or artificial stone.
The invention of Portland cement is generally credited to Joseph Aspedin, an English
Bricklayer in 1824. It involves a double kilning such as was described by Vicat. In1838 a young chemical engineer, Isaac Johnson, burned the cement raw material at
high temperature until the mass was nearly vitrified producing the modern Portland
cement.
The earliest bottle or dome kilns were open kilns with tapered chimney to increase
the draft. They were burned in a batch rather than in a continuous fashion and were
charged with alternating layers of raw feed and solid fuel. The chamber kiln was an
improved design developed and patented by Mr. Johnson. The combustion gases
from the kiln dried the raw material so that when the kiln was burned out a new
charge of dried material is immediately ready for use.
In 1898 Atlas Portland cement company according to Lewis improved the design by
using what is called a rotary kiln, this improvement was a big revolution in the cement
industry because the new kiln could produce 200 cement barrels per day compared
to a shaft kiln which produced only 40 to max 80 barrels per day; in addition to quick
improvement in this new design regarding the mixing, grinding equipments for raw
material, grinding equipments for coal, belt conveyor using mix kind of fuel such as
natural gas (1904, Iola Portland cement, Iola Kansas).
In 1899 Atlas Cement Company improved the technology of the rotary kiln and fuel
economy by replacing fuel oil with powdered coal dust. Furthermore, modifications to
the kiln were made by addition of two auxiliary clinker coolers, in which the first hot
discharged clinker was received as it fell from the kiln and air flowing over it was
heated and helped to ignite the coal dust in the rotary kiln.
After 1900 there was rapid growth in both rotary kiln and auxiliary equipment
technology in the United States. Coal grinding mills were developed and coal burning
in cement kilns became the predominant combustion process in the industry. All the
equipments related to cement production crusher, raw mill, belt conveyors, bucked
elevators were improved.
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2.7 EARLY HISTORY OF PORTLAND CEMENT
Ever since civilizations first started to build, weve sought a material that would bind
stones into a solid, formed mass. The Assyrians and Babylonians used clay for this
purpose, and the Egyptians advanced to the discovery of lime and gypsum mortar asa binding agent for building such structures as the Pyramids.
The Greeks made further improvements and finally the Romans developed cement
that produced structures of remarkable durability.
Most of the building foundations in the Roman Forum were constructed of a form of
concrete, placed in some locations to a depth of 12 feet. The great Roman baths built
about 27 B.C., the Coliseum, and the huge Basilica of Constantine are examples of
early Roman architecture in which cement mortar was used.
2.8 CEMENT INDUSTRY IN BANGLADESH
Cement Industry a relatively fast growing industry, is developing in pace with
increasing building and construction activities. Cement has long been used as a
bonding agent to unite particles or to cause one surface to adhere to another. The
most common form of cement, Portland cement, is a powder obtained from burning
together a mixture of lime and clay, which when mixed with water and sand or gravel,
turns into mortar or concrete. The amount of cement now annually consumed in the
country is about 5 million metric tons. The production however, falls short by about 3
million tons per year. This shortage is met through imports. Per capita consumption
of cement in the country (38 kg) is fairly low compared to India (89 kg), Indonesia
(127kg), Malaysia (582 kg) and Thailand (642 kg).
Private enterprises dominate production and import of cement to cater to the local
market. The manufacturing of cement is based on both locally available raw materials
and imported clinker. The two cement plants of the first type, one at CHHATAK and
the other at Ayeenpur, have a total installed capacity of 260,000 tons a year. They
produce cement from local LIMESTONE and use NATURAL GAS as fuel. The mills
that produce cement from imported clinker are located mostly around DHAKA,
CHITTAGONG and MONGLA. There were 62 registered cement factories in the
country in 1999, but only 13 of them were in production. The total installed production
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capacity of these factories is about 3.8 million tons a year. Their actual production,
however, is much lower. A 50-kg bag of cement produced locally sells at Tk 250-260,
while a bag of imported cement is priced at Tk 230-250. Local raw material based
cement production depends on limestone deposits that lie in ST MARTINS ISLAND,JOYPURHAT and SYLHET areas. The deposits in Sylhet support the production of
Chhatak and Ayeenpur cement factories.
2.9 BACKGROUND OF MEGHNA CEMENT MILLS LTD
Meghna Cement Mills Ltd. is an enterprise of Bashundhara Group. King Brand
cement of MCML is well-known throughout Bangladesh. MCML is the largest cement
production industry in Bangladesh which started its commercial activities from 15th
January, 1996. The factory is situated beside the river of Pashur at Mongla,
Bagerhat. The production capacity is 15 Lac MT per year. The weight of each
marketed bag is always perfect of 50 kg due to the adoption of an automated
packaging system. There is a laboratory, equipped with modern equipment within the
mill premises to conduct tests at each hour for every shift covering every stage of the
production process. It has its own cement bag factory in Meghna Ghat. It can meet
the most demand of cement bag in Bangladesh which uses the modern technologies
and imported paper from Sweden.
The Company has been awarded the coveted ISO-9001-2000 Certification in the
year 2000 by the National Quality Assurance (NQA), registered by the National
Accreditation of Certificate Boards, UK. The factorys environmental standards are
high.
At a glance of Meghna Cement Mills Limited:
2.10 PRODUCTS OF MCML
Name of the Company
: Meghna Cement Mills Limited
Year of Incorporation : March 1992
Year of Commercial Production : January 1996
Form of Business : Public Limited Company
Business Lines : Cement Manufacturing
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Market : Whole Bangladesh
Customer pattern : All classes
Year of Listing : Dhaka Stock Exchange 1995
: Chittagong Stock Exchange 1996Authorized Capital : Tk. 400,000,000.00
Paid-up Capital : Tk. 225,004,000,00
Location of the Group (Head office) : Bashundhara City
13/Ka/1, Panthapath, Dhaka.
Web: www.bashundharagroup.com
At present MCML is producing three types of cement. One is Ordinary Portland
Cement (OPC) and another two types are Portland Composite Cement (PCC). Their
detail information are noted down for your king information.
Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC):
Table 2: Ingredients of OPC
Type of Cement Strength
Class Type Ingredients Standard Strengths
2 days (MPa) 28 days (MPa)
Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC):
52.5 N CEM-I Clinker = 95% 100%
Gypsum = 0% 5%
> 20.00
> 52.50
Source: Annual Report
Portland Composite Cement (PCC):
Table 3: Ingredients of PCC
Type of Cement Strength
Class Type Ingredients Standard Strengths (PSi)
2 days (MPa) 28 days (MPa)
Portland Composite Cement (OPC):
42.5 N CEM-II/
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B-M(S-V-L) Clinker = 65% 79%
Fly Ash + Slag + Lime Stone = 21% 35%
Gypsum = 0%5%
> 10.00> 42.50
CEM-II/
A-M(S-V-L) Clinker = 80% 94%
Fly Ash + Slag + Lime Stone = 6% 20%
Gypsum = 0%5%
Source: Annual Report
2.11 ESTABLISHMENT BY KING BRAND CEMENT
In Bangladesh many high-rise building, road, bridge, culvert, hospital, shopping mall
etc. have made by King Brand Cement. For example-
o Bashundhara City
o Suvastu Nagar valley
o Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical college Hospital
o Rupsha Bridge
o Mobile Companys Network Towers
o Baropukuria Coal Mine
o Testa Bridge is going on etc.
2.12 MARKETING MIX OF MEGHNA CEMENT MILLS LTD
Marketing mix is defined as the set of marketing tools that the firm uses to pursue its
marketing objectives in the target market. MCML also using the concept of
marketing mix to pursue their marketing objectives.
2.12.1 Product
All the local and foreign cement companies in Bangladesh are offering different
quality of cement. As regards to the brand name, few renowned cement companies
could position itself among the target customers. King Brand Cement may be
described in following ways:
Product Variety: Meghna Cement presents their product in different ways. They
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have both Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) type CEM I/ 52.5 N and Portland
Composite Cement (PCC) which type CEM II/ B-M (S-V-L) 42.5 N and CEM II/ A-M
(S-V-L) 42.5 N in the market.
Quality: Product quality consists of the ability to satisfy customers needs andwants as well as the ability of a product to perform its function; it includes the
products overall durability, reliability, precision, ease of operation and repair and
other valued attributes. King Brand Cement quality has two dimension that are level
and consistency. The quality of King Brand Cement is comparatively good; it can
compare it with any multinational cement. It is proved by BUET and certified by ISO-
9001-2000 and BSTI.
Design: The style of King Brand Cement is simply that describes the appearance of
a product. Design is a larger concept than style. They use modified design in
packaging also modified in product quality.
Feature: The company offered with varying features. They create higher level
models by adding more features. They have two types of cement OPC (ingredients;
Clinker = 95%100%, Gypsum = 0%5%) and PCC (ingredients; Clinker = 65%
79%, Fly Ash + Slag + Lime Stone = 21% 35%, Gypsum = 0% 5%).
Brand name: A good name can add greatly to a products success. Bashundhara
Group itself a strong brand. Meghna Cement Mills Ltd. is an enterprise of
Bashundhara Group. King Brand cement of MCML is well-known throughout
Bangladesh. It is very easy to pronounce, recognize and remember.
Packaging: Bashundhara Group has its own cement bag factory that meets
demand of the country. This bag is well furnished, environment friendly and pilfer
proof.
Sizes: King Brand cement is contains 50 kg in each bag. It is available in all over
the country.
Services: They try to give the customer best service. They deliver the product to
the customers address in their own responsibility.
2.12.2 Pricing
The cost of cement is very high at present. However, depending upon the quality and
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brand name of company, the aggregate financial involvement also varies quite
significantly.
List price: The price is called which is written on the product. The King Brand Cement
do not write any price on the packet because this price is very much unstable. Theirex-factory is 347/- and sale in 362/- in Dhaka city at present. It varied on distance.
Discount: Meghna Cement Authority offer different type of discount system that is
depends on the party. The buyer can deduct 2%, if the bill is paid within 10 days.
2.12.3 Promotion
Meghna Cement Mills Ltd. operates its advertising and other promotional programs
by a separate advertising department. The department works for continuous
innovative advertising campaigns for the consumer and business products of
Bashundhara. The promotional activities for Meghna Cement are carried out by this
department. This company has wide range of promotional activities to attract the
target customers. The advertising department has some creative and energetic
personnel who launch frequent promotional programs. The existing promotional tools
used them are:
1. Advertising
2. Personal selling
3. Sales promotion
4. Public Relations
5. Direct Marketing
Advertising: The Advertising department of Meghna Cement Mills Limited they show
their products both are print and electronic media. Television ads are the most
important part of advertisement. Now it shows their advertisements on different
channels.
In print media Bashundhara publishes advertisements in all the leading newspapers
the Prothom Alo, Ittefaq, Daily Star, Inquilab, Jugantar etc. Other than this it also
publishes advertisements in weekly, monthly, by-weekly, periodicals etc.The
advertisement department also publishes posters, leaflets for advertisements in out
door media.
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Sales Promotion: Meghna Cement Mills Limited has three types of sales promotion
tools.
Consumer promotion tools:
Samples: Meghna Cement Mills Limited gives their sample in many institutions. Thiscompany uses free sampling technique for increasing display of their products.
Trade promotion tools:
Specialty advertising items: These promotional activities some times company gives
their distributors or traders companys Calendar, Diary etc.
Scheme: Bashundhara Industries Limited sometimes gives consumer scheme, and
sometimes traders scheme. The marketing and sales division of Meghna Cement
Mills Limited has its own unique trade scheme i.e.a sales promotion tool for the
traders. The general manager developed the scheme and the first scheme was very
much effective to boost the sales of Cement.
Business promotion tools:
Trade shows: Sometimes Bashundhara participates in different national and
international trade fairs. It sells Cement in discount price there.
Public relations:
Bashundhara aims at getting closer to the public. So it has some public relation
programs that have made it unique. They take part in increase beauty of capital city
Dhaka.
Direct marketing:
For their new customer they try to follow direct marketing strategy. They have strong
marketing department to interact dealings with customers.
2.12.4 Place / Distribution
Meghna Cement Mills Limited covers the local market by allocating the distributors
their specific area of sales. The target of the company is to cover the market all over
Bangladesh. The factory is situated beside the river of Pashur at Mongla, Bagerhat.
The company has to bear lots of transportation cost for the distance, which it has to,
at the end add in the price of the cement bag. This will end up in losing the customer
despite of the claim of good quality. More over, due to long distance and time, the
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packaging of the cement is affected which in results in increased number of waste
product.
Meghna Cement Mills Limited follows some rules to distribute their products.
They follow: 1. Channels2. Coverage
3. Assortments
4. Locations
5. Inventory
6. Transportation
7. Logistics
Channel structure:
Meghna has its own selected distribution covers the market of the whole country.
Every possible point the country is being reached. It overcomes the major times,
place and possession gaps that separate goods and services from those who would
use them. King Brand Cements distribution channel is given below:
Source: Primary
Coverage:
King Brand Cement already covered the whole country now they are trying to enter
international market.
Assortment:
For making easy in marketing work King Brand Cement divided whole country into
two part East zone and West zone. East zone consist of Dhaka, Gazipur,
Maymansing, Bhairob, Jamalpur, Chandpur etc. and Faridpur, Rajshahi, Kustia,
Khulna, Barishal etc. are in West zone.
Location:
The factory of King Brand Cement is situated beside the river of Pashur in Mongla,
Bagerhat, Khulna. Dealers point are Pagla, Narayangonj for East zone and other
locations for West zone. The Corporate office in Bashundhara City, 13/ka/1
Panthapath, Dhaka-1215.
Inventory:
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King Brand Cement maintain inventory of raw materials as well as produced goods.
Produced goods are inventoried in dealers point but not in factory. Always they follow
FIFO method for inventory.
Transportation:The choice of transportation carries affects the pricing of products, delivery
performance and condition of the goods when they arrive. All of which will affect
customer satisfaction. They have its own and hired ships and other types of
transportations to carry raw materials to factory and produced goods to dealers
points. But it has no any own transport to carry cement to customers. Then they use
dealers transport.
Supply Chain Management:
Meghna is situated at a strategic location which is rich with raw materials such as
lime stone clay, gypsum, and iron ore. The mines of these raw materials are owned
by the factory. These raw materials are transported to the manufacturing plant
through trucks. The raw materials such as coal and furnace oil are imported.
Although Bangladesh land is rich in coal mines, but the quality of the coal produced
is not good. It produces greater amount of fumes and ashes and even catches fire if
exposed to sunlight. Hence good quality of coal is imported from countries such as
Indonesia and china.
Source: Primary
2.13 MARKET SEGMENTS
King Brand Cement divided their whole market into two zones, one is East Zone
another is West Zone. East zone consist of Dhaka, Gazipur, Maymansing, Bhairob,
Jamalpur, Chandpur etc. and Faridpur, Rajshahi, Kustia, Khulna, Barishal etc. are in
West zone.
Cement market can be segmented based on customers characteristics. Such asprice sensitive customers, quality conscious customers and quality and price
tolerance customers.
Source: Primary
2.14 MARKETING ENVIRONMENT OF MCML
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Marketing environment of MCML is the actors and forces outside marketing that
affect marketing managers ability to build and maintain successful relationships with
target customers. Marketing environment is divided into two parts microenvironment
and macro environment of the company.Micro Environment:
Marketing microenvironment contains suppliers, marketing intermediaries,
customers competitors and public. In the case of MCML the component company
itself almost works well with all departments. Suppliers of raw materials are mainly
from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Korea.
So any types of change in government policy, international policy, and cost of raw
materials or inflation directly affect the microenvironment of MCML. Customers of
King Brand Cement are mostly affected that time.
On the other hand quality ensuring is a big concern here. In the case of marketing
intermediaries, company fame, managers strong liaison! Network with business
buyers are the main strategy of MCML to sell products. Government policies
(favorable) is the another publics here. Competitors of King Brand Cement are local
producers of Bangladesh and strongly multinational companies.
Source: Primary
Macro Environment:
Macro environments major forces are discussed bellow:
(a) Demographic factor:
South Asian region is suitable for cement industry. Big working population and easy
to transport through the river but raw materials are not sufficient.
(b) Economic factor:
Reasonable production cost, energy availability, workers availability and suitable
government policy is the economic factor for King Brand Cement.
(c) Technological factor:
Foreign machineries are available but cost is very high.
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(d) Political factors:
Unstable political situation and various types of strikes plays negative roll on
King Brand Cement.
2.15 PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE OF MCMLAt present Meghna Cement Mills Limited is at the decline stage. For few cases the
PLC goes down at present slowly. Generally high price, high competition, lack of
promotional activities, suddenly decrease of demand etc. make down the PLC of
King Brand Cement.
Source: primary
2.16 COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Cement sector is the largest increasing sector in Bangladesh. There are more than
70 cement factories in our country. Its daily production capacity is 16.687 Million MT.
It is growth daily. Some competitors information is given below:
Unique Cement Industries Ltd: Unique cement industries ltd established in the year
2002. The factory is built with modern machinery imported from Germany and China
with production capacity of 1800 MT per day. Unique cement industries ltd. has ISO
9001:2000 Certificate. They have two brands of cement in the local market namely
FRESH and MEGHNACEM.
Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd: Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd started its operation in this
country with of the acquisition of the-then Hyundai cement. Subsequently it acquired
United Cement and Saiham Cement. Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd is affiliated with the
Holcim Group worldwide and is one the largest multinational cement producers in the
world with manufacturing in over 70 countries. The group has a production capacity
of more than 120 million tones of cement per year.
Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd: Lafarge/cement mills is setting up the only modern,
integrated cement manufacturing plan known as Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd. in
Bangladesh at Chattak under Sunamgonj district. The majority of Lafarge Surma
Cement Ltd. Shareholding (60%) is held by a 50/50 joint venture company between
Lafarge and cementos molins. Founded in 1833, Lafarge operates in 75 countries,
employing 77,000 people. In 2002, the group generated annual sales of Euro 14.6
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billion and globally hold stop ranking positions in Cement, Aggregates & Concrete,
Roofing and Gypsum. Cementos Molins is a renowned Spanish cement company
with an annual revenue of Euro 485 million and net profit of Euro 70 million.
Operating in Spain, Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico, it produces Portland andCalcium-Aluminates cement, Concrete and Precast concrete, Aggregates and
Special purpose mortars.
Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd. will extract and process the basic raw materials like
limestone and shale from its from its own quarry in Meghalaya, India. A 17 km cross
border belt conveyor will be installed to link the quarry with the cement plant for
transportation of raw materials.
A massive land filling and site development has been completed on the 90 acre plant
site. The construction and erection is also. The plant will initially produce 1.2 millions
tons of cement per year.
2.17 MARKET SHARE OF VARIOUS BRAND OF CEMENT
Shah Cement (13%) and Heidelberg Cement (10%) are in strong position in the
market. Some brands are very weak in the market. Few brands are suitable position.
King Brand Cement and Holcim both are 3rd position in the market.
Market share of various brand of cement are shown in the figure below:
Source: Primary
2.18 PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS
Porters five forces framework has been chosen for conducting the analysis, because
it provides a structured approach for examining a particular sector. From the Porters
five forces we can easily identify the new competitors, substitute product, bargaining
power of customers, suppliers, and its competing organization of King Brand
Cement. There are:
1. The potential entry of new competitors:
There is several numbers of new cement brand enter every year. Some are local and
others are foreign. There are few legal barriers at all in Bangladesh for establishing a
cement factory. So it is a threat to the King Brand Cement.
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2. The market attempts of organizations in other areas to win your end users over to
their own substitute products and services:
Substitutes are cement and cement products include a variety of materials such as
wood, glass, steel, aluminum, fiberglass, stone, clay brick and asphalt. The substitutechosen depends on the item being constructed and physical properties it needs to
have
3. And the bargaining power and leverage by the end users or buyers of the product.
There are several numbers of Cement Company in our country. So customers
bargaining power is the ability to influence the setting the prices of cement industry.
4. The bargaining power and leverage of suppliers of the organization
The cement making industry faces the almost monopolistic power of raw material
suppliers that takes advantage of the supply concentration to achieve dominant
market share.
Porters five forces analysis
5. The rivalry of competing organizations:
There is a great competition among the cement company. Now most of the
customers are willing to get the cement with low price. So, the numbers of cement
company offer low price for their customers. They are trying to attract the customers
through some excellent offers, improving their quality of cement and providing many
other facilities.
2.19 BCG MARTIX ANALYSIS
From the BCG Matrix we can find out the organizational market position by analyzing
the market share and market growth. It will help to determine what objective, strategy
and budget to assign to each stage. Here the market growth rate on the vertical axis
indicates the annual growth of the market in which the business operates. In the
figure, it ranges from 0 percent to 20 percent. Relative market share, which is
measured on the horizontal axis, refers to the market share relative to that of its
largest competitive in the segment. At present Meghna Cement have captured 9%
market share, on the other hand market leader have captured 13% market share. So
relative market share of Meghna Cement is comparatively low than the competitors.
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Now political crisis and world economy down turn causes low market growth of
cement industry.
Stars
QuestionMarks
Dogs
\
From the above discussion, we can say, Meghna cement is in the dogs stage which
means they have week market shares in low growth markets. They should hold the
business, because they have a chance to capture the market leadership.
2.20 SWOT ANALYSIS
Meghna Cement Mills limited is a prominent cement brand in Bangladesh. Though
King Brand Cement already covered the whole country, the management feels the
necessity of SWOT analysis in perspective of the present market condition.
SWOT Analysis Of Meghna Cement Mills Limited
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Large production capacity to meet the customers need.
The quality of King Brand Cement is better than other brands.
It uses environment friendly paper cement bag.
It measures its quality by using modern instrument in the laboratory.
Skilled management & financial soundness
Corporate image
The production of the cement in Meghna is completely automated.
The company has obtained the ISO 9001- 2000 making it a reliable producer for
production of quality products in the international market.
Meghna has reached every possible
nooks and corners of Bangladesh.
Well-developed distribution channel is one of the strengths of Meghna Cement
Mills Limited.
Meghna Cement has an effective and efficient Marketing & Sales department.
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High price than national competitors.
The location where the cement plant of Meghna Cement Mills Limited is located is
far from Dhaka City.
Promotional activities are not strong in electronic media, printing media or out dooractivities.
Replacement of wastage or damaged products is not quick.
No warehouse.
Transportation for the company is main problem at present for the company.
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Industrial product had very good image. So image can help to introduce new
consumer.
Advertising can help to increase the market share.
The demand of cement outside Bangladesh has been increasing rapidly, providing
Meghna cement a good chance to explore these markets.
Possible to improve the distribution system.
Meghna Cement Mills may be the chance to makes the position of market leader.
The existing competitors who are market challengers and followers may pose threat
by aggressive price cut policy.
Promotional activities are strong of the other competitors.
Increase the price of raw materials & depend on international market for raw
materials.
Customers intention to buy foreign products.
Supplier dependency.
The company is highly vulnerable to price competition since it faces higher cost of
production per bag.
The day after day terrorist attacks and the suicidal bombing have caused the unrest
in the world.
3.0 PROJECT
3.1 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Objective 1:
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To find out the brand preference of customer while purchasing cement.
Related Question: Question number 2(For customer) was asked to identify
consumers brand preference in purchasing the cement. In question 2 consumers
were asked to mention the brand of cement they use.Data Collected: There were total 36 respondents. The result of the data collected for
question 2, which companys cement the customers prefer are as under
Table 4: Brand Preference of various brands
Which brand of cement you like most?
Cement Frequency Percentage
King Brand Cement08
Shah Cement10
Scan Cement09
Seven Ring Cement05
Others04
Total36
Source: Primary data
Analysis Technique Used: MS Excel software and simple arithmetic were used to
ascertain the percentage and other interpretation.
Findings and interpretation of the survey:In this question respondents were
asked to answer which brand of cement they like most.The frequency table below
shows 8 respondents were most like King Brand Cement. Here 28% of respondents
prefer Shah Cement. According to preference Shahs position is number one and
King Brand Cement is number third. So they have huge possibility to capture themarket according to brand preference, if they increase their promotional strategy.
Objective 2:
To identify the consumers perception about the quality of Meghna Cement.
Objective 3:
To identify the consumers perception about the customer service.
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Objective 4:
To identify the consumers perception about the easy availability.
Related Question: Question number 6(For customer) was asked to identify
consumers perception about the quality, customer service, easy availability andcredit facility of Meghna Cement.
Analysis Technique Used: MS Excel software and simple arithmetic were used to
ascertain the percentage and other interpretation.
Data Collected: There were total 36 respondents. The result of the data collected for
question 6, customers perception about quality, customer service, easy availability
and credit facility of Meghna Cement are as under
Table 5: Satisfaction Level Regarding Quality
What is your satisfaction level regarding quality?
Scale Frequency Percentage
Very Satisfied08
Satisfied15
Neutral06
Dissatisfied
05
Very dissatisfied02
Total36
Source: Primary data
Findings:About 64% of the respondents were satisfied regarding quality offered of
Meghna Cement. About 19% of the respondents were dissatisfied regarding quality.
The frequency table shows the Satisfaction level of the Meghna Cement user.Table 6: Satisfaction Level regarding customer service
What is your satisfaction level regarding customer service?
Scale Frequency Percentage
Very Satisfied04
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Satisfied11
Neutral08
Dissatisfied
08Very dissatisfied
05
Total36
Source: Primary Data
Findings:The frequency table shows the satisfaction level of the Meghna Cement
users regarding customer service. Here we see about 42 % (Cumulative) are
satisfied with their current customer service and 36% are dissatisfied.
Table 7: Satisfaction Level regarding easy availability
What is your satisfaction level regarding easy availability?
Scale Frequency Percentage
Very Satisfied04
Satisfied10
Indifferent06
Dissatisfied11
Very dissatisfied05
Total36
Source: Primary data
Findings:The Frequency table above shows the satisfaction level of Meghna
Cement users regarding easy availability. About 39% of the respondents are satisfiedregarding easy availability of Meghna Cement and 44% customer are dissatisfied.
Table 8: Satisfaction Level regarding credit facility
What is your satisfaction level regarding credit facility?
Scale Frequency Percentage
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Very Satisfied03
Satisfied12
Neutral
05Dissatisfied
10
Very dissatisfied06
Total36
Source: Primary data
Findings:The frequency table below shows that 41% of the respondents are
satisfied and 45% respondents are dissatisfied regarding credit facility.
Interpretation of the survey:It is clear that perception about quality is very high that
means they were satisfied regarding quality. On the other hand regarding customer
service, easy availability and credit facility are moderate satisfied. So they should
increase customer service and credit facility.
Objective 5:
To identify which of the two concepts, quality or price, consumers consider more
important in purchasing cement.
Related Question: Question number 7(Both customers and Retailers / Dealers) was
asked to give more preference while purchasing cement.
Data Collected: There were total 56 respondents. The results of the data collected
for question 7 are given below:
Table 9: Important criteria for purchasing decision
Which one you give more important while purchasing cement?
Criteria Frequency Percentage
Quality36
Price20
Total
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56 100%
Source: Primary data
Figure 11: Important Criteria For purchase decision
Source: Primary data
Analysis Technique Used: MS Excel software and simple arithmetic were used to
ascertain the percentage and other interpretation.
Findings: It has been found that, out of 56 respondents; only 20 said that they attach
more important on price than quality, while 64% said that quality was more
prerogative to price in buying decision.
Interpretations: This has wide implications as regard the previous findings. This
means that although there was a price hike of King Brand Cement even than it had
less effect on sale, as consumers prefer quality than price. As such, quality is the
overriding attribute in making purchase decision.
Objective 6:
To identify the types of sales incentives received from different company.
Related Question: Question number 6 (For dealers/ retailers) was asked that means
what types of sales incentives they received from various companies.
Data Collected: There were total 20 respondents. The results of the data collected
for question 3 are given below:
Table 10: Sales incentives receive from various companies
What types of sales incentives they receive from the company?
Items Frequency Percentage
Discount05
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Sales Commission06
Credit Sales06
Gift and promotion
02Any other
01
Total20
Source: Primary data
Figure 12: Different Sales Incentives
Source: Primary data
Analysis Technique Used: MS Excel software and simple arithmetic were used to
analyze the data collected for the question. The percentage of to use volume was
found out by simple arithmetic.
Findings: From the above Figure we can see that, about 25% of the respondents
were received discount, 30% received sales commission and credit sales facility and
rest of them received gift items from the various cement company.
Interpretation: From the above Figure we can see that, the important incentives are
sales commission, discount, credit sales, gift etc. For both retailers and dealers,
sales commission and credit sales facilities has the highest score meaning that this
are the most effective promotional tool for increasing sales, which is followed by
discount and gift item.
Objective 7:
To identify the problems that decreases the sales of King Brand Cement.
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Related Question: Question number 3 (For customers) was asked to find out the
reasons for not to buy King Brand Cement.
Data Collected: There were total 36 respondents. The results of the data collected
for question 3 are given below:Table 11: Reasons for not to buy KBC
What is the main reasons for not to buy king Brand Cement?
Reasons Frequency Percentage
High Price12
Low Quality05
Customer Service is not enough
07Lack of advertising
05
Not available07
Total36
Source: Primary data
Figure 13: The reasons behind not to buy KBC
Source: Primary data
Analysis Technique Used: MS Excel software and simple arithmetic were used to
analyze the data collected for the question. The percentage of to use volume was
found out by simple arithmetic.
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Findings:About 33% of the customers were said high price is the main problem for
not to buy King Band Cement. About 19% said customer service is not enough and
14% respondents were not to buy King Brand Cement for lack of advertising. The
frequency table shows the reasons for not to buy King Brand Cement.Interpretation of the survey: Out of 36, only 4 respondents said low quality is the
main problem for not to buy King Brand Cement. But 12 respondents said high price
is the main problem for not to buy this cement. So, the price increases of King Brand
Cement significantly contribute to the decrease of Meghna cements sales.
Objective 8:
To find out the consumers perception about the price.
Related Question: Question number 4 (Both Customer and Dealer/Retailer) was
asked to find out the perception about price.
Data Collected: There were total 56 respondents. In this question the respondents
were asked to answer about the price of King Brand Cement.
Table 12: Perception about price
The price of King Brand Cement is comparatively high
Scale Frequency Percentage
Strongly agree
18Agree
22
Neutral05
Disagree07
Strongly disagree04
Total56
Source: Primary data
Analysis Technique Used: MS Excel software and simple arithmetic were used to
analyze the data collected for the question.
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Findings: From the above Table we can see that, about 71% of the respondents
were agreed about the price of King Brand Cement is comparatively high. On the
other hand 20% of respondents were disagreed with the statement.
Interpretation: Here total respondents are 56. This question asked both consumersand retailers. Among them 40 respondents were agreed with the statement. So price
of King Brand is comparatively high. They should decrease the price to survive in the
competitive market.
3.2 HYPOTHESIS TESTING
Hypothesis 1:
Step 1: Formulation of Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis:Less or equal to 40% consumers prefer King Brand in purchasing
cement.
Alternat ive Hypothesis: More than 40% consumersprefer King Brand in purchasing cement.
Step 2: Selection of an Appropriate Test
In this case the researcher has selected z-statistic. This statistic is computed as
follows:
Z= (p-)/p
Where , p= (1- )/ n
Step 3: Choose the Level of Significance,
Here, the researcher has considered the Level of Significance is 5%. Thus, the
confidence level is 95%.
Step 4: Collection of Data and Calculation of Test Statistic
Here, sample size is 36. In this case 36 users were surveyed and 8 respondents
were preferred King Brand Cement in purchasing cement. Thus the value of the
sample proportion is
p= 8/36= 0.22
The value of pcan be determined as follows:
p= (1- )/ n
= (0.40) (0.60)/36 = 0.082
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The test statistics z can be calculated as follows:
Z= (p-)/p
= (0.22-0.40)/ 0.082
=2.20Step 5: Determination of Probability (Critical Value)
Our calculated value of Z is equal to 2.20. Now we get the Z value for 95%
confidence level from the standard normal distribution table is +1.64.
Step 6 & 7: Comparison of Probability (Critical Value) and Decision Making
Hence, the calculated value of Z = 2.20 falls in the acceptance region, so we
accept the Null Hypothesis(H0). We reject Alternative Hypothesis (H1)
Figure 14: Hypothesis Test1.
Source: Primary Data
Step 8: Marketing Research Conclusion
As the Null Hypothesis (H0) is accepted and Alternative Hypothesis is rejected, so we
can say that less than 40% consumers prefer King Brand in purchasing cement. So
authority of King Brand Cement should decrease the price of King Brand Cement,
increase more advertising to increase consumers preference.
Hypothesis 2:
Step 1: Formulation of Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis:More than or equal to 60% customers are satisfied regarding quality
provided by Meghna Cement Mills Ltd.
Alternative Hypothesis:Less than 60% customers are satisfied regarding quality
provided by Meghna Cement Mills Ltd.
Step 2: Selection of an Appropriate Test
In this case the researcher has selected z-statistic. This statistic is computed as
follows:
Z= (p-)/p
Where , p= (1- )/ n
Step 3: Choose the Level of Significance,
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Here, the researcher has considered the Level of Significance is 5%. Thus, the
confidence level is 95%.
Step 4: Collection of Data and Calculation of Test Statistic
Here, sample size is 36. In this case 36 respondents were surveyed and 23respondents were satisfied regarding quality offered by Meghna Cement. Thus the
value of the sample proportion is
p= 23/36= 0.64
The value of pcan be determined as follows:
p= (1- )/ n
= (0.60) (0.40)/36
= 0.082
The test statistics z can be calculated as follows:
Z= (p-)/p
= (0.64-0.60)/ 0.082
= 0.49
Step 5: Determination of Probability (Critical Value)
Our calculated value of Z is equal to 0.49. Now we get the Z value for 95%
confidence level from the standard normal distribution table is 1.64.
Step 6 & 7: Comparison of Probability (Critical Value) and Decision Making
Hence, the calculated value of Z = 0.49 falls in the acceptance region, so we do not
reject the Null Hypothesis(H0).
Source: Primary Data
Step 8: Marketing Research Conclusion
As the Null Hypothesis (H0) is accepted and Alternative Hypothesis is rejected, so we
can say that more than 60% customers are satisfied regarding quality provided by
Meghna Cement Mills Ltd. Though they were satisfied, any time they can be
dissatisfied. So, they should more improve in quality.
Hypothesis 3:
Step 1: Formulation of Hypothesis
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Step 8: Marketing Research Conclusion
As the Null Hypothesis (H0) is rejected and Alternative Hypothesis is accepted, so
more than 60% customers believe the price of King Brand Cement is comparatively
high. So to increase the sales they should decrease the price of King Brand Cement.Hypothesis 4:
Step 1: Formulation of Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis:More than or equal to40% customer think that high price is the main
problem for not to buy King Brand Cement.
Alternative Hypothesis: Less than40% customer think that high price is the main
problem for not to buy King Brand Cement.
Step 2: Selection of an Appropriate Test
In this case the researcher has selected z-statistic. This statistic is computed as
follows:
Z= (p-)/p
Where , p= (1- )/ n
Step 3: Choose the Level of Significance,
Here, the researcher has considered the Level of Significance is 5%. Thus, the
confidence level is 95%.
Step 4: Collection of Data and Calculation of Test Statistic
Here, sample size is 36. In this case 12 of the respondents were said high price is
the main problem for not to buy King Band Cement. The frequency table shows the
reasons for not to buy King Brand Cement.
Thus the value of the sample proportion is
p= 12/36= 0.33
The value of pcan be determined as follows:p= (1- )/ n
= (0.40) (0.60)/36
= 0.082
The test statistics z can be calculated as follows:
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Z= (p-)/p
= (0.33-0.40)/ 0.082
=0.85
Step 5: Determination of Probability (Critical Value)
Our calculated value of Z is equal to 0.85. Now we get the Z value for 95%
confidence level from the standard normal distribution table is 1.64.
Step 6 & 7: Comparison of Probability (Critical Value) and Decision Making
Hence, the calculated value of Z =0.85 is less than the table value Z =1.64. So we
can not reject the null hypothesis.
Figure 17: Hypothesis Test 4.
Source: Primary Data
Step 8: Marketing Research Conclusion
As the Null Hypothesis (H0) is accepted and Alternative Hypothesis is rejected. So
price is the main problem for not to buy King Brand Cement.
Hypothesis 5:
Step 1: Formulation of Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis:No association between company name and quality.
Alternative Hypothesis:There is an association between the two.
Step 2: Selection of an Appropriate Test
(fo-fe)2
2= -
fe
Step 3: Choose the Level of Significance,
Critical value with degree of freedom 1 and confidence level 95%.
Step 4: Collection of Data and Calculation of Test Statistic
Here, sample size is 36. In this case 14 of the respondents were said well known
organization provide high quality cement.
Table 13: Cross- tabulation
Quality Company To
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There is an association between company name and quality. Well known
organization provide high quality product.
3.3 FINDINGS
Among 36 customers only 8 prefer King Brand Cement and our hypothesis is lessthan or equal to 40% customer prefer King Brand while purchasing cement. So our
hypothesis is accepted.
36 respondents were surveyed and 23 respondents were satisfied regarding quality
offered by Meghna Cement and 19% were dissatisfied. So the quality of King Brand
Cement is comparatively good.
Our hypothesis is more than or equal to 60% customer believe the price of King
Brand Cement is comparatively high. Among 56, 40 respondents were believe the
price of king brand cement is comparatively high.
There are many reason for not to buy King Brand Cement. Among the 36
respondents 12 respondents said price is the main problem for not to buy King Band
Cement.
We have asked, if there any association between company name and quality. In this
case we have found, most of the respondents said there is an association between
company name and quality.
3.4 CONCLUSIONCement Industrya relatively fast growing industry, is developing in
pace with increasing building and construction activities. Cement has long been used
as a bonding agent to unite particles or to cause one surface to adhere to another.
The most common form of cement, Portland cement, is a powder obtained from
burning together a mixture of lime and clay, which when mixed with water and sand
or gravel, turns into mortar or concrete. The amount of cement now annually
consumed in the country is about 5 million metric tons. The production however, falls
short by about 3 million tons per year. This shortage is met through imports.
The growth of cement market in Bangladesh was not in satisfied. There was a critical
competition in the market. In that critical time King Brand Cement of Meghna Cement
Mills Limited start its operation in the country. Availability and awareness of this
brand is very good. Most of the people prefer quality cement and they are willing to
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pay a little bit higher prices for that. As King Brand Cement has a reputation about its
quality it has a good market response.
As cement is the industrial product, reference group is important for its sale. King
Brand Cement should keep its close eye to generate new ideas for reference groupalong with customers and users for its better growth.
3.5 RECOMMENDATIONS
Major findings and recommendations are as under:
From interview, it explored that end user purchase their cement based on
recommendation of the masons, Architects opinion, retailers pushing and some
others factors including weight, price, depends on use and loyalty towards the
particular brand. It also indicates that Meghna cement has a lack of brand image.
In designing organizational hierarchy Meghna Cement Mills Limited follow functional
strategy. In the whole organization hierarchy MCML have eight major wings. They
are audit division, IT division, commercial division, HR & admin division, marketing
and sales division, accounts and finance division, operation and engineering division,
construction division. But there is no research & development department. It is
recommended that the organization can have a separate research & development
department.
The quality of King Brand Cement is comparatively better than others. But the price
of King Brand Cement is high. For the high price it lost its market share. So they
should decrease the price.
At present, there are six dealers spread over the whole country. As such
transportation of cement from one place to another is a big hassle. This also involves
huge amounts of cost, as such decentralization of production facilities including
placement of portable production facilities at the strategic points can be considered.
Company can not deliver the product in time to the customer. Its price is
comparatively high and price also fluctuates every day. There is no credit facility from
the company. So customer can not purchase the product on credit. Their factory
location is so much far from the Dhaka city. So they should solve this problem.
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In context of packaging, it is explored that to develop the packaging system is
essential. For said reason final user think that retailers mix less quality cement with
that bag and sometimes final user also think that cement weight is not accurate. It
means that 50 Kges cement is not there. Another problem is paper sack; during rainyseason cement looses its quality.
In pricing the products, Meghna Cement Mills Ltd follows premium pricing strategy. In
these they should keep in mind the psyche and attitude of the customers and
competitors in setting the price. They may resort to pricing methods like cost plus,
return investment, value pricing that means low price for high quality products etc.
In promoting products King Brand Cement puts emphasis on direct marketing and
personal selling, no advertising. MCML exercises a little effort in advertising their
products. The resulting effect of this practice is twofold; on the other hand, lack of
advertising makes King Brand Cement unknown to the some customers. Meghan
Cement Mills Limited should advertise more to focus on their product and high
standard of product.
Meghna Cement Mills Limited (MCML) may resort to both informal and formal
recruiting methods. Informal recruiting methods tap a narrower labor market. Formal
recruiting methods search the labor market more widely for candidates with one
having previous connection with the company.
From the analysis it is seen that the growth in sales is slow than the growth in
capacity of Meghna Cement. One of the main reasons is the higher price. MCML
should have to take care of this issue.
Cement market of the country is facing turbulence due to various environmental
factors. To overcome this MCML may consider giving sales incentives. Sales
commission is considered to be most attractive incentives followed by gifts and
similar items.
Competitors are very aggressive in providing best service to the customers in order
to survive in the competitive market and complete MCML in terms of customer
service. MCML needs to give more attention to this aspect so as to keep up its
image.
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Meghna has lost its brand image. Retailers are not getting on time delivery. Price is
fluctuating tremendously compare to its competitors. Retailers are not enjoying any
kind of credit / commission from the company. Retailers are facing troubles for loose
packet of the product. There was a communication gap between retailers and salesrepresentatives.
Quality is considered as most important aspect in marketing a purchase decision.
Meghna Cement Mills Limited should strive hard to further improve this standard.
This research shows a decreasing trend in the cement market. Meghna Cement Mills
Limited should revise its price and marketing strategy to face the challenges.