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The spurious markers selling duplicate parts of auto and earth moving equipment are the major concerns of companies since these markets are eating significant share of spare parts business. There is an urgent requirement to suggest measures which can be taken by companies to minimize share of these spurious markets so that customers can get quality parts are lower prices. A research study was undertaken by the researchers of the company dealing with earth moving equipment especially of backhoe loaders for which spare parts are being sold in the spurious market to find the impact on market share and how company can take counter measures to curb this menace. The Periyar Management and Computer College took this research study for the company dealing in earth moving equipment.
According to five year plans (2012-17), Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) had an estimated investment of more than $1trillion towards infrastructure which will ignite the demand for construction equipment industry which has established itself by various joint ventures with international companies or has set up as individual entity. Over decades, Indian consumers have given more importance to value driven products, quality services and have been constantly driven towards the same. In order to meet this demand construction equipment is into a continuous phase of technological development so that company as well as their client can achieve economies of scale and enhance their market share.
The sector consists of five major segments comprising of earthmoving equipment, road construction equipment, concrete equipment, material handling equipment, and material processing equipment. India's construction equipment market is comprised of 70 per cent earthmoving equipment and road construction equipment. Backhoe loaders consist of 65 per cent of the earthmoving equipment and road construction segment. The market share of concrete equipment and material handling equipment is 14% and 10% respectively (IPSOS Business Consulting, 2013.)
The construction industry has an increase in CAGR of 9.2%, expecting a growth of $288.8 billion by 2022 (IBEF, 2016). The construction equipment are used for drilling, hauling and grading etc. The sluggish economic conditions resulted in slow growth of construction industry for the past few years. There will be a turnaround in sluggish nature of demand as and when the real estate will boom since there is a positive relationship between demand for construction equipment and real estate developments.
The Indian Government has taken initiatives for investing in construction industry, which is expected to stabilize the economy. The major players in earth moving equipment include Volvo India Private Ltd., Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd., Komatsu India Pvt. Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd., J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited, Atlas Copco India Ltd. These companies opt for growth strategies to capture market share and have a dominant position in the market.
In India, volatile macroeconomic environment has widened the demand and supply gap resulting in erosion of profit. This has led the consumers to move from formal to informal sector to meet their demands thereby increasing share of spurious markets.
In spite of various opportunities, this sector faces certain limitations inclusive of limited credit provided for infrastructural development, government regulations and environmental concerns which contributes in delays in project approval, limited demand from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), existence of spurious markets, rise of crude oil and steel prices reduces demand, existence of unskilled labor and existence of spurious markets especially in spare parts.