MEINEKE IN CHINA

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

MEINEKE AND NAPA IN CHINA




  1972年,马立可第一家店在休斯敦诞生,经过数十年的迅猛发展,现在已经成为世界著名的汽车综合维修连锁公司。在美国有近2000家连锁店,并在美国汽车维修保养服务领域中占有举足轻重的地位.除美国以外,加拿大,墨西哥,埃及,韩国,沙特,阿联酋,中国等世界各地已经建立起马立可汽车综合维修连锁公司。马立可与4S店相比较的优势是更加注重客户服务,最大的不同就是诊断技术精湛,资源优化配置,网点布局方便。

  马立可汽车综合维修连锁公司提供顾客期盼的一站式服务,所有马立可中国的特许经营商都共享马立可各种资源,这将保证加盟商在在中国汽车维修服务市场中超越对手获得更大的经济效益。

  美国马立可拥有自己的马立可大学,它将给加盟商提供持续的培训支持,培训内容重点在故障诊断维护保养技术,客户服务培训。















横向专业化——中国独立汽车售后市场解决方案

来源:汽车与配件    2010-12-28


中国的汽车销量继续高歌猛进,保有量已经突破7600万辆。2002年前后大举进入家庭的私家车,也逐步进入维修的高峰期,传说中的“汽车售后服务市场是个黄金产业”,似乎离我们越来越近。那么,我们的售后服务行业,准备好了吗?

先说商用车行业,由于商用车从使用几个月后就开始大量维修,而且整车厂的4S体系垄断也没有成形,所以独立售后市场发展得比较好,已经出现如运通四方、正大富通、泉州国联等大型企业和区域性连锁公司。

而乘用车的售后服务市场,仍然是4S体系垄断和独大,独立售后市场处于发展的初期,处于非主流甚至是边缘化的尴尬地位。在汽车市场蓬勃发展的今天,独立售后市场的大量维修企业和配件销售企业,不仅未能获得相应的发展,很多还在萎缩甚至关门大吉。
高价垄断的4S体系






先说4S体系,它的问题是重复建设、垄断、高价和低效。4S体系,而且每个4S店都在竞相攀比规模和豪华度,其重复建设意味着资源的浪费,尤其是宝贵的土地资源。

中国的汽车品牌那么多,每个品牌都要建立庞大的

4S店配件供应方面,配套企业必须向整车厂销售配件,由其大幅加价后销售到4S体系,并且不允许4S店配件对外销售,非配套企业更是无缘进入4S体系。整车厂为了保护垄断,还在大力打击所谓“经营主体资格侵权”,即商家经营的配件没有问题,但没有得到厂家的经营授权或进货渠道有问题。这些在发达国家已经明令禁止的垄断行为,其实也违反了中华人民共和国反垄断法。在垄断配件的同时,4S店还对维修资料等信息严加“看管”,不允许流向社会维修企业。

由于4S体系有服务周期和服务半径,这就带来了低效的问题。由于配件统一采购和配送,非常见故障的维修需要较长的周期;同时,4S店的覆盖范围有限,比如中小城市的4S店较少,给车主带来了维修和服务上的不便。



最后,由于初始投入过大,卖车不挣钱要靠维修贴补,而且4S店的税费、用工等相对社会修理厂规范得多,必须依靠垄断利润来对冲规范运营的成本,所以4S店的高价成为必然,配件的价格往往数倍于真实成本,而这些都是由消费者埋单。4S店已经成为高价低效的代名词。

独立售后市场“不争气”

尽管4S店有如此多的问题,可我们还是很难“用脚投票”,因为我们的独立售后体系更不“争气”。                                                          


车辆的维修是一个很复杂的问题,中国的车型多达近千种,每辆车的配件多达上万个,修理厂要做全所有业务简直是天方夜谭。而这正是社会修理厂的普遍困境:由于业务量不够,抓到什么生意都想做,一个小小的修理厂,往往要面对几十上百家配件供应商,没有效率不说,还严重影响了技术保障和服务质量,谈何建立内部管理流程,更不能建立起专业化的信誉和形象,从而导致恶性循环。



美国的独立售后市场是全世界最先进和最发达的。可是,美国也没有什么车都能修、什么毛病都能修的综合性修理厂。成功的,都是专业化修理连锁。只有专业化,才能积累口碑、树立品牌,才能建立信任和信赖。

横向专业化—独立售后的发展路径





由于社会修理厂尚未建立起足够的口碑,还不足以承担车主的信赖。大量的车主,对4S店的高价低效难以忍受,可是对社会修理厂又不敢尝试。





4S体系是纵向专业化,即只修一个品牌的车,修理相关车型的所有毛病。客户信任他们,是因为他们在这个品牌相关车型上的专业化和标准化,4S体系已经建立了这么一个口碑:只要是这个品牌的车,所有的问题就都能够解决,而且质量是基本有保障的,当然价格和效率就要多担待一点了。

于是,很多社会修理厂也学着走纵向专业化的道路,专修一两个车型。实践证明,这是一条不归路。4S店有整车厂在品牌、技术、配件方面的全力支撑,社会维修厂有什么?想做大不可能:技术谁来支持?人员怎么培训?配件从何而来?知识产权问题又怎么解决?更别说建立品牌了。社会维修企业向纵向专业化发展,基本上就是跟4S店直接竞争,没有优势不说,一旦做大还必然面临着4S体系的打压。



独立售后的唯一出路是横向专业化,即只修一种或几种汽车故障,但是什么品牌和车型都修。只有横向专业化,才能够解决技术来源的问题,才能够解决配件供应的问题,才能解决知识产权问题,才有可能建立口碑,建立信任和信赖。横向专业化是与4S体系错位竞争模式,避开4S体系的竞争优势,更避免被打压的命运。




纵向专业化的4S店有整车厂的支持,而横向专业化则可以获得零部件厂家在配件、技术、知识产权、品牌等方面的支持,如3M对贴膜的支持、壳牌对机油的支持,而TRW等厂家正在酝酿对制动系统、转向系统等底盘故障提供全方位的支持。

美国的社会维修连锁就是横向专业化的:如JiffyLube(捷飞络)以换油为主,有1400多家店、Midas以修理制动系统起家到2600多家店、Meineke/Drivenbrands以维修排气管、消声器起家到1700多家大型养护中心,此外还有大量专修发动机和变速器的连锁店。客户信任这些连锁店,是因为他们在相关项目上的专业化和标准化。



反观国内,小拇指、新奇特等企业的成功,恰恰是在洗车和美容、保养、钣金喷漆等项目上形成的专业化和标准化,也是横向专业化的发展模式。因为连锁的生命力就是标准化,而只有专业化,才能做到标准化。

很多独立售后服务企业也在搞维修的流程和标准化,但是什么项目都做,怎么标准化?因此,不要急着“一站式服务”,不要试图为客户解决所有问题,那样反而会破坏好不容易才建立起来的信任和信赖。




“红高粱”(中式快餐连锁)店少的时候很火,店多就失败,就是因为项目太多,难以标准化。而“真功夫”获得了成功,原因之一是品种少,容易专业化和标准化。“小拇指”就具备了成功的4大要素:容易标准化、采购简单、业务多、毛利高。




所以,项目不能多、不能急,一个一个地上,每上一个项目,就成为该项目的专家,保证专业化和标准化。在客户已经信任的基础上,再通过横向专业化建立一项项新的信赖:保养、钣喷、制动系统、排气管业务等等。

另外,与4S店竞争的时候要努力避其锋芒,“农村包围城市”也许是个好办法:中小城市和农村的经济发展也很快,随着汽车下乡和小排量车优惠,这些车的保有量相当大,而这些地区的4S体系较为薄弱,将为独立售后市场带来大量客户。

最后,独立售后市场是一个系统性的问题,维修和配件销售都必须跟着走横向专业化的道路,我们的独立售后市场才能避免被边缘化的命运,才有希望走出危机,迎接即将到来的“黄金产业”。


Tuesday, January 4, 2011

TRAINING VIDEOS

MEINEKE  UNIVERSITY  IN  CHINA:


THE FIRING SEQUENCE OF A TYPICAL CAR ENGINE:



THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER:


SAYING  GOODBYE TO THE INSTRUCTOR:









TRAINING CLASS IN CHINA


                                                         INSIDE WAITING AREA


TRAINING CLASS:

MEINEKE IN CHENGDU, CHINA

The relentless rain beat like a
drum breaking the silence of the night as our car
maneuvered cautiously through the treacherous
streets in downtown Chengdu, China on our way
to meet our new Master Franchisees at the
training center. The windshield wipers kept time
like an aged pentameter, and the rhythmic swaying
mesmerized both Meineke Trainer George
Alexiou and myself into thinking we were back in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Looking out the window as we passed
the skyscrapers intermingled with
ancient temples, one could not help
but to be awestruck by the beauty
and serenity of this city in the mist. A
peace existed here in a world where
technology and tradition coexisted in complete
harmony, each feeding off one another for survival.









The great songwriter and poet of our generation,
Bob Dylan, once said that the “Times are a
Changing,” and he could not have been more
accurate. This 900 pound gorilla, the most populated
country in the world, had sold over 25 million
cars domestically in 2010, up 15% from the
previous year. It’s rather comical to imagine in
2002 there were less than a few million cars in all
of China and the bicycle was the most popular
transportation mode. Together with Master
Franchisor, Mr. Lin, Meineke broke ground in
Chengdu, laying the foundation for what could
potentially become our largest worldwide market.

Unlike the other well known cities located in the
North such as Beijing and Shanghai, Chengdu is
situated directly in the middle of the country and
shares the same latitude as Charlotte, North
Carolina. Chengdu is considered a small city, a
third tier city with only 14 million inhabitants and
roughly 5 million cars. The city planners back in
2000 carefully separated the city into grids with
the technology sector to the West and the industrial
sector to the East. Although Chengdu is
considered one of the technology hubs for China,
they were insistent on keeping the serenity and
beauty of the land their top priority as the Giant
Panda Bear sanctuary sits just outside the boundary
Of the city limits.


The first Meineke center is scheduled to be open
in late January and the second soon to follow. Mr.
Lin, our Master Franchise, partnered with a local
University in Chengdu and we provided the training
curriculum along with the trainers. By doing
this, we bolster the potential success of our
operation in China. The most difficult aspect about
franchising in Asia is recruiting skilled employees
and training them to follow a system.







































































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