Aarkstore - Winning and Retaining Business in the African Mining Equipment Sector, 2014

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Winning and Retaining Business in the African Mining Equipment Sector, 2014 Browse Full Report @ http://www.aarkstore.com/metals-mining/67078/winning-and-retaining-business-in-theafrican-mining-equipment-sector-2014 Published: Nov 2014 | No. Of Pages: 63 Pages PDF: $ 4950 | Site Licence : $ 9900 |Enterprise Wide Licence :$ 14850

Synopsis In July to September 2014, Timetric surveyed 108 mine managers, maintenance managers, procurement managers and other key decision-makers in over 100 operating African mines. The survey primarily assessed heavy mobile equipment, however respondents were also asked about their practices and preferences in areas such as mining software, technology, and maintenance.

Areas of analysis include: Customer priorities when buying mining equipment, with ratings of the importance of 16 separate factors for customers when choosing mining equipment, including cost factors, supplier attributes and product attributes. Ratings of existing suppliers across the same factors, identifying best-performing suppliers and how well suppliers performed versus the importance of each factor. In-depth analysis of the major suppliers, namely Caterpillar, Joy Global, Komatsu, Sandvik and Atlas Copco, including their overall performance ratings and their ratings for each of the factors relative to its importance. Rankings of the leading suppliers for each equipment type, with respondents indicating who they viewed as the top suppliers in Australia for trucks, excavators, loaders, shovels, dozers, drills, continuous miners, longwall systems, engines, tyres, pumps and mining software.

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AArkstore enterprise Insight into the likelihood of switching supplier and key action points for suppliers for product and service improvements required.

Summary Overall trends in the data revealed: - Customer priorities in supplier selection are product quality and availability of parts - Suppliers perform well, but have lower levels of satisfaction in key areas - Sandvik received the highest average satisfaction ratings, with Caterpillar considered the leading supplier for most categories of mining equipment - Account managers make a significant impact in the selection process, alongside product quality and use of the latest technology - Although loyal to their suppliers, customers look for improvement in parts availability and product quality

Scope Winning and Retaining Business in the African Mining Equipment Sector, 2014 published by Timetric's Mining Intelligence Centre, provides readers with a detailed analysis of customer preferences in the African mining equipment sector. The analysis is based upon Timetrics survey of 108 mine managers, procurement managers and other key decision-makers

Reasons To Buy Identify key areas for differentiation by understanding what factors most influence choice of supplier Target product and service improvement areas based on where mining equipment suppliers are currently underperforming relative to customer expectations Develop successful sales and marketing strategies through an understanding of the leading competitors and their strengths and weaknesses.

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AArkstore enterprise Key Highlights When choosing an equipment supplier, respondents rate Production reliability and quality and the Availability of replacement parts as most important. However, over half of respondents feel that suppliers need to improve in the latter. Overall the major suppliers perform well in terms of customer satisfaction, however, their weakest ratings were given for two of the three most important factors for respondents. Account managers make a significant impact in the selection process with 92% of respondents citing Better understanding of your needs and 88% indicating Better ability to build a long-term relationship as differentiating factors when choosing their current main supplier. The majority of African customers have little post purchase regrest and would have chosen the same supplier again (91%), yet surprisingly many intend to change suppliers within the next two years.

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Tables Of Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 Customer Priorities in Supplier Selection

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AArkstore enterprise 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Key Factors when Choosing a Supplier 2.3 Summary 3 Supplier Performance and Key Success Factors 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Overall Supplier Performance 3.3 Individual Supplier Performance Relative to Customer Importance 3.4 Leading Suppliers by Category 3.5 Benchmarking the Major Suppliers 3.5.1 Caterpillar 3.5.2 Joy Global 3.5.3 Komatsu 3.5.4 Sandvik 3.5.5 Atlas Copco 3.6 Leading Manufacturers by Equipment Type 3.7 How Suppliers Differentiated Themselves 4 Customer Retention and Key Improvement Areas 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Post-Sales Satisfaction with Suppliers 4.3 Customer Ratings of Main Supplier Relative to Peer Group 4.4 Anticipated Switching Within the Next Five Years 4.5 Key Areas for Product and Service Improvement 5 Action Points and Recommendations

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AArkstore enterprise 6 Appendix I 6.1 Selected Data Tables 7 Appendix II 7.1 Survey Background 7.2 Analysis of the Survey Sample 7.3 Equipment Sourced from Main Supplier 8 Appendix III 8.1 What is This Report About? 8.2 Methodology 8.3 Contact Timetric 8.4 About Timetric 8.5 Disclaimer

List Of Tables Table 1: Highest Average Rated Supplier for Each Criteria, 2014 Table 2: Highest Average Rated Supplier for Each Criteria, 2014 Table 3: If you had the Choice Again, would you Choose this Manufacturer? Table 4: Average Importance Ratings for Key Factors when Choosing an Equipment Supplier, 2014 Table 5: Average Importance Ratings for Key Factors when Choosing an Equipment Supplier by Mine Type, 2014 Table 6: Importance Ratings for Key Factors when Choosing an Equipment Supplier, 2014 Table 7: Average Importance Ratings for Key Factors when Choosing an Equipment Supplier by Commodity, 2014 Table 8: Average Performance Ratings for Main Current Supplier, 2014 Table 9: Average Performance Ratings by Main Supplier, 2014

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AArkstore enterprise Table 10: Weighted Average Performance Rating by Main Supplier, 2014 Table 11: Areas of Improvement for Equipment Suppliers, 2014 Table 12: View of Main Mobile Mining Equipment Supplier vs Peers in the Market, 2014

List Of Figures Figure 1: Average Ratings for Key Factors When Choosing an Equipment Supplier Highest- and Lowest-Rated Criteria, 2014 Figure 2: Average Importance Ratings vs Average Performance Rating for Main Supplier, 2014 Figure 3: Areas Where Main Suppliers Differentiated Themselves as Part of the Selection Process Relative to Their Competitors (%), 2014 Figure 4: If You Had the Choice Again Would You Choose the Same Manufacturer? (%), 2014 Figure 5: Do You Anticipate Switching to a Different Supplier Within the Next Five Years? (%), 2014 Figure 6: Areas of Improvement for Equipment Suppliers Figure 7: Average Ratings for Key Factors When Choosing an Equipment Supplier, 2014 Figure 8: Average Ratings for Key Factors When Choosing an Equipment Supplier by Mine Type, 2014 Figure 9: Average Ratings for Key Factors When Choosing a Supplier (Part 1), 2014 Figure 10: Average Ratings for Key Factors When Choosing a Supplier (Part 2), 2014 Figure 11: Ratings for Key Factors When Choosing an Equipment Supplier by Company Size, 2014 Figure 12: Ratings for Key Factors When Choosing an Equipment Supplier by Commodity, 2014 Figure 13: Average Importance Ratings vs Average Performance Rating for Main Supplier, 2014 Figure 14: Overall Performance vs Overall Importance, 2014 Figure 15: Product Attributes Performance vs Importance, 2014 Figure 16: Cost Performance vs Importance, 2014 Figure 17: Supplier Attributes and Capabilities Performance vs Importance

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AArkstore enterprise Figure 18: Main Heavy Mobile Equipment Suppliers by Share of Respondents (%), 2014 Figure 19: Caterpillar Breakdown of Respondents by Mine Type and Mineral (%), 2014 Figure 20: Caterpillar Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 1), 2014 Figure 21: Caterpillar Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 2), 2014 Figure 22: Joy Global Breakdown of Respondents by Mine Type and Mineral (%), 2014 Figure 23: Joy Global Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 1), 2014 Figure 24: Joy Global Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 2), 2014 Figure 25: Komatsus Breakdown of Respondents by Mine Type and Mineral (%), 2014 Figure 26: Komatsu Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 1), 2014 Figure 27: Komatsu Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 2), 2014 Figure 28: Sandvik Breakdown of Respondents by Mine Type and Mineral (%), 2014 Figure 29: Sandvik Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 1), 2014 Figure 30: Sandvik Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 2), 2014 Figure 31: Atlas Copco Breakdown of Respondents by Mine Type and Mineral (%), 2014 Figure 32: Atlas Copco Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 1), 2014 Figure 33: Atlas Copco Customer Satisfaction Ratings and Average Importance Ratings (Part 2), 2014 Figure 34: Leading Suppliers by Share of Respondents Surface Equipment (%), 2014 Figure 35: Leading Suppliers by Share of Respondents Software (%), 2014 Figure 36: Leading Suppliers by Share of Respondents Underground Equipment (%), 2014 Figure 37: Areas Where Main Suppliers Differentiated Themselves as Part of the Selection Process Relative to Their Competitors (%), 2014 Figure 38: When Choosing to Buy from this Supplier, where do you Feel They Differentiated Themselves as Part of the Selection Process Relative to the Competition? (Part 1)

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AArkstore enterprise Figure 39: When Choosing to Buy from this Supplier, where do you Feel They Differentiated Themselves as Part of the Selection Process Relative to the Competition? (Part 2) Figure 40: If you had the Choice Again would you Choose the Same Manufacturer? Figure 41: View of Main Mobile Mining Equipment Supplier vs Peers in the Market, 2014 Figure 42: Do you Anticipate Switching to a Different Supplier within the Next Five Years? Figure 43: Do you Anticipate Switching to a Different Supplier within the Next Five Years?, By Current Supplier Overall Rating Figure 44: Areas for Improvement for Equipment Suppliers, 2014 Figure 45: Areas for Improvement for Equipment Suppliers by Company Size, 2014 Figure 46: Areas for Improvement for Equipment Suppliers by Commodity, 2014 Figure 47: Survey Respondents by Country (%), 2014 Figure 48: Survey Respondents by Mine Type (%), 2014 Figure 49: Survey Respondents by Commodity (%), 2014 Figure 50: Equipment Supplied by Respondents Major Equipment Supplier by Type (%), 2014 Figure 51: Equipment Type Sourced by Commodity (%), 2014 Figure 52: Equipment Type Sourced by Mine Type (%), 2014 Figure 53: Equipment Supplied by Respondents Major Equipment Supplier, by Manufacturer (%), 2014

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