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Chairman's Panel Meet of Dealer & Distributors held in Mussoorie
New Delhi 28-Jun-2007
The maiden meet of the second edition of the Chairman's Panel of Dealer & Distributors was held in Mussoorie recently. The meeting was attended by Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, Mr. G C Daga, Director (Marketing), Mr. V C Agrawal, Director (HR), and Director-in-charge (IBP Division), Mr. A M K Sinha, ED (Retail Sales), HO, Mr. Mrinal Roy, ED (LPG), HO, Mr. G Dutta, ED (IBP), State Heads of Northern and Eastern Regions, Retail and LPG Heads of all the State Offices and the elite panel of Dealers and Distributors of Northern and Eastern Regions. The present panel is unique as it includes the dealers of IBP, AOD and Kisan Seva Kendras for the first time. Mr. A K Girdhar, GM (UPSO-II), NOIDA, welcomed all the participants.This was followed by lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Chairman and other dignitaries. Mr. S S Samant, DGM (LPG Strategy), HO, made a presentation on LPG Business Scenario & Challenges. Thereafter, the distributors shared their views through presentations. Mr. Behuria addressed the gathering and said, " In the post-merger scenario, the reseller fraternity of IBP has a lot of expectation and hesitation. But IBP is our strength, and it has a good retailing experience, which will be utilised in the progress of the company." He also said, "IndianOil is taking initiatives towards earning non-fuel revenues and has recently signed an agreement with the Indian Railways for providing reservation tickets through our dealers & distributors network across the country." The meeting was organised in two sessions. The first session was for the panel of Distributors and the second one for the panel of Dealers. 4 dealers of IBP from each region, 1 dealer from Assam Oil Division and 4 KSK Dealers from each region have also been selected for the panel for the first time. In the first session, Mr. Roy addressed the gathering and stressed on non-fuel sales. He added, " IndianOil has launched a programme wherein all bottling plants will be fully automated thereby eliminating the problem of underweight cylinders." He asked the distributors to convince the customers to buy stoves and Suraksha hose by explaining the benefits of the product rather than forcing them. In the second session, Mr. Amresh Kapoor, DGM (Retail Strategy), HO, made a presentation on the "Challenges in Petro-Retailing". This was followed by the presentations by Dealers on various topics of retail business. Mr. Sinha addressed the dealers and said that they are the bright face of petro-retailing business in India. He added that the public, in general, has a negative perception about the petroelum business, which needs to be mended only by rendering valuable service. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Agrawal said, " In the post-merger scenario, there will be two brands - IBP and IndianOil - for the customer per se but at the level of company, there won't be any difference as both will be treated at par. All retails outlets of IBP and IndianOil will be looked after by the same Sales Officer, Divisional Office and State Office. He hoped that the revamping process of Divisional Offices and State Offices, which is currently underway, will be completed within next 2-3 months. Mr. Daga congratulated all dealers & distributors selected for the elite Chairman's Panel. He said," The Company is taking an initiative towards introduction of Truck Tank Tracking System through GPRS. This system will track the entire movement of the truck from Depot/Terminal to the RO, where the product is offloaded. Thus a cap on enroute adulteration and decantation of the product can be ensured".
New Delhi 28-Jun-2007
The maiden meet of the second edition of the Chairman's Panel of Dealer & Distributors was held in Mussoorie recently. The meeting was attended by Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, Mr. G C Daga, Director (Marketing), Mr. V C Agrawal, Director (HR), and Director-in-charge (IBP Division), Mr. A M K Sinha, ED (Retail Sales), HO, Mr. Mrinal Roy, ED (LPG), HO, Mr. G Dutta, ED (IBP), State Heads of Northern and Eastern Regions, Retail and LPG Heads of all the State Offices and the elite panel of Dealers and Distributors of Northern and Eastern Regions. The present panel is unique as it includes the dealers of IBP, AOD and Kisan Seva Kendras for the first time. Mr. A K Girdhar, GM (UPSO-II), NOIDA, welcomed all the participants.This was followed by lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Chairman and other dignitaries. Mr. S S Samant, DGM (LPG Strategy), HO, made a presentation on LPG Business Scenario & Challenges. Thereafter, the distributors shared their views through presentations. Mr. Behuria addressed the gathering and said, " In the post-merger scenario, the reseller fraternity of IBP has a lot of expectation and hesitation. But IBP is our strength, and it has a good retailing experience, which will be utilised in the progress of the company." He also said, "IndianOil is taking initiatives towards earning non-fuel revenues and has recently signed an agreement with the Indian Railways for providing reservation tickets through our dealers & distributors network across the country." The meeting was organised in two sessions. The first session was for the panel of Distributors and the second one for the panel of Dealers. 4 dealers of IBP from each region, 1 dealer from Assam Oil Division and 4 KSK Dealers from each region have also been selected for the panel for the first time. In the first session, Mr. Roy addressed the gathering and stressed on non-fuel sales. He added, " IndianOil has launched a programme wherein all bottling plants will be fully automated thereby eliminating the problem of underweight cylinders." He asked the distributors to convince the customers to buy stoves and Suraksha hose by explaining the benefits of the product rather than forcing them. In the second session, Mr. Amresh Kapoor, DGM (Retail Strategy), HO, made a presentation on the "Challenges in Petro-Retailing". This was followed by the presentations by Dealers on various topics of retail business. Mr. Sinha addressed the dealers and said that they are the bright face of petro-retailing business in India. He added that the public, in general, has a negative perception about the petroelum business, which needs to be mended only by rendering valuable service. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Agrawal said, " In the post-merger scenario, there will be two brands - IBP and IndianOil - for the customer per se but at the level of company, there won't be any difference as both will be treated at par. All retails outlets of IBP and IndianOil will be looked after by the same Sales Officer, Divisional Office and State Office. He hoped that the revamping process of Divisional Offices and State Offices, which is currently underway, will be completed within next 2-3 months. Mr. Daga congratulated all dealers & distributors selected for the elite Chairman's Panel. He said," The Company is taking an initiative towards introduction of Truck Tank Tracking System through GPRS. This system will track the entire movement of the truck from Depot/Terminal to the RO, where the product is offloaded. Thus a cap on enroute adulteration and decantation of the product can be ensured".