UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA Business Statistics 2, Term Paper Group Name: DYNAMO BBA 3rd Semester Dept. of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Under the Supervision of, Saiful Islam Assistant Professor Department of International Business University of Dhaka Submitted by SL No. NAME ROLL 1. Kowshik Ahmed Efty 042 2. 3. 4. Nazmul Hudha MD. Mazharul Islam Tahabi Hossain 067 071 144 Page 1 of 15 The Coca-Cola Company Satisfaction and Customer Retention of “Coca-Cola” Page 2 of 15 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - PAGE CHAPTER 1 4-6 INTRODUCTION - PAGE CHAPTER 2 7-11 INDUSTRY PROFILE - PAGE CHAPTER 3 12-63 COMPANY PROFILE - PAGE - PAGE 60-62 CHAPTER 4 PAGE 63-68 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - CHAPTER 5 PAGE 69-79 DATA ANALYSIS - CHAPTER 6 PAGE 80-82 SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION - BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE 83 - ANNEXURE 84-85 - PAGE Page 3 of 15 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report has been prepared with a specific purpose in mind. It outlines the satisfaction and customer retention of the Coca-Cola Company globally and locally. The first part of the study or the introduction part of the report takes us through the present state of affairs of the Coca-Cola Company globally. The report contains a brief introduction of Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Bangladesh and a detailed view of the customer satisfaction level of The Coca-Cola Company. We have performed a statistical analysis of Coca-Cola to identify its potential growth of CocaCola. We have also given a brief description of Trends and suggestions for the betterment and product development of Coca-Cola Company in Bangladesh. The main objective of this project report is to analyze and study efficiently the current position of Coca-Cola Company. The study also aims to perform a Market Analysis of Coca-Cola Company & find out different factors affecting the growth of Coca-Cola. Another objective of the study was to perform a Competitive analysis between Coca-Cola and its competitors. Apart from these objectives, this study is also conducted to understand the Customer preferences towards various Coca-Cola products. Page 4 of 15 INTRODUCTION Customer satisfaction is a marketing term that measures how services and goods supplied by a company meet the expectations of the customer. This has been a subject of great interest to the organizations and the researchers. Since an organization seeks to earn profit by increasing its sales and decreasing its cost, customer satisfaction has become a very important thing to consider for the organization. Customer Satisfaction helps an organization to receive customer loyalty, good reviews, and an increase in customer retention. In the current world, cold drinks have a huge demand. Coca-Cola, which is one of the famous cold drinks, has sales across more than 200 countries. Moreover, the market potential for CocaCola is increasing each year. This achievement would not be possible without customer satisfaction. In this study, we will discuss how Coca-Cola company achieved customer satisfaction. COMPANY DESCRIPTION The Coca-Cola Company is a multinational beverage corporation, beverage retailer, producer, and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Coca-Cola, the product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Coca-Cola Company is the world’s leading manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups used to produce nearly 400 beverage brands. The Coca-Cola Company has on occasion introduced other cola drinks under the Coke name. The most common of these is Diet Coke, along with others including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, CocaCola Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special versions with lemon, lime, and coffee. The Coca-Cola Company began building its global network in the 1920s. Now operating in more than 200 countries and producing nearly 400 brands, the Coca-Cola system has successfully applied a simple formula on a global scale: “Provide a moment of refreshment for a small amount of money- a billion times a day.” The headquarter of Coca-Cola is in Atlanta, Georgia. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Page 5 of 15 Revenue: around 38.66 billion U.S. dollars (2021) Number of employees: about 79 thousand people Origin of ownership: United States Geographical presence: Worldwide Goal: 'to be the world's leading provider of branded beverage solutions, to deliver consistent and profitable growth, and to have the highest quality products and processes. MISSION: Our Roadmap starts with our mission, which is enduring. It declares our purpose as a company and serves as the standard against which we weigh our actions and decisions. To refresh the world... To inspire moments of optimism and happiness... To create value and make a difference. VISION: Our vision serves as the framework for our Roadmap and guides every aspect of our business by describing what we need to accomplish to continue achieving sustainable, quality growth. People: Be a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be. Portfolio: Bring to the world a portfolio of quality beverage brands that anticipate and satisfy people's desires and needs. Partners: Nurture a winning network of customers and suppliers, together we create mutual, enduring value. Planet: Be a responsible citizen that makes a difference by helping build and support sustainable communities. Profit: Maximize long-term return to shareowners while being mindful of our overall responsibilities. Productivity: Be a highly effective, lean, and fast-moving organization. Page 6 of 15 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Coca-Cola or Coke is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. In the 19th century, it was invented by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an iconic cola and original drink which is the top seller of Coca-Cola company. However, 43% of the cola the company sells is made up of Coca‑Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, or Coca‑Cola Life, which have less or no sugar. Its ingredients are Carbonated Water, Sugar, Color (Caramel E150d), Phosphoric Acid, Natural Flavoring Including Caffeine. Coca-Cola company proclaims that it is “the world’s favorite soft drink and has been enjoyed since 1886”. The quality and the consistency of Coca-Cola need to be enhanced so that consumers are satisfied and they enjoy consuming beverages. The credibility and trust are strong and safe feelings that the consumers have while consuming the beverages. Consumer education is a must to bring out the benefits of beverage consumption whether in terms of health, taste, relaxation, stimulation, refreshment, well-being, or prestige relevant to the category. In Bangladesh, beverages play an important part in the lives of people like the young generation. It is an industry, in which the players constantly innovate, to come up with better products to gain more consumers and satisfy the existing consumers. REASONS BEHIND SELECTING OF COCA-COLA Several reasons make coca-cola make different from its competition_ Brand power: Unlike the other beverages companies, Coca-Cola has the power of influencing the buyers to buy its product. Global presence: Coca-cola has 200 countries global presence in over 200 countries. Marketing Strategies and consistency: Coca-Cola has striking marketing strategies. Coca-Cola’s Red White Signature, Logo has been consistent from when they had started. Customer Loyalty: With such impressive products that taste good and overwhelming consistency of quality over a decade, the customers are attracted to Coca-Cola. Page 7 of 15 Market power: Since Coca-Cola has the advantages of its brand, it can easily operate its market power. Availability: This Coca-Cola is available in almost all parts of the country. For pricing method, they have mainly different types of products with different prices in different regions in the country making easily to consume products. Example: In Irsurdi, Pabna area they sell 1-liter bottle in 60tk meanwhile they offer 1.25 liter in Dhaka or other cities in our country in 70tk. Based on this, Coca-Cola the company recognizes belongs to the billions of in every of the globe who have chosen it as their favorite soft drink. This gives. more information to survey. Page 8 of 15 WHY IS INFERENTIAL STATISTICS VITAL IN BUSINESS DECISIONS FOR “COCA-COLA” With inferential statistics, we are attempting to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone. For example, we use inferential statistics to try to interpret the sample data from what the population might have. Or, we use inferential statistics to make decisions on the probability that an experimental difference between groups is a dependable one or one that might have occurred by chance in this survey. The reasons why Inferential Statistics is important: Determine Population Sample: We mainly used inferential Statistics to infer the sample about the Population. For this product or company, there have so many consumers of this product. So the collection of data for this company is not so easy in a short time. Mainly Coca-Cola operates there business globally. It uses to estimate the samples satisfaction of consumers to compare the treatment groups and generalize the entire population. Estimation: we are mainly used inferential statistics because in statistics guessing the characteristics of the population like age, gender, satisfaction scale, health issues from a sample of the population, and hypothesis testing. The conception of large groups: We use it to make inferences about large groups, such as calculating the average satisfaction for the product by surveying a sample of consumers or buyers' habits, consumption, health care, gender, age, and many more. Features of the statistics: In Inferential statistics, there have several features or methods such as Hypothesis testing, Confidence Interval, etc. By using this type of method we can easily achieve our conclusion. Page 9 of 15 STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY The data has been collected from both primary as well as secondary sources using surveys on the internet. The frequency table is given below, Class Frequency (f) 0 to 1 2 1 to 2 2 2 to 3 11 3 to 4 18 4 to 5 7 Total 40 Table – 1 In this statistical Data we Measure of Central Tendency: Mean = 3.15 Mode = 4.00 Median = 3.636 [Calculation is in the attached MS Excel Sheet] In this statistical Data we Measure Variability: Standard Deviation = 1.001281231 Coefficient Of S.D. = 0.3068800612 Variance = 1.220512821 [Calculation is in the attached MS Excel Sheet] Page 10 of 15 INTERPRETATION OF CALCULATION Fig: 2.2 Pie Chart of the consumer satisfaction level Pie chart: The pie chart shows the consumer satisfaction level of Coca-Cola company. There is a total of 40 samples representing the chart. According to this pie chart, the maximum consumer of CocaCola companies are satisfied with their product and the ratio is about 43.9%. About 29.3% of consumers are in a neutral position. About 17.1% of consumers are highly satisfied with their product. According to the highly satisfied people, the product’s overall price and quality are superb. Only 4.9% of people are dissatisfied and highly dissatisfied with Coca-Cola. At last, we say that Coca-Cola consumers are satisfied with their products which are good for their brand value. Mean: In the consumer satisfaction survey of 40 samples, we are finding that the mean satisfaction of the consumers is neutral. The amount of mean is 3.15. If we interpret this result we conclude Page 11 of 15 that the mean satisfaction of the consumer is good but not so good. It is at the Neutral point. So, the company might take some steps to increase its consumer satisfaction level. Median: The median represents the middle point of a data set. It divided the data set into two parts. In the consumer satisfaction survey of 40 people, the median is 3.28 which represents around 50% of consumers who are neutral or satisfied with Coca-Cola. Which is good for its brand value. Mode: Mode represents the higher number of data in a data set. In the consumer satisfaction survey of the Coca-Cola company, the mode is 3.636, which represents the maximum number of consumers who are closed to satisfied with Coca-Cola and the rate of this satisfaction is around 42% which is too good for them. Standard Deviation: The standard deviation of a data set represents the dispersion of data with its mean. The higher value of S.D. represents the higher dispersion and the lower value of S.D. represents the lower dispersion from the mean. In the consumer satisfaction survey, we can see that the Standard Deviation of the consumer is 1.001281231which is too high. So, we can say that the dispersion between data is higher. That means the data are not close to the mean. This is not good for a company like Coca-Cola. They should focus on their product quality. And the Coefficient of standard deviation is 0.3068800612. Variance : The variance of a data set represents the dispersion of data with its mean. The higher value of variance represents the higher dispersion and the lower value of variance. represents the lower dispersion from the mean. The variance is 1.220512821. Confidence Interval: Based on our available information, we are 95% confident that the population means would be 3.329775 to 3.970225. That means if we conduct with the whole population we get an average satisfaction between 3.329775 and 3.970225. Which is too good for the Coca-Cola company. Hypothesis Test: Page 12 of 15 RESEARCH MEASURING TOOLS & TECHNIQUES The various research measuring tools used are: Questionnaire. Personal interview. Pie-charts. SAMPLING DESIGN An integral component of a research design is the sampling plan. Especially it addresses eight questions: Whom to survey (sample Unit), how many to survey (Sample Size) and how to select them (sampling Procedure), sampling produces representative data of the entire population. SAMPLE SIZE:i. Through questionnaire on Google form – 30 respondents. ii. Through personal interview – 10 respondents. SAMPLING TOOL:The questionnaire was used as the main tool for the collection of data, mainly because it gives the chance for timely feedback from respondents. Moreover, respondents feel free to disclose all necessary detail and comments while filling up a questionnaire. Respondents seeking any clarification can easily be sorted out through the tool. Sampling Tools Respondents Page 13 of 15 Number Questionnaire Customers 30 Personal Interview Customers 10 Total 40 Table – 1.7 Conclusion Though there were certain limitations in the survey that was conducted. The sample data allowed for some conclusions to be drawn based on the analysis that was done on the data collected. After the survey, we clearly said that a higher number of consumers were satisfied with CocaCola. They were satisfied with its product quality, price, Brand name, and Availability in the market. Consumers are satisfied with their products and purchase them without any specific occasion. It is too good for them. In today’s scenario, the customer is the king because he has various choices around him. If you don’t fulfill their need, they must be switched to the other alternatives. So, the Coca-Cola company needs to fulfill their consumer satisfaction as much as possible. This may also help them to make a strong position in the market. Page 14 of 15 REFERENCE BOOKS: Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics By, Lind Marchal Wathen WEBSITES: Coca-Cola Bangladesh: www.coca-cola.com.bd Coca-Cola Int.: www.coca-colacompany.com Page 15 of 15