1) Titan and Timex entered into a joint venture where Titan was responsible for marketing and distributing Timex watches but tensions arose as they started entering each other's territories.
2) There were reports of Titan employees denigrating Timex watches and only promoting Titan watches since employees were unaware Titan had a stake in the Timex JV.
3) Issues also arose regarding service centers where unhappy Timex customers faced inefficient service and Titan took no action in response to a formal complaint about the situation.
2. Case overview
• Titan & Timex had a JV
• Titan was to help Timex to Market and Distribute the watches.
• They were to cater to two different segments
• However they started entering each other territories.
• Hence clashes of interest.
• There were also reports of denigrating of the watches by the titan group
employees.
• Employees did not know that in Timex JV, Titan had stake, and hence they only
promoted Titan.
3. Delhi Area, Titan Sales Manager
Incident
• Step daughterly behavior of • A formal Complaint was
the sister concern- Titan launched of the incident.
Watches.
• To dismay, Titan did not take
• Sales officers behaved to the action recommended.
denigrate Timex's watches
themselves.
• Mismatch between the
corporate objectives and
the actions/workings of the
human resource
4. Issues of Service Centers of Titan
• Unhappy Customers • Separate service center
for Timex watches were
with the service set up.
centers • Benchmarks set were
• Inefficient Service higher that industry
Centers standards
• Use of Assembly line
working was introduced
so as to develop
efficacious servicing and
delivering the repaired
watched very early
5. Cold meeting with customers
• Cold Meeting with customers to now if they were happy
about the watches they purchased.
• If any customer complained about any problems, the
officials from titan would go to his house and give a new
watch in place of the existing and resend the repaired
watch.