Collision repair accounts for 27% of vehicle servicing revenues; Strategic tie-ups with Insurance companies a must for OEMs
25-Oct-2017
South Asia, Middle East & North Africa
Market Research
9AB2-00-AE-00-00
AU01574-SA-MR_21044
This Industry Docket takes a look at the UAE's Passenger Vehicle Servicing market, offering insights into the differences in cost of operations between dealer channels and independent repair centres with a key focus on accident repairs. It also highlights how OEMs / Dealers can adopt some of the best practices followed by A-class independent repair centres to retain customers. This docket is a ready-guide for all participants in the market and for companies desirous of gaining a foothold in this vast space. The docket also looks at the role played by Insurance agencies, owner preferences for vehicle servicing, best practices that can be adopted and assesses potential market available in 2021
Scope & Limitations
Advent of new technologies to shape the evolution of vehicle servicing both in terms of solutions and delivery
Mega Trends impacting Service Bays:
Market Size of Vehicle Servicing in the UAE:
Competitive Landscape:
27% of vehicle servicing revenue comes from Collision repair, majorly governed by Insurance companies in the UAE
OEM ASC customer retention is 80-90% for the first two years, especially for vehicles that undergo collision repair
OEM authorised workshops must reduce labour costs by reducing standard replacement time in total invoice value of repairs
Third party workshops take half the time for repairs as against AW: therefore vehicle owners prefer not to use the AW
OEM workshops mostly use new & genuine parts for collision repair regardless of vehicle age leading to increase in invoice value vs. third party workshops
Third party workshops opt for counterfeit or used body parts to reduce the overall invoice value: affecting the sales of original OE parts
Insurance companies assign collision repair job to workshops: Important for OEMS to have strategic tie-ups with Insurance companies
Insurance companies insist on using original used parts for vehicles above 2 years of ownership. This hampers sales of original parts
Key Success factors for Multi-brand workshop
Regulation & aggregation of independent/3rd-party workshops imperative; technician qualifications to be enhanced, strategic insurance tie-ups required
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OEM authorised workshops have to become much more competitive in terms of cost and time taken for repair to retain their customers
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