Abstract:
The research attempts to analyze marketing mix of pickups truck suspension produced by ABC company limited, behaviors and the requirement to use pickups truck suspension and, to analyze strength, weakness, opportunities and obstacles of pickups truck suspension. The subjects included farmers who were customers of pickups truck suspension. 24 subjects were divided into 3 groups: 15 farmers, 6 farmers using pickups truck suspension from other company and, 3 entrepreneurs of pickups truck suspension. This qualitative research study employed in-depth interviews to obtain deep information in establishing organization of knowledge. The findings reveal that for marketing mix, customers would consider product by choosing safety, standard and brand creditability. Service factors included providing consult, after sales service. Customers would consider products from quality and requirement comparing with other companies. For place factor, the customers select products directly from the shop. They considered sources of information and mass media by asking directly to the customers who used to use the service or buy the product from Internet (Facebook page). For promotion factor, customers selected the product with free after sales service, free check and consulting service. Hence, the guideline to improve marketing mix should be a consideration in products quality, the care in selecting spare parts before sales. For marketing promotion, sales representatives are the core key, they should be trained to earn the knowledge of product accurately and validly in order to explain or demonstrate the products accurately and clearly. This can help purchasing decision faster