Jinan Qingqi

Jinan Qingqi Suzuki Motorcycle Co., Ltd. #22 YTD Sales July 2011 at 204150

Jinan Qingqi Motorcycle Co., Ltd. #26 YTD Sales July 2011 at 161880

Combined sales would put them in rank at 15th largest. Combined they are also down 37% in sales from last year, July 2011


1994:Completely Fetched in gsx250 Technology from JAPAN SUZUKI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn5mnjhvHw4



fetched GSX250 shop manual...

GSX 250 E 1986
Overall Length: 2 100 mm (82.7 in)
Overall Width: 755 mm (29.7 in)
Overall Height: 1 080 mm (42.5 in)
Wheelbase: 1 410 mm (55.5 in)
Dry Weight: 157 kg (345 lbs)
Engine type: Air-cooled 249 cc inline-2, DOHC, 8 valves. 29 hp/ 10,000 rpm, 2,2 kg-m/ 8,000 rpm.
http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/s..._white_450.jpg
UNTIL 1994...Then Suzuki went to the single 250
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...77216-full.jpg
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...77222-full.jpg

The two will sell over 600,000 this year combined, that is a lot of motorcycles.

I think the movement is more or less portfolio management, that is how I perceive South China Group, they are set to realize growth and will rearrange cooperatives to realize that growth.

I struggle with the strategy…actually just throw shit against the wall to see what sticks. That may be theirs as well?

Maybe it is related to a venture with Arctic Cat? http://www.arcticcat.com/sidexside/model/view/XT550I

They may plan to get into four wheels….

Peugeot motorcycle flagship store in Nanjing
http://www.peugeotscooters.com.cn/up...8105506392.jpg

I think the Chinese Peugeots are so boring, maybe that is why they are not selling well?
The same with the Chinese Piaggio’s not quite as boring and seem to be selling better or at least not loosing money for Zongshen.


The Chinese version of a taste of France? That’s just so queer and the consumer is not going for it, are they?

At least Piaggio offers a decent looking sport bike albeit only a 150cc
http://www.piaggio.com.cn/UserImages/00000362.jpg

Not sure what the Italian or the French brought to the table, but it certainly was not creativity…who is telling them that the Chinese are not creative or do not appreciate individual expression?

Polaris did buy the GEM from Chrysler, so they do have an interest in LSV’s.


"Off-road vehicle maker Polaris Industries Inc. said Monday that it has agreed to acquire a Chrysler Group LLC subsidiary that makes electric-powered vehicles."

What could make the stock value appreciate?
JINAN QINGQI MOTORCYCLE-A
(600698:Shanghai)
This is a real-time link:
http://investing.businessweek.com/re...cker=600698:CH

October 27th, 2011 the stock value is at 4.65 RMB

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Originally Posted by MJH

What could make the stock value appreciate? ...

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Investing in Chinese stocks - even worse, RMB traded stocks? Better go to Vegas or Macau and gamble there.
There is a reason why the Chinese dont invest in the stock market, they "fry stocks"...

Often great business models are discounted in a general market trend.
Gained 10% in the last ten days http://www.navchina.com/
If purchased in 2008 it gained 100%-200% depending on what point you exited.

I would say that, since they offer both A and B stocks it would tell you something if the variance is large between them.
A are offered to international investors and B are offered to national investors.

The stocks for Jinan are actually over valued the A that is, the B are or may be carrying them?
The A is at about $4.00 a share and the B at $ 0.40 a share

The company is not making a profit on sales, the launch of Peugeot only stores is expensive, it adds overhead to unit costs in a very competitive market. To justify chain stores requires more offerings and in that higher unit sales. That is because the staff and fixed costs to operate have to be offset by high unit sales.
It is possible that the Peugeot's are flying off the showroom floors…but just unlikely. If they are rotating slow they are or may be loosing money on each sale. They are loosing on unit sales out of the factories and the retail outlets are an extension of operations and not an efficient one.

For years retailer avoided selling different brands in one retail store, then discovered offering multiple brands in one store actually increased sales of all offerings, because it attracted more customers, the more offerings the better the sales. It is not uncommon for a customer to come in looking for one thing and leave with another.

I wonder what amount of market research went into the Peugeot only stores?

Lets just say you have a store, each store is called a profit center. It has an operating budget, it takes in revenue and pays out in costs. When the factory sends orders they are costs to the stores, the store sells them they take in revenue.

It does not matter at the store level what they sell…it only matters that they turn the inventory in order to take in revenue as so they can cover costs.

Typically sales people on the floor get only a commission on each sale, they sell nothing they make nothing.
The mechanics get paid only for work done, they operate a separated budget. They get paid to assemble units and then get paid to service them. They also should have a part store that sells parts to the service department and also to customers, they often cover the cost of labor with other items, such as helmets, jackets, gloves etc.

The bigger the better, the bigger the more rotation, but everything should be fair as so the reputation of the store is good. The mechanic should be trained and trained on all products sold.

Here is the thing the company that develops the system can also sell the system, that being everything sold must have digital documentation and parts directories. The parts need to be all tagged and coded and stored in locations that are represented in the index, with location codes. The interfaces and processes are node of transfer and all done on terminals as activity's occur.

Building clients is a matter of recording who bought what…then sending out letters or emails to them. Its time for service, we are having a spring sale….

The registration fees are how the people that register the bikes get paid, they need to be organized and get the fees and registration processed fast.

The manger keeps it all going they make sure the stock is varied and plentiful.

The big store replaces all the little stores…in china it has to happen faster because everything is moving faster. The stores decide what the people get by setting higher standards, they should not sell junk. They should not sell anything that is not clearly documented.

Then the factories feed the stores…they set manufacturing production to meet forecasts that are based on actual sales in each store, as a collective, as in a chain. The bigger the chain the more influence it has on the factories. The best managed chains sell the most, because they can offer the best deals, but only if they are managed well.

The best location are in population densities, centrally located in areas that have large numbers of riders.


The Peugeot only boutique stores are not a winning idea…The stores need to be bigger and not only carry everything Qingqi offers as well as carry other major brands. Basically everything that meets the higher standard. That would basically mean that the manufactures interface with a distributed inventory management system that is data driven.

Online orders should be sent to the stores in proximity to the order, that being a designated sales territory. It should be picked up at the store ready to ride home. The cost or prices should never be undercut by the factory selling direct, it undermines the support systems that is imperative.