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consumers have more choices for price comparison hence price has  become more competitive

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consumers have more choices for price comparison hence price has  become more competitive

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Whether buying online or offline, customer expected to have after sales service whenever they complaint.  This has incurred more cost and time from local team to settle the issue.

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Whether buying online or offline, customer expected to have after sales service whenever they complaint.  This has incurred more cost and time from local team to settle the issue.

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Additional rebates given to dealers to achieve their annual target sales.

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Higher compliance costs - increasing requirements for sustainability and environmental protection .

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Higher compliance costs - increasing requirements for sustainability and environmental protection .

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Reduce paper works, such as printing etc...

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Many special request need attention but lack of manpower to cover.

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1. Production process flow not optimize resulting to higher cost

2. Last minute order place result to higher operating costs

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Due to more and more new rulles and regulation, the number of product available for us to sell is getting lesser, thus items with low cost might not be able to sell whereas only items with high costing are available.

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Due to more and more new rulles and regulation, the number of product available for us to sell is getting lesser, thus items with low cost might not be able to sell whereas only items with high costing are available.

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Pricing released and committed to dealers before we confirm the new list price.

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Water saving is not just the trend but it has gradually became the requirement of GP, which means more  customization is required which bring up the production cost and reduce our competitivess.

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Water saving is not just the trend but it has gradually became the requirement of GP, which means more  customization is required which bring up the production cost and reduce our competitivess.

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Chinese manufacturers are quick to copy technology and designs, leading to similar looking products with the same features that compete with the original products. 

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Chinese manufacturers are quick to copy technology and designs, leading to similar looking products with the same features that compete with the original products. 

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Lack in communication and planning of stock urgency and caused freight arrangement from sea to Air freight. High logistics costing.

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Less and less high-end projects in the market.

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4. Supplier factory closed down

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Material and energy costs have gone up in plants

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Material and energy costs have gone up in plants

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In order to survive, we need to give better discount to our offline dealer to compete with our own products online, this has impacted our margin.

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In order to survive, we need to give better discount to our offline dealer to compete with our own products online, this has impacted our margin.

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3. Production Delay due to shortage of labor

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Work overload is not efficient for both operational procedures and labor costs.

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Sales promotion with high discount.

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Competitors always follow our products and do not invest in their R&D.

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2. Shortage of material

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Some newer products have higher amortisation costs and lower economies of scale

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Some newer products have higher amortisation costs and lower economies of scale

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Beside testing cost, more human resource involved for handling all this testing.  Forcing sales people to cover this role even their core job scope is supposed to carry sales activity. 

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Beside testing cost, more human resource involved for handling all this testing.  Forcing sales people to cover this role even their core job scope is supposed to carry sales activity. 

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1. Increase in freight cost due to disruption of war, covid situation etc

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Focus on old product segments rather than new novelties with expected higher margin

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Consumer request higher quality service.

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Consumer request higher quality service.

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For developed markets, more and more mandatory requirements are being implemented.  In order to be able to continue selling, more and more cost involved in testing to comply with local regulation.

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For developed markets, more and more mandatory requirements are being implemented.  In order to be able to continue selling, more and more cost involved in testing to comply with local regulation.

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Marketing do promotion in good segments rather focus on Axor and Best segments

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Consumer now a day more IT savvy, hence always comparing price online & offline.  Challenging for offline dealer as they have high operation cost and they will seek better support from supplier like us.

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Consumer now a day more IT savvy, hence always comparing price online & offline.  Challenging for offline dealer as they have high operation cost and they will seek better support from supplier like us.