Augustine Medical – case brief Background and Problem Definition: Augustine Medical‚ Inc develop and market products for hospital operating rooms and postoperative recovery rooms. The first two products are patient warming system to treat post operative hypothermia patients and another one is tracheal intubation guide which can be used in operating room. Their main issue is to determine the price to hospitals for heater/blower units and he plastic blankets. Market and industry analysis: There
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Introduction ( Background and Situation) Augustine Medical‚ Inc. was founded by Dr. Scott Augustine‚ an anesthesiologist from Minnesota‚ in 1987. The company was created to develop and market products for hospital operating rooms and postoperative recovery rooms. The company provides innovative solutions to combat postoperative conditions such as hypothermia. Medical research indicates that 60 to 80 percent of all postoperative recovery room patients are clinically hypothermic. Hypothermia is
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AUGUSTINE MEDICAL‚ INC. The Bair Hugger Patient Warming System Winston Rivero MK 4900 Prof. H. Barksdale October 16th‚ 2012 Industry Analysis: • Many competitive technologies are available for the prevention and treatment of postoperative hypothermia. The fall into the two categories: o Surface Warming ▪ Warmed hospital blankets ▪ Water-circulating blankets ▪ Air-circulating blankets and mattresses
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discount battle and promising the cost of more staples will soon drop. In this article we can see what the Coles use the marketing concepts of customer wants‚ pricing‚ and satisfaction to the market. Coles’s latest product is more price cuts planned in the next few weeks. It is shown that‚ Coles are using market –penetration pricing strategies‚ setting a low price for a new product in the next few weeks to attract a large number of buyers and a large market share (Kotler et al‚ 2010 p7). Furthermore
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Pricing Strategies The three types of pricing strategies are skimming‚ penetration‚ and competitive. Skimming pricing strategy is defined as a pricing strategy involving the use of a high price relative to competitive offerings (Boone and Kurtz‚ p641). Skimming can be used to introduce a new product slowly. This allows the distribution process to be able to keep up with the market. Sometimes called market-plus pricing‚ intentionally setting a relatively high price compared with prices
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between sellers and purchasers. In modern times‚ pricing methods and strategies have taken a number of forms. This paper is aim to explain the different types of Pricing strategies‚ more specifically the market-penetration pricing strategy. Pricing products‚ new products or existing products require the use of different strategies. For example‚ when pricing a new product‚ businesses can use either market-penetration pricing or a price-skimming strategy (Armstrong and Kotler‚ 2005) (Kotler‚ Brown
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Pricing Strategy To set a pricing strategy‚ there are number of steps taken into consideration as follows: Step 1: Our pricing objectives are to maximize market share and increase sales volume. This strategy will be used when TrackR is being launched into the market. We charge a reasonable price in order for TrackR to be accessible in the market as quickly as possible and also to encourage the interest and excitement of a product. Because of the low price‚ we are able to raise the sales volume easily
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http://www.bized.ac.uk Pricing Strategies Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Pricing Strategies Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Penetration Pricing Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Penetration Pricing • Price set to ‘penetrate the market’ • ‘Low’ price to secure high volumes • Typical in mass market products – chocolate bars‚ food stuffs‚ household goods‚ etc. • Suitable for products with long anticipated life cycles
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Pricing Strategies Competition based pricing Setting the price based upon prices of the similar competitor products. Competitive pricing is based on three types of competitive products: * Products having lasting distinctiveness from competitor’s product. Here we can assume * The product has low price elasticity. * The product has low cross elasticity. * The demand for the product will rise. * Products have perishable distinctiveness from competitor’s product‚ assuming the product
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com/different-types-pricing-strategy-4688.html Different Types of Pricing Strategy Pricing is one of the four elements of the marketing mix‚ along with product‚ place and promotion. Pricing strategy is important for companies who wish to achieve success by finding the price point where they can maximize sales and profits. Companies may use a variety of pricing strategies‚ depending on their own unique marketing goals and objectives. Premium Pricing Premium pricing strategy establishes a price
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