PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTS LIFECYCLE (ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE) Product Life Cycle Definition by Philip Kotler: "An attempt to recognise distinct stages in the sales history of the product " PLC concept implies: Products have a limited life. Product sales pass through distinct stages with each stage posing Challenges/Opportunities/ Problems. Profits rise/fall during different stages of product life cycle. Products require different marketing/manufacturing./ finance/ purchase/ HR
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1. Introduction It has been well established that Product Life Cycle (PLC) concept has a significant impact upon business strategy and corporate performance. Since the term was first used by Levitt (1965 ) in an Harvard Business Review article “Exploit the Product Life Cycle” the concept has been widely accepted and applied by marketing practitioners all over the world. The product life cycle concept is one of the most quoted and most frequently taught elements of marketing theory. According
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impact on their lives. For example‚ the Internet has made life easier‚ more comfortable‚ and more efficient for businesses. Today‚ many companies‚ organizations and businesses use the World Wide Web for many purposes like advertising‚ sending and receiving e-mails‚ updating news and publishing personal information‚ which creates opportunity for online marketing that can directly increase sales making it important for modern businesses. Although using the Internet is popular marketing tool‚ online advertising
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Product Failure Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective‚ and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product‚ in the worst cases leading to personal injury‚ the province of forensic engineering. The criteria for failure are heavily dependent on context of use‚ and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. A situation considered to be a failure by one might
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across the world. • In 1979‚ the phrase “cleansing cream” was replaced with “moisturizer cream” . • Since 1993‚ Indian women have relied on Dove for beautiful skin. Logo • It’s a perfect representation of softness‚ gentleness and sophistication • The image of dove or peace pigeon symbolizes the purity and softness of a dove in its products. • Soft looking font shows the fairness and softness of the brand‚ • Gold colour of the dove imagery honour the original purpose of its production Variation
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INTRODUCTION For any company‚ to maintain an already established brand name is as equally a challenging task as the creation of the brand. In today’s challenging market environment‚ any business is expected to continuously focus on organizational learning and continuous improvement and introduction of products and services to stay alive in the market. Continuous learning helps organizations to identify gap between the current business and areas which could be tapped with the help of existing
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Platt—Samsung How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was able to go from copycat brand to product leader by using a “new product development” strategy (Kotler and Armstrong‚ p.261). According to Kotler/Armstrong new product development is defined as the development of original products‚ product improvements‚ product modification‚ and new brand through the firm’s own product development. In 1993‚ the CEO and chairperson‚ Lee Kung Hee decided to revamp the company’s
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Advantages: Domestic market Vinamilk is the leading enterprise in Vietnam in manufacturing milk and dairy products. Vinamilk holds 39% of the market share nationwide. The company has more than 220 distributors in the distribution system and over 140‚000 outlets in Vietnam. Besides‚ our products are sold in all systems of supermarket nationwide. Competition advantages We believe that our success up till now and our prospects of future development are based on the combination of the following
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Product Planning and Standardization Product * Something produced through labor‚ thought and growth. * It is simply a set of tangible physical and chemical attributes assembled in an identifiable form. New Product * It can be a replacement product for some but imitative to the other. Classification of New Product 1. Innovative Product * These product were created upon realization of an unanswered need in the market which has not been fulfilled by any substitutes.
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the creative person to come up with a lot of ideas regarding the problem under consideration. Example “ how one will cross a certain river” . boat‚ swim‚ bridge. etc. c. Flexibility – thinking beyond a certain category ideas. Example catching fish with electricity powered by battery beyond the usual net. d. Originality – ability to consider the use of unusual and rare ideas. The use of sealants‚ before GI roofs are replaced even with only a hole in it. e. Awareness – the ability
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