B2B MARKETING CASE ANALYSIS ON KONE: THE MONOSPACE LAUNCH IN GERMANY Submitted By: Ajay Yadav (09PGDM065) Bhoopendra Singh (09PGDM078) Sampreeth Kumar (09PGDM105) Shivendu Kumar Singh (09PGDM110) In order to enhance its financial position in a saturated elevator market and intense global competition‚ KONE developed the Monospace elevator that uses revolutionary technologies. It has various benefits‚ such as being the most energy efficient‚ not requiring oil and therefore eliminating
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1. Introduction Kone is currently facing a precarious financial situation in an industry that competes on price rather than differentiation. Should the situation persist‚ losses for 1996 will be imminent. With the launch of Kone MonoSpace in Germany‚ however‚ the company hopes to make profits as it expands its product line in this very critical market. Germany’s elevator market is the largest in continental Europe and with a market size of 15‚500 units in 1995‚ it is more than the market sizes of
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Customer Value Proposition in Value Markets Business houses that are our customers are under constant pressure to cut down their cost. With this concern at the back of their mind‚ out of the sales pitch‚ they mainly concentrate on the price quoted to them. In such cases‚ the supplier needs to demonstrate the core value offerings/ benefits with extra vigor to persuade the customer to make the purchase. Marketing managers tend to neglect the real contribution of value propositions to superior business
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KONE: Final Exam 1996 – KONE was about to launch Monospace BUT: region-wide construction slumps & low differentiation among competitive offerings = significant price competition & margin erosion in the industry. Now‚ CEO was looking for an opportunity to grow with Monospace. Pricing Positioning Cannibalisation of own products? The elevator industry (new equipment & services) Number & types of elevators depended on urbanisation‚ population density‚ government support for public housing
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Hero Honda : Challenges in Multi-segment Positioning and Selling Context of Brand Positioning. Hero Honda mainly focused on sub segmentation of each level of the market and targeted each segment with a message that was based on emotional benefits (indicative catchline Desh ki dhadkan)‚ since emotional segmentation is more powerful than functionality based segmentation. Further it worked on: * Multi segmentation based on pricing‚ utility‚ income level and age profile * Brand portfolio
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Roccat Kone Pure Optical The Kone Pure is an excellent gaming mouse with an optical sensor produced by Roccat‚ one of the most renowned gaming companies known to many gamers. Roccat Kone Pure Mouse Review The Roccat evolution never stops. This is the case of the Kone Pure Optical gaming mouse. They have studied different technologies for a long time. This you can see in their latest German gaming peripheral production line available here. The product offers you new improvements and the price is
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If proposition 67 was implemented then it would eliminate the use of plastic bags completely in California. Several counties in California have already adopted this proposition and it has already been in effect for about a year. However‚ according to Ballotpedia‚ if this proposition is passed then California would be the first state to ban the sale of plastic single-use bags. Instead‚ Californians will have the option to use reusable bags and recycled paper bags with a minimum fee of 10 cents. Products
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The actual purposes of Proposition 227 eventually came to light shortly after its passing‚ as illustrated above. With the excuse of teaching English to language-minority children‚ by giving them a full English education‚ a situation of great inequality was created for them. This is not really surprising if we take into account Ron Unz’s political career and the public opinion of this software entrepreneur. He was a Republican candidate for governor in 1994 and a software developer. Although he supported
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KONE: MONOSPACE LAUNCH IN GERMANY Factors contributed to the launch performance of KONE on the Netherlands‚ France and UK? When launched‚ sales of KONE’s Monospace was the highest in Netherlands‚ then France and in UK none was sold in the first 3 months. Monospace is an elevator invented by KONE using the latest technology that uses an “EcoDisc” that eliminates the use of a machine room and further incur significant energy cost savings for the building management. It is an upgraded version for
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Value Proposition and Customer Segmentation In order to build a successful company‚ you must start at the very beginning. What problem will you be solving? What are you improving? What makes you better or more current than the business down the street? The very beginning of building a successful company is the value proposition—because if you don’t know what your business is bringing to the table‚ you don’t have a business at all. When most people think about the definition of a value proposition
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