1. Case Summary Toshihiro Nakamura‚ manufacturing engineering section head‚ examined the prototype assembly process heet for the newest subnotebook computer model. When every new model was designed‚ considerable attention was directed toward; * reducing the numbers of components‚ * simplifying parts production and * assembly requirements. This new computer’s production was scheduled to begin in 10 days. Initial production for new model was to be at 150 units/day‚ increasing to 250
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PGDM (Batch:2012-14/ Term-III) MARKETING MANAGEMENT-II (C-303) Session 1‚ 2&3 T- Course Overview; Introduction to Strategy Development Framework; (Finalization of C- What is our Business? (Hard Copy) groups) R- 1.Strategy as simple rules –HBR Article (Soft Copy) 2. Environmental and Internal Analysis (West et al.) Ch-3‚ pp-65-89 AR- What is Strategy? - HBR Article (Soft Copy) Session 4&5 T- Understanding Business and Marketing Objectives C- 1.Carolina Lunker Sauce (Hard Copy) 2. Glaxosmithkline:
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8: Marketing strategies CHAPTER SUMMARY Summary (CHAPTER 8: Marketing strategies‚ page 211) • The marketing mix consists of four major elements: product‚ price‚ promotion and place. • Combined with these four Ps are people‚ processes and physical evidence to create the extended marketing mix. • Together‚ these seven Ps make up the strategies of marketing and become the centrepiece of the marketing plan. • The main goal of a marketing manager is to develop and maintain a marketing mix
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What is Offensive Marketing? When more than one company offers the same kind of product‚ each company only receives a percentage of all sales of that kind of product. This percentage is called a “market share‚” and any effort to take some of the market share away from one company and bring it to another is called an offensive marketing plan. (See also Flanking Marketing) In the above case of the motorcycle business of the mid-to-late 20th century‚ the Harley Davidson Company saw its market share
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TOPIC 1: MARKET-DRIVEN STRATEGY 1.1 THE STUDY OF STRATEGIC MARKETING (Page 2-3) ACTIVITY 1.1 (Page 3) Research a Malaysian company that you believe has been adopting market-driven strategies. Identify those strategies. Why do you consider this company to be successful? SEFF-CHECK 1.1 (Page 3) In your own words‚ define strategic marketing. Strategic marketing is a “market-driven process of strategy development‚ taking into account a constantly changing business environment and the need to
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importantly the Toshiba Corporation in 1974‚ and hence we became the only Arab commercial agent for Toshiba products in Egypt’ The second partnership was with the Japanese Sharp Corporation in 2002. History of El-Araby in brief •1964- Founding El-Araby Company by Mr. Mahmoud El-Araby. •1968- Starting the partnership among the three brothers – Mohamed‚ Mahmoud and Abd Elgayed •1970- Starting to trade in black-and-white TV sets. •1974- Importing SANYO black-and-white TV sets and Toshiba fans & radio-cassettes
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MARKETING STRATEGY The field of marketing strategy considers the total marketing environment and its impacts on a company or product or service. The emphasis is on "an in depth understanding of the market environment‚ particularly the competitors and customers." A given firm may offer numerous products or services to a marketplace‚ spanning numerous and sometimes wholly unrelated industries. Accordingly‚ a plan is required in order to effectively manage such products. Evidently‚ a company needs
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Chapter 1 Marketing in Today’s Economy Exercise 1.1 CarsDirect http://www.carsdirect.com 1. Explore the CarsDirect website‚ including pricing a vehicle of your choice. How successful is CarsDirect in reducing the hassles associated with buying an automobile? 2. Does the design of the CarsDirect website convey confidence and trust in the car buying process? How has CarsDirect answered consumers’ concerns over the lack of a human element in their marketspace? Exercise 1.2 Daytona
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Marketing strategy is defined by David Aaker as a process that can allow an organization to concentrate its resources on the optimal opportunities with the goals of increasing sales and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. Marketing strategy includes all basic and long-term activities in the field of marketing that deal with the analysis of the strategic initial situation of a company and the formulation‚ evaluation and selection of market-oriented strategies and therefore contribute to
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MARKETING STRATEGY Objectives: • Understand the importance of strategic positioning and its relationship to the mix. • Learn to maximize marketing potential by managing portfolios of activities & brands. SESSION 1 (12/01/12) Introduction to Strategic Marketing: Strategic segmentation [pic] [pic] Strategic mission: (company website_The Coca Cola Company_Barilla) Company mission: (company website _ About us) • Values (shared
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