[pic] Business Case Metabical Version 1.0 ● October 21th‚ 2010 [pic] Work Group Metabical – Business Case |VERSION: 1 |REVISION DATE: 10/21/2010 | |Team Members | |Eduardo Lins |[Email] |[Telephone]
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B Problem Statement Barbara Printup must determine the packaging for Metabical that will best capture the accurately forecasted demand of the target market. With many substitutes for weight loss in a variety of packages and price points‚ it will be important to create a package that can be priced in a way to both drive sales and continued use of the 12-week drug. Printup must also develop a pricing model to align with the packaging and the price expectations of the target market. Since this is
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successful clinical trials for its newest weight loss prescription drug‚ Metabical. With the final FDA approval expected‚ Metabical’s launch was set for January 2009 and a clear marketing communications strategy needed to be in place before the launch. With 10 years and $400 million spent on research and development‚ it was imperative that CSP positions Metabical correctly in the marketplace. Optimal segmentation‚ targeting‚ and positioning were important factors to consider in order to ensure that the launch
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Case study : Metabical Positining and communication strategy for a new weight-loss drug Question 1 – How should Printup think about the segmentation of potential Metabical consumers? Who is the optimal target consumer? They should target women less than 65 especially (exhibit 2). They seem to be more aware than men to their weight. But most of the population (men and women) are now more conscious that losing weight is important for health. We can talk about normal customers including young
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Positioning with Perceptual Mapping Software Today’s Agenda 1. Positioning & Perception Review 2. Perceptual Map i. ii. Interpretation Techniques and Software i. Attribute-based ii. Similarity-based Positioning อ. ภัทรพร สกุลคู 3. Conjoint Analysis Software for Preference Analysis 4. Software Demonstration 1 2 Marketing Review 3 C’s Positions in the mind ตัวอยาง Company Customer วิจัยตลาด Competitor หางสรรพสินคาหรู เบียรไทย ดืมแลวรูสึก ่ ภาคภูมิใจ The
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Metabical Analysis 1) Benefits: * All other Weight-Loss Options in Exhibit 2 are more expensive that the target $30/ month out of pocket cost. * No other weight loss option offers cost containment cards. * No other product combines two mechanisms for weight loss: Metabical combines two pharmacologic mechanisms to produce weight loss: Fat blocker‚ meditonan and appetite suppressant‚ calosera. Due to the dual mechanism‚ the medications can be dosed in lower levels and therefore have
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POSITIONING Positioning the process of designing an image and value so that consumers with the target segment understand what the company or brand stands for in relation to its competitors. It also refers to the place an offering occupies in consumers minds on important attributes related to competitive offerings. Positioning is not actually something that is done to product; rather it is something that is done to minds of consumers by marketers. It relates to now consumers perceive the product
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Positioning is the place where someone or something is‚ especially in relation to other objects and places. In marketing‚ positioning has come to mean the process by which marketers try to create an image or identity in the minds of their target market for its product‚ brand‚ or organization.(Wikipedia‚2012) However‚ it is important for the contemporary age‚ whichever aspect is in life. By looking at marketing segmentation‚ marketing targeting and marketing positioning from DOVE® Chocolate which
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POSITIONING STRATEGY POSITIONING Creating a unique and distinctive image for a brand relative to the competition Brand should be perceived as different from competitors by consumers EFFECTIVE POSITIONING Meaningful to consumers Credible/believable Unique to your brand Durable over time FOCUS OF POSITIONING Attributes and benefits of the product Competition Product user Product use or application Product class Cultural symbols Jet Blue Airways Focus on the benefits of Jet Blue
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How positioning can inhibit an improve communication Position can create a barrier on recieveing an interpreting messages which inhibit communication. If we cannot see eachother then it will inhibit communication. In a care setting it is important to keep our eyes at the same level as the person that we are communicating with. But it is important to consider positioning while working with different people having different difficulties. For example in an early year setting children look at our facial
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