QUESTION AND ANSWERS Q1. How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? There are three main factors that lead product to be cutting edge product. That comes under LEE’S “new management” top to bottom strategy for the entire company. The goal he wanted Samsung to become a premier brand that would dethrone sony as the biggest consumer electronics firm in the world. Factors that used under “new management” are: 1. New Product Development. 2. Product “Test Marketing”. 3. Positioning
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Product Life Cycle stages Examples Decline: Hindustan Motors Ambassador HM decides to increase sales of their age old classic model – Ambassador in the country. They are planning to sell 12‚500 units this year with the introduction of their new fuel efficient engine. This engine will be compliant with the Bharat Stage 2 & 3 emission norms. It’s probably delivering the mileage of 16 km/l against a 11 km/l mileage from the existing diesel engine. Hindustan Motors plans to invest Rs 6 crores in
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Regal Marine Question 1: State Regal Marine’s mission in your own words. Regal Marine’s Mission is to provide luxury performance boats to customers world wide using the strategy of differentiation. It seeks to attain this mission by using the following criteria in it’s differentiation: 1. constant innovation 2. unique features 3. high quality. 4. Value – this was mentioned in the video case. 5. Wide and different models – this was mentioned in the video case.
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The Product Concept PhaseAs discussed in Chapter 2‚ new ideas for new products and services are generated in many different ways in and outside the modern company in the market. Today a more open and collaborative process of accessing innovative ideas and problem solutions is available to companies on the Web in the form of wiki platforms. A wiki is a collaborative Website that can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. This virtual market for new product ideas that is generated by a wiki
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About The Product * The brand was first introduced in the United States in 1991 for a breakfast cereal bars consisting of fruit filling covered in a crust without added sugar. * There were four varieties initially (rye‚ corn‚ barley and wheat); later these were reduced to corn and wheat * There are various Nutri-Grain Bars made from the breakfast cereal bonded together‚ available in the markets where the cereal is available. The bars became popular in the 1990s as an "on-the-go" food
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Presented below ten strategies that the marketers can consider: 1. New strategies for new times The changed economic conditions are affecting consumer behavior and attitudes. Can the marketing strategies based on the understanding of the consumers in the prosperous times still hold water now? Consumers are changing their behavior in several different ways and various underlying attitudes and values govern these changes. It is critical for us to re-look at the consumer and refresh our understanding
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Parents are getting mobile phones for their children because they want to communicate in case of an emergency‚ or to know where they are. For a lot of people‚ cell phone is already part of their lives. Customers are very familiar with the cell phone products and they are deciding which models to buy‚ but not whether they should buy. Customers are comparing features of different phones before they make the purchase. Increase in sales volume According to a market report by Gartner‚ Inc. (http://www
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manufacturing process and product life cycles Focusing on the process gives a new dimension to strategy Robert H. Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright Although the product life cycle concept may have value for managers‚ its emphasis on marketing can make it inadequate for strategic planners. These authors point out that using a process life cycle can help a company choose among its various manufacturing and marketing options. Using the concept of a "product-process matrix‚" they show how a company’s position
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1. Introduction ? What Product Life Cycle is about The Product Life Cycle (PLC) is a theoretical concept‚ which put forward that any product idea will go through different stages from beginning to the end. PLC is typically divided into 4 stages and could be illustrated by a bell-shaped curve (see figure 1). The stages are‚ namely: · Introduction · Growth · Maturity · Decline Total sales of the product vary in each of the 4 stages. They move from zero in the introduction stage to high at maturity
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The PLC concept is very useful to marketers and brand managers for many reasons. First of all‚ the concept establishes that products follow a life cycle that starts when they are launched‚ from there they will grow and will‚ one day‚ die. However‚ the most important advantage of this model is that it divides the life of a product in several stages with different characteristics‚ mostly based on the sales level and growth: introduction‚ growth‚ maturity and decline. This division allows managers
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