Product Strategy The product itself is the core of the brand equity‚ the design of a product able to fully meet the needs of the consumers‚ is a prerequisite for success in marketing. The design‚ manufacture‚ market‚ sales‚ transportation and services of product ‚ contains a strong‚ powerful and unique brand associations.Be able to establish a positive brand image‚ especially the perceived quality of the product is extremely important brand association will often influence consumers’ purchasing decisions
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Cost Leadership Cost leadership that attempt to become the lowest-cost producers in an industry can be referred to as those following a cost leadership strategy. The company with the lowest costs would earn the highest profits in the event when the competing products are essentially undifferentiated‚ and selling at a standard market price. Companies following this strategy place emphasis on cost reduction in every activity in the value chain. Ideally‚ low cost strategy is centered on the capability
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1. Cost Leadership In cost leadership‚ a firm sets out to become the low cost producer in its industry. The sources of cost advantage are varied and depend on the structure of the industry. They may include the pursuit of economies of scale‚ proprietary technology‚ preferential access to raw materials and other factors. A low cost producer must find and exploit all sources of cost advantage. if a firm can achieve and sustain overall cost leadership‚ then it will be an above average performer in its
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generic strategies available to a firm: differentiation or cost leadership. Both strategies can be applied either into a focused market or a broad market. Do you agree that these are the only two strategies available? Are they mutually exclusive? Why or why not? Porter’s Generic Strategies Target Scope Advantage Advantage Low Cost Product Uniqueness Broad(Industry Wide) Cost Leadership Strategy Differentiation Strategies Narrow (Market Segment) Focus Strategy(low cost) Focus Strategy(differentiation)
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Overall Cost Leadership Porter defines “Overall Cost Leadership” as the strategy in which a company differentiates from others by having the lowest prices of the market. One example of this strategy correctly performed in Australia is Woolworths. According to Jhon Steen (2009)‚ in order to accomplish such prices‚ Woolworths focus on two main points: Logistics and Economics on Scale. They have learned to manage the supply chain in a very efficient way‚ investing in technology and reducing the
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Introduction Strategic management covers enterprise wide strategy formulation‚ implementation and evaluation. It emphasizes sustained wellbeing of organizations. Why? According to Thomas and Strickland (1996) strategic management a) Provides guidance to the entire organization on the crucial point of what it is we are trying to do and achieve b) Make managers more alert to the winds of change‚ new opportunities and threatening developments c) Providing managers with a rationale for
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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT VISA TO STRATEGY EXECUTION A primary task of high performance leadership is to provide strategic direction to the organisation‚ various departments and divisions within the organisation‚ and to the people who ultimately implement strategic leadership. But regular employees are seldom involved in the process. Authoritarian governance has had two powerful and mutually reinforcing dynamics: People at “the top” of the organisation‚ normally in senior managerial positions
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Cost leadership and differentiation strategies are popular research topics within the field of strategy and have been widely discussed‚ in particular since Michael Porter presented his model of generic strategies in 1980. Some rearchers‚ in fact‚ refer to this model as being among the most significant contributions to the strategic management literature. Whether cost leadership and differentiation strategies are mutually exclusive is a far less discussed issue however‚ as evidenced by the relatively
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I. Cost Leadership & Differentiation strategies A/ My perspective on the issue As far as I’m concerned‚ cost leadership and differentiation are the most popular strategies applied in business battlefield. Each has its own pros & cons‚ aims and sticks firmly to companies’ different long-term goals. And here are my brief comparison tables between them : Cost leadership Differentiation Staples Provide customers with standardized products at the lowest prices Provide customers with products having
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