Developing Products and Managing Product Portfolios Chapter 12 What We Already Know About Products • How to define a product • How to classify a product – Consumer v business products – Different types of consumer products • The product life cycle • There are different levels of product: – Core benefits – Branding‚ design‚ quality – Support aspects: guarantees‚ after-sales service What Is Managing Products About? • Ensuring we have the right product mix to maximise
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PEPSODENT THE PRODUCT Pepsodent‚ launched in 1993‚ was the first toothpaste with a unique anti-bacterial agent to address the consumer need of checking germs even hours after brushing. Pepsodent packs included a Germ Indicator in February-May 2002‚ which allowed consumers to see the efficacy in fighting germs for themselves. As a follow-up‚ in October 2002‚ Pepsodent Fresh & Pepsodent Family offered Dental Insurance to all its consumers to demonstrate the confidence the company has in the
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Assignment on Case Study Aloha Products Q1. Evaluate the current control systems for the manufacturing‚ marketing and purchasing departments of Aloha Products. Solution: From the case we can see that Aloha products is structured on a cost basis; however the control system is attempting to measure each plant on a profit basis. Thus the company have a centralized control system. This means that the main office takes all
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CAPSTONE CASE 1: ECO-PRODUCTS‚ INC. End-of-Case Assignments: Suggested Discussions and Analyses A. Describe Eco-Products’ early history (1990 through 2003). Would you view the firm during that period as being a life-style business‚ an entrepreneurial venture‚ or? Why? Steve Savage and his father founded the company in 1990 with the intent to provide eco-friendly paper and janitorial supplies. They chose to locate the business in Boulder‚ Colorado‚ a community known for its support
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f The product life cycle (PLC) includes the stages the product goes through after development‚ from introduction to the end of the product. Just as children go through different phases in life (toddler‚ elementary school‚ adolescent‚ young adult‚ and so on)‚ products and services also age and go through different stages. The PLC is a beneficial tool that helps marketers manage the stages of a product’s acceptance and success in the marketplace‚ beginning with the product’s introduction‚ its
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What are the Product Life Cycle (PLC) Stages used for? It helps to predict the profit levels and tailoring marketing programs according to the demand‚ your product development stage‚ current profits and level of investments and your changing customers’ needs. The Product Life Cycle (PLC) is one of the Products Portfolio Analysis and Planning Tools. What are the Product Life Cycle Stages? There are four different stages of any product from its development stage (prototype) till the product withdrawn
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Igor Ansoff Product /Market Mix The Igor Ansoff product-market mix helps to understand and assess marketing or business development strategy. Any business‚ or part of a business can choose which strategy to employ‚ or which mix of strategic options to use. This is one simple way of looking at Strategic development options. Existing Products New Products Market Penetration | Product Development | Market Development | Diversification | Existing
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Environmental Product Differentiation: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE STRATEGY Forest L. Reinhardt roducers of toilet tissue‚ outdoor wear‚ tuna‚ beef‚ investment services‚ trash bags‚ and herbicides have recently positioned their products as environmentally preferable‚ with the idea of capturing a price premium‚ winning new customers‚ or both. Managers are looking for ways to reconcile their need to deliver shareholder value with intensifying demands for improved envirofimental performance. Perhaps
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PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTS LIFECYCLE (ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE) Product Life Cycle Definition by Philip Kotler: "An attempt to recognise distinct stages in the sales history of the product " PLC concept implies: Products have a limited life. Product sales pass through distinct stages with each stage posing Challenges/Opportunities/ Problems. Profits rise/fall during different stages of product life cycle. Products require different marketing/manufacturing./ finance/ purchase/ HR
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While I understand management’s concerns regarding focusing on new product innovation and managing a foreign branch‚ I am confident that these can be addressed and that revenues can increase. After analyzing various costs‚ benefits‚ and firm factors‚ I recommend that we proceed with a wholly owned
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