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Product and Service Strategies. Chapter Objectives. What are products and services? What are their categories? How do firms manage all of their products and services? What are the steps in the best development process for new products? What is the product life cycle, and how is it used?.
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Chapter Objectives • What are products and services? What are their categories? • How do firms manage all of their products and services? What are the steps in the best development process for new products? • What is the product life cycle, and how is it used?
Objective 1 What are products and services? What are their categories?
Products are items consumed for personal or business use. Services are activities that deliver benefits to consumers or businesses.
Products Product Tangible Intangible Good Service
Distinctions of a Service Intangible Inseparable Perishable Variability
Goods – Services Continuum Pure Service Pure Good Hybrid Hair Brush Hair Transplant Haircut
Levels of Product Delivery Financing Brand Name Attributes Core Benefits Service Style Design Packaging Warranty Customer Support Actual Product Augmented Product
Consumer Product Classifications Convenience Shopping Specialty Unsought
Industrial Product Classifications Components Equipment MRO Products Processed Materials and Services Raw Materials
New Product Development Idea Generation Idea Screening Concept Development Business Analysis Market Testing Commercialization
Types of New Products Cosmetic (Incremental) Context (New Direction) PC, airplanes Web 1.0 2.0 iPod / iTunes Concept (Breakthrough)
Objective 2 How do firms manage all of their products and services? What are the steps in the best development process for new products?
A Product Portfolio is the collection of all products and services offered by a company.
Sony U.S. Product Portfolio Product Mix Width Product Mix Depth
Objective 3 What is the product life cycle, and how is it used?
The Product Life Cycle is a model describing the evolution of a product’s sales and profits throughout its lifetime.
Introduction Stage Low Basic Limited Trial Sales Volume Product Features Retail Outlets Marketing Goal
Growth Stage Growing Increasing Increasing Preference Sales Volume Product Features Retail Outlets Marketing Goal
Maturity Stage Flat New Maximum Preference Sales Volume Product Features Retail Outlets Marketing Goal
Decline Stage Declining Reduced Reduced Survival Sales Volume Product Features Retail Outlets Marketing Goal
Diffusion of Innovation 2.5% 13.5% 34% 34% 16% Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Innovators Laggards