Chapter 11 Developing and Managing Goods and Services - Stephanie Larkin

嚜澧hapter 11

Developing

and Managing

Goods and

Services

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Learning Objectives

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Explain how companies manage existing products through

line extensions and product modifications.

Explore how businesses develop a product idea into a

commercial product.

Discuss the importance of product differentiation and the

elements that differentiate one product from another.

Explain how businesses position their products.

Discuss how product deletion is used to improve product

mixes.

Summarize how the characteristics of services influence

the development of marketing mixes for services.

Describe organizational structures used for managing

products.

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Managing Existing Products

! Benefit by capitalizing on existing products

! Analyze product mix to identify weaknesses and gaps

! Analysis can lead to improvement of the product mix

through:

" Line extensions

" Product modifications

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Line Extensions

! Line extension 每 development of a product closely

related to one or more products in the existing

product line but designed specifically to meet

somewhat different customer needs

" Focus on a different market segment

" Try to increase sales within the same market segment

! Success of a line extension is enhanced when a:

" Parent brand has a high-quality brand image

" Good fit between the line extension and its parent

exists

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Product Modifications

! Product modification 每 change in one or more

characteristics of a product

! Improves a firm*s product mix under certain

conditions:

" Product must be modifiable.

" Customers must be able to perceive the modification

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made.

Modification should be consistent with customers*

desires.

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