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MBA 1st Notes 4
MBA 1st Notes 4
SECTION IV
PRODUCT & PRICING DECISIONS
Consumer Industrial
Services
Products Products
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Business product
Consumer product
Technology products
Commodity Products
Customized products
A specific version of a product
Product Item that can be designated as a
distinct offering among an organization’s products.
A group of closely-related
Product Line
product items.
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Width – how many product lines a company has
Length – how many products are there in a product line
Depth – how many variants of each product exist within a
product line
Consistency – how closely related the product lines are in end
use
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Product mix is the sum total of all products that a
company offers. For example, a pet food
manufacturer may offer several varieties of dog
and cat food. These multiple products may serve
different customers, dog and cat owners, but the
products are all part of the company's product mix.
Products within a product mix can either be similar
or variegated. There are also following dimensions
to product mix: width, length.
Width
The width of product mix includes all the product lines
that a company sells. For example, if a vitamin company
sells various vitamins, diet products and sports drinks, its
product width is three
Length
The length of a company's product mix pertains to the
total number of products the company sells, For example,
a small consumer products company may have three
product lines: snacks, cereal and canned meats. This
consumer products company may sell five snack items,
four cereals and three varieties of canned meats.
Therefore, the company's product mix length is 12
Depth:-A company's product mix depth pertains
to the total number of variations for each product.
.Product variation can include flavor, fragrance,
size and any other salient attribute. For example, if
a small pastry manufacturer sells three flavors of
pastries and two sizes of each flavor, the product
depth is six.
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Packaging and Labeling The way you package
and label your product is important. First,
packaging protects it from physical, chemical
and microbiological invasion. The package
also provides a medium for presenting
advertising messages and other important
information to the consumer. And finally, the
package is one of the greatest influences on a
consumer's decision to try your product.
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Definition: The wrapping material around a
consumer item that serves to contain, identify,
describe, protect, display, promote and
otherwise make the product marketable and
keep it clean .
A AND B B 600
A AND C C 780
A AND D A 300
B AND C C 180
B AND D B 480
C AND D C 720