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Business Markets Markets for products and services Local to international – Bought by • Businesses • Government bodies • Institutions – For consumption – For use – For resale
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A Market Driven Firm Has: Market sensing capability…companies ability to sense change and to anticipate customer responses. Customer linking…the ability to develop and manage close customer relationships.
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Marketing’s Cross Functional Relationship
Business marketing planning must be coordinated and synchronized with corresponding planning efforts. Developed by Cool Pictures and MultiMedia Presentations
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Keys to Cross Functional Working Relationships Communications Perspective taking Responsive behavior Compatibility
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Business Market Characteristics • • • •
Derived demand Fluctuating demand Stimulating demand Price sensitivity/demand elasticity • Global Market perspective
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Relationship Marketing • All marketing activities directed toward establishing, developing, and maintaining successful exchanges with customers.
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The Supply Chain
Michael Porter and Victor Millar observed that “to gain competitive advantage over its rivals, a company must either perform these activities at a lower cost or perform them in a way that leads to differentiation and a premium (more value).” Developed by Cool Pictures and MultiMedia Presentations
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Procurement Trends • Longer term and closer relationships. • Closer interactions among multiple functions. • Supplier proximity considerations.
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Business Market Customer Commercial Enterprises • Three categories: – Users – OEMs – Dealers and distributors
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Classifying Goods for the Business Market
Classifying industrial goods by the following questions: How does the good or service enter the production process? How does it enter the cost structure of the firm? Source: Adapted from Philip Kotler, Marketing Management: Analysis, Planning, and Control, 4th ed. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1980), p. 172, with permission of PrenticeHall, Inc.
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The Internet … Providing Goods & Services
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A Framework for Business Marketing Management Business marketing strategy is formulated within the boundaries established by the corporate mission and objectives.
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