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CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION
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Strategy at Different Levels of a Business Strategies exist at several levels in any organization - ranging from the overall business (or group of businesses) through to individuals working in it.
Corporate Strategy - is concerned with the overall purpose and scope of the business to meet stakeholder expectations. This is a crucial level since it is heavily influenced by investors in the business and acts to guide strategic decision-making throughout the business. Corporate strategy is often stated explicitly in a "mission statement". Business Unit Strategy - is concerned more with how a business competes successfully in a particular market. It concerns strategic decisions about choice of products, meeting needs of customers, gaining advantage over competitors, exploiting or creating new opportunities etc. Operational Strategy - is concerned with how each part of the business is organized to deliver the corporate and business-unit level strategic direction. Operational strategy therefore focuses on issues of resources, processes, people etc. Strategy is the process of planning & executing various maneuvers or actions in an attempt to reach a goal. Strategy is often associated with business, strategized towards
implies a maximization of resources with logical thinking, intelligence (acquired knowledge) & leverage.
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Strategy is differentiated from tactics in that tactics are micro strategies that contribute to large goal. Opening a successful business would fall under strategy achieving financing or an important client would be considered tactics towards strategy.
What product do customers use now? What benefits does consumer want from the product?
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Promotions What promotions appeals would influence consumer to purchase & use of our product? What advertising claims would be effective for our product? Pricing How important is price to the consumer in various target markets? What effect will a price change have on purchase behavior? Place Where do consumers buy this product? Would a different distribution system change consumer purchasing behavior? People What type of people is desired by the consumer to deliver the service? Would differentiation by people help in gaining competitive advantage? Process Would different procedure, mechanism, routine, and helps in satisfying the customer needs? Physical Evidence Can we have different physical evidence?
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Types of Marketing Strategy: One of the most important concepts of the marketing planning process is the need to develop a cohesive marketing strategy that guides tactical programs for the marketing decision areas. In marketing there are two levels to strategy formulation: 1. General Marketing Strategies 2. Decision Area Strategies. General Marketing Strategies: These set the direction for all marketing efforts by describing, in general terms, how marketing will achieve its objectives. There are many different General Marketing Strategies, though most can be viewed as falling into one of the following categories:
Market Expansion : This strategy looks to grow overall sales in one of two ways: Grow Sales with Existing Products With this approach the marketer seeks to actively increase the overall sales of products the company currently markets. This can be accomplished by: 1) getting existing customers to buy more; 2) getting potential customers to buy (i.e., those who have yet to buy); or 3) selling current products in new markets. Grow Sales with New Products With this approach the marketer seeks to achieve objectives through the introduction of new products. This can be
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accomplished by: 1) introducing updated versions or refinements to existing products; 2) introducing products that are extensions of current products; or 3) introducing new products not previously marketed.
Market Share Growth This strategy looks to increase the marketers overall percentage or share of market. In many cases this can only be accomplished by taking sales away from competitors. Consequently, this strategy often relies on aggressive marketing tactics.
Niche Market This strategy looks to obtain a commanding position within a certain segment of the overall market. Usually the niche market is much smaller in terms of total customers and sales volume than the overall market. Ideally this strategy looks to have the product viewed as being different from companies targeting the larger market.
Status Quo This strategy looks to maintain the marketers current position in the market, such as maintaining the same level of market share.
Market Exit This strategy looks to remove the product from the organizations product mix. This can be accomplished by: 1) selling the product to another organization, or 2) eliminating the product.
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Decision Area Strategies: These are used to achieve the General Marketing Strategies by guiding the decisions within important marketing areas (product, pricing, distribution, promotion, target marketing). For example, a General Marketing Strategy that centers on entering a new market with new products may be supported by Decision Area Strategies that include: Target Market Strategy employ segmenting techniques Product Strategy develop new product line Pricing Strategy create price programs that offer lower pricing versus competitors Distribution Strategy use methods to gain access to important distribution partners that service the target market Promotion Strategy create a plan that can quickly build awareness of the product Achieving the Decision Area Strategies is accomplished through the development of detailed Tactical Programs for each area. For instance, to meet the Pricing Strategy that lowers cost versus competitors products, the marketer may employ such tactics as: quantity discounts, trade-in allowances or sales volume incentives to distributors.
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Segmentation: Grouping consumers by some criteria, such that those within a group will respond similarly to a marketing action and those in a different group will respond differently.
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Income educational level marital status No of children introvert / extrovert z usage history
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Which segment Mass market, Multiple segments, Single segment Mass market high volumes low margins goods-example confectionery, clothing
Multiple segment- appealing to wider range of groups example 4x4 vehicles, towns, country, gender, lifestyle, social class Single segment often a specialized product, example machinery, exclusive goods MARKET SEGMENTATION STRATEGY: The need for market segmentation Marketers understand they cannot do all things to all people ,all the time .
Buyers & markets are too complex & diverse for one simple marketing formula to adequately address the needs of all. Target market identifying market segment that are bite size chunks that organization can manage Market segmentation - identifying markets with common traits Market targeting - process of evaluation of selected segmentation & then deciding which market segment to operate within.
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Market Positioning process whereby market positions the product to occupy a clear & distinctive position relative to other competing brands. Market segmentation - markets are composed of buyers & they differ in wants, resources, locations, & buying patterns. Market segmentation is process that marketer use to divide the market in to smaller segments' that can be efficiently addressed.
Six stages in market segmentation, targeting, positioning Identify for segmenting the market Develop profiles of resulting segment Develop measure of segment attractiveness Select the target segment Develop position for each target segment Develop marketing mix for each target segment
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Market Segmentation: With a large country Many different types of people it is too difficult to create a product that will satisfy everybody, that is why we focus on a segment of the total market Market Segmentation-def Grouping people according to their similarity related to a particular product category 4 commonly used bases for Segmentation
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Geographic location - based upon where people live (historically a popular way of dividing markets) Demographic - based upon age, gender and income level (very often used) Psychographic / lifestyles - based on peoples opinions, interests, lifestyles eg, people who like hard rock music probably prefer beer to wine Benefits - based on the different expectation that customers have about what a product/service can do for them eg. People who want to but lite food cause ti will help them lose weight.
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Positioning Strategy: A Positioning Strategy results in the image you want to draw in the mind of your customers, the picture you want him/her to visualize of you what you offer, in relation to the market situation, and any competition you may have". While designing your positioning strategy you will be faced with three main options: Positioning your product against your competitors, " Our prices are half of that you may find else where for similar products" Emphasizing a distinctive unique benefit "the only book keeping system that instantly calculates your taxes" Affiliating your product with something the customer knows and values "the same archiving system used by the library of university "
A positioning statement should have: Your customer: The type of customer you target. The benefits: What you can do for your customers. The method: How you do it. The USP: Why you do it better than the competitors. (As you may know, USP stands for "unique selling proposition".)
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You will need to write down the following Our product offers the following benefits: -------------- To the following customers (your target market_: --------- Our product is better than the competitors in the following manner: -------------- We can prove our product is the best because (evidence, differences, testimonials..etc) ------------------- Your positioning statement reflects what you need to communicate about a specific product, and to whom, so you will always hit the right button, communicating the right message to the right customer at the right time. Every marketing program should cover only one product, hence must not reflect more than one clearly stated positioning strategy, So: 1 product = 1 marketing program = 1 positioning statement.
Generally, there are six basic strategies for product positioning: By attribute or benefit- This is the most frequently used positioning strategy. For toothpaste, it might be the mint taste or tartar control. By use or application- The users of Apple computers can design and use graphics more easily than with Windows or UNIX. Apple positions its computers based on how the computer will be used. By user- Face book is a social networking site used exclusively by college students. Face book is too cool for MySpace and serves a smaller, more
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sophisticated cohort. Only college students may participate with their campus e-mail IDs.
By product or service class- Margarine competes as an alternative to butter. Margarine is positioned as a lower cost and healthier alternative to butter, while butter provides better taste and wholesome ingredients. By competitor- BMW and Mercedes often compare themselves to each other segmenting the market to just the crme de la crme of the automobile market. Ford and Chevy need not apply. By price or quality- Jewelers sell diamonds. Positioning is what the customer believes and not what the provider wants them to believe. Positioning can change due to the counter measures taken at the competition. Managing your product positioning requires that you know your customer and that you understand your competition; generally, this is the job of market research not just what the entrepreneur thinks is true.
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MARKET DOMINANCE STRATEGIES : Market Leader Market Challenger Market Follower Market Nicher
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Defense Strategy : A market leader should generally adopt a defense strategy Six commonly used defense strategies Position Defense Mobile Defense Flanking Defense Contraction Defense Pre-emptive Defense Counter-Offensive Defense Some of the options open to a market challenger are: Price discounts or price cutting Line extensions Introduce new products Reduce product quality Increase product quality Improve service Change distribution Cost reductions
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Intensify promotional activity Market Challenger Strategies : The market challengers strategic objective is to gain market share and to become the leader eventually How? By attacking the market leader By attacking other firms of the same size By attacking smaller firms Types of Attack Strategies: Frontal attack Flank attack Encirclement attack Bypass attack Guerrilla attack PORTERS FIVE FORCES MODEL A framework for the industry analysis and business strategy The Porter's 5 Forces tool is a simple but powerful tool for understanding where power lies in a business situation. This is useful, because it helps you
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understand both the strength of your current competitive position, and the strength of a position you're looking to move into. The five forces come from Porter's famous framework and are: Power of Buyers Power of Suppliers Threat of substitutes Barriers to entry Competitors
It uses concepts developed in Industrial Organization Economics to derive five forces which determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Attractiveness in this context refers to the overall industry profitability.
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An "unattractive" industry is one where the combination of forces acts to drive down overall profitability. A very unattractive industry would be one approaching "pure competition". Porter referred to these forces as the micro environment, to contrast it with the more general term macro environment. They consist of those forces close to a company that affect its ability to serve its customers and make a profit. A change in any of the forces normally requires a company to reassess the marketplace. The overall industry attractiveness does not imply that every firm in the industry will return the same profitability. Firms are able to apply their core competence s, business model or network to achieve a profit above the industry average. A clear example of this is the airline industry. As an industry, profitability is low and yet individual companies, by applying unique business models have been able to make a return in excess of the industry average. Porter's five forces include three forces from 'horizontal' competition: threat of substitute products, the threat of established rivals, and the threat of new entrants; and two forces from 'vertical' competition: the bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of customers. Firms that compete in a single industry should develop, at a minimum, one five forces analysis for its industry. Porter makes clear that for diversified companies, the first fundamental issue in corporate strategy is the selection of industries (lines of business) in which the company should compete; and each line of business should develop its own, industry-specific, five forces analysis.
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The idea is that change in your market is likely to come as the basis of one of these five areas. For instance, buyers may distort the market by forcing prices down, or by deciding to take build products in-house. In considering how these "forces" act on your markets, you get a picture of issues such as channel conflict, threats from vertical integration, the impact of regulatory change or the advent of new technology. You can also take a view as to how you are or can affect the competitive situation for your own benefit, rather than statically accepting the status quo
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There can be many types of competitive advantages including the firm's cost structure, product offerings, distribution network and customer support.
Competitive advantage comes from performing better than competitors Sustainable competitive advantage comes from performing better than competitors for a long time
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Competitive Advantage Examples Focus on a narrow market niche eBay Online auctions McAfee Virus protection auctions Develop expertise, resource strengths, and capabilities not easily imitated by rivals FedEx Next-day delivery of small packages Walt Disney Theme park management and family entertainment Toyota Sophisticated production system Strive to be the industrys low-cost provider Wal-Mart Outcompete rivals on a key differentiating feature Johnson & Johnson Reliability in baby products Harley-Davidson King-of-the-road styling Rolex Top-of-the-line prestige Mercedes-Benz Engineering design and performance Amazon.com Wide selection and convenience
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There are two main types of competitive advantages: Comparative advantage and Differential advantage.
Sustainable Competitive Advantage: However, we said the primary objective of business-level strategy was to create sources of sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). How do we know SCA when we see it? What is it? When is it considered sustainable? To produce SCA, the capability must: 1. Produce value 2. Be rare 3. Imperfectly imitable, i.e. not be easily imitated or substituted
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4. Be exploitable by the organization Competencies vs. Core Competencies vs. Distinctive Competencies A competency is an internal capability that a company performs better than other internal capabilities. A core competency is a well-performed internal capability that is central, not peripheral, to a companys strategy, competitiveness, and profitability. A distinctive competence is a competitively valuable capability that a company performs better than its rivals. Examples: Distinctive Competencies Toyota, Honda, Nissan Low-cost, high-quality manufacturing capability and short design-tomarket cycles Intel Ability to design and manufacture ever more powerful microprocessors for PCs Motorola Defect-free manufacture (six-sigma quality) of cell phones SCA is an element (or combination of elements) of the business strategy that provides a meaningful advantage over both existing and future competitors. An SCA needs to be meaningful, sustainable and substantial.
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An SCA needs to be supported and enhanced over time. The assets and competencies of an organization represent the most sustainable element of a business strategy, because these are usually difficult to copy or counter. An SCA should be visible to customers and provide or enhance a value proposition. The key is to link an SCA with the positioning of a business. A solid value proposition can fail if a key ingredient is missing (e.g., Pringles). Sustainable Competitive Advantages vs. Key Success Factors A KSF is an asset or competence needed to compete, whereas, an SCA is an asset or competence that is the basis for a continuing advantage. An SCA is analogous to a Point of Differentiation (POD), whereas a KSF can be analogous to either a Point of Parity (POP) or a POD. Frameworks for Sustainable Competitive Advantage Knowledge-based strategy Generic strategy Hybrid strategy Core competence/distinctive capability/resource based strategy
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Knowledge-based Strategy
Porters Generic Strategy Framework: Porters generic strategy is based on answering 2 questions: Should strategy be differentiation or cost leadership? Should the scope of strategy be broad or narrow? Generic Strategy According to Porter, competitive advantage, and thus higher profits will result either from: Differentiation of products and selling them at a premium price, OR Producing products at a lower price than competitors
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In association with choosing differentiation or cost leadership, the organization must decide between: Targeting the whole market with the chosen strategy, OR Targeting a specific segment of the market
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Portfolio Analysis Definition Analyzing elements of a firms product mix to determine the optimum allocation of its resources. Two most common measures used in a portfolio analysis are market growth rate and relative market share. The BCG matrix It is a chart that had been created by Bruce Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in 1970 to help corporations with analyzing their business units or product lines . This helps the company allocate resources and is used as an analytical tool in Brand marketing, Product management Strategic management and Portfolio analysis
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1.7 New Product Strategy Innovation, Market Entry, Product Line Extension
Introduction Product (or service) is the main element of the marketing mix Therefore, need to determine the Product Strategies before deciding on the remaining marketing mix Product Hierarchy Need Product family Product class Product Line Product type Brand Item 7-Levels of Product Hierarchy Product needto satisfy a need e.g. feet protection Product classa family of products having similar function e.g. all shoes Product linea group of products with closely related functions e.g. sports shoes
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Product typeproducts within a line having similar form e.g. foot ball shoes Branda name representing a product or line e.g. Nike Item (Stock Keeping Unit)a unit item e.g. one pair of Nike football shoe What is product? A product can be defined as a collection of physical, service and symbolic attributes which yield satisfaction or benefits to a user or buyer. A product is a combination of physical attributes say, size and shape; and subjective attributes say image or "quality". Product-Mix Decisions Decisions on the product mix (the number of product lines and items in each line) that the company may offer: A single product Most firms started off as a single-product company Multiple products e.g. Creative Technology markets sound cards as well as MP3 players A systems of products e.g. Nikon sells camera, lenses, filters & other options New Product Strategy: New products are critical to survival New-product development (NPD) is essential for companies seeking growth
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It should be an on-going, well organized NPD process having topmanagement support What is a new product? From a firm's perspective, a new product is a product that it is unfamiliar in any way Product Innovation: Product innovation means different things to different people. A modified version of an existing product range A new model in the existing product range A new product outside the existing range but in a similar field of technology A totally new product in a new field of technology
Promotional Strategy
Key Factors to Consider Promotion strategy should be developed to Reach your target market Meet your goals and objectives
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Tailor Promotion Strategy to: Specific Objective: To provide information about the product/service To stimulate demand To differentiate product/ service or build brand image To counter competitors To respond to news
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BRAND VISION A clean articulation of strategic, financial & brand goals that management has created for the brand. A first step to strategic success as to where the brand can & cannot go. Provides a vision that forces management to articulate what they want the brand to do for the organization over the next five years, relative to brand value, revenue & profit contributions.
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BRANDS POSITIONING IS The place in the consumers mind that you want your brand to own the benefit you want them to think of when they think of your brand. A strong position means the brand has a unique, credible, sustainable, & valued place in the customers mind. Good positioning gives you the direction required to focus the organization & focused your strategic moves. A good positioning is a single idea to be communicated to your customers. It revolves around a benefit that helps your product or service stand apart from the competition. Disney- family fun entertainment Wall Mart low price & good value McDonalds food & fun
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1.9PRICING STRATEGY
Pricing is one of the 4 Ps of the marketing mix. The other three aspects are product, promotion, and place. It is also a key variable in microeconomic price allocation theory. Price is the only revenue generating element amongst the 4ps, the rest being cost centers. Definitions: Pricing is the process of determining what a company will receive in exchange for its products. Pricing factors are manufacturing cost, market place, competition, market condition, Quality of product. The effective price is the price the company receives after accounting for discounts, promotions, and other incentives. Promotional pricing refers to an instance where pricing is the key element of the marketing mix.
Pricing Process: 1. Set Pricing Objectives 2. Analyze demand 3. Draw conclusions from competitive intelligence 4. Select pricing strategy appropriate to the political, social, legal and economical environment 5. Determine specific prices.
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