Exam 3 - Chapter 15 Flashcards
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Product Attributes
complex/expensive or standardized? durable or fragile?
Intensive Distribution
uses all available outlets to distribute a product convenience products multiple channels used ex: soda/candy
an agreement whereby the products of one organization are distributed through the marketing channels of another not competitors but similar markets instead
Strategic Channel Alliance
the inventory level that signals the need to place a new order
Reorder Point
organizational and system-wide coordination of operations and partnerships to meet customers’ product needs
Operation Management
the movement of products from where they are made to intermediaries and end users most expensive physical distribution function
Transportation
complex/expensive or standardized? durable or fragile?
Product Attributes
Exclusive Distribution
uses a single outlet in a fairly large geographic area to distribute a product for products purchased infrequently/consumed over a long period of time ex: cars
Form Utility
(sometimes) formed by assembling, preparing, or otherwise refining the product to suit customer needs ex: tailoring a suit, food in restaurant
Customer Characteristics
business or consumer market?
Industrial Distributor
an independent business organization that takes title to industrial products and carries inventories
uses a single outlet in a fairly large geographic area to distribute a product for products purchased infrequently/consumed over a long period of time ex: cars
Exclusive Distribution
storage space and related physical distribution facilities that can be leased by companies
Public Warehouses
wholesalers take possession of products but agent do not
Manufacturer’s Agents vs. Wholesalers
Selecting Marketing Channels
based on one of more of 6 characteristics: 1) customer characteristics 2) product attributes 3) type of organization 4) competition 5) marketing environmental forces 6) characteristics of intermediaries
the decisions and activities that make products available to customers when and where they want to purchase them
Distribution
Key Supply Chain Management Concepts
1) raw materials 2) components 3) manufacturer 4) (wholesaler) 5) retailer 6) consumer *back and forth/upstream and downstream
Warehousing
the design and operation of facilities for storing and moving goods creates time utility/stabilizes prices and availability of seasonal items
Channel Power
the ability of one channel member to influence another channel member’s goal achievement
very important if each member is to gain something enable retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, and logistics providers to speed up inventory replenishment, improve service, cut costs same vertical goal
Channel Cooperation
Channel Cooperation
very important if each member is to gain something enable retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, and logistics providers to speed up inventory replenishment, improve service, cut costs same vertical goal
Strategic Channel Alliance
an agreement whereby the products of one organization are distributed through the marketing channels of another not competitors but similar markets instead
the ability of one channel member to influence another channel member’s goal achievement
Channel Power
uses only some available outlets to distribute a product for shopping products image may be important ex: Nike shoes
Selective Distribution