Marketing Flashcards
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consist of both goods and services
Product
package of benefits both physical and psychological that a marketer wants to present, or pack of expectations that consumers desire to realize
Product
The fundamental benefit or value
that a customer seeks when purchasing a product. — It
answers the question: What is the customer really buying?
CORE CUSTOMER VALUE
The tangible or physical product that
delivers the core benefit. This includes the product’s features,
design, brand, quality, and packaging.
ACTUAL PRODUCT
Additional services and benefits
that enhance the value of the actual product and differentiate it
from competitors. — These are not essential but improve
customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Augmented product
Items which are used by ultimate consumers
or households, and they can be used without further commercial and
engineering processes.
CONSUMER PRODUCTS:
Items that do not need much effort of planning from customers. They are used in day-to-day
life and are frequently required and can be easily purchased.
CONVENIENCE PRODUCTS:
These products require special time and shopping efforts. They are purchased purposefully from
special shops or markets.
SHOPPING PRODUCTS
Can be used for an extended time and can be repetitively made used by one or more persons.
DURABLE PRODUCTS
have
a short span of life. They should be used within a small time
once they are manufactured.
NON-DURABLE PRODUCTS
Unique or high-end products for which consumers are willing to make a special effort to
purchase
SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
These are items customers are not
aware of or do not often think about. — New products that have no brand recognition fall under this classification.
UNSOUGHT PRODUCT
Refers to intangible offerings provided by
businesses to fulfill customer needs and wants
SERVICES
Used as the inputs by manufacturing
companies for further processes on the products or manufacturing other
products.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Natural resources or unprocessed
materials that are used in manufacturing or production
processes
RAW MATERIALS
(Wheat, livestocks, fruits, vegetables)
FARM PRODUCTS
(fish, lumber, crude, petroleum, iron
ore)
NATURAL PRODUCTS
Products that become part of the
finished product during the manufacturing process.
Examples
are engine parts, screws, circuit boards, and glass forwindows
COMPONENTS & PARTS
Durable goods used in the production
process but not part of the final product.
Examples are machinery, tools, buildings, and vehicles.
CAPITAL GOODS
Products used in the daily
operations of a business but not part of the final product.
Examples are lubricants, cleaning supplies, office stationery and protective gear.
SUPPLIES & CONSUMABLES
refers to the complete
range of goods and services that a company offers to its customers. It
represents the diversity of offerings within a company’s portfolio and is
analyzed through its four dimensions:
PRODUCT MIX OR PRODUCT ASSORTMENT
The number of product
lines the company has to offer and sell to customers
WIDTH
The total number of
products in all the product lines
LENGTH
The variety of versions or
options for each product in a product line
DEPTH