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Review for Final
Marketing
Role of Marketing•Identify customer needs•Satisfy customer needs•Maintain customer loyalty •Gain information on customers•Anticipate changes in customer needs•A mass market is –where there is a very large number of sales of a product.
•Niche market is –a small, usually specialised, segment of a much larger market
Market segmentation• Divide the market into smaller, more specific groups (age, gender,
lifestyle, wealth)• Customers in these groups will have similar needs and characteristics• Advantages:• Advertising is directed towards the right consumers so cost effective
(don’t waste money advertising to the wrong customers)• Cost effective marketing means higher sales and profits• Can identify a segment which has needs that are not met =
opportunity
Disadvantage: higher advertising costs as need a different advertising campaigns for each segment
Market Research
•Market research is –the process of gathering, analysing and interpreting information about a market
Market Research Data
Primarya) Questionnairesb) Interviewsc) Focus Groupsd) Observation…
Secondarye) Government stats.f) Newspapersg) Internet
Types of Product
Consumers goodsConsumer servicesProducer goodsProducer services
Successful product
•Satisfies needs•Provides Added Value •Distinctive/different USP•Not too expensive to produce
Types of pricing
•Cost-plus pricing•Competitive pricing•Psychological pricing•Penetration pricing•Price skimming•Promotional pricing•Dynamic pricing
Sales promotion
Price reductionsGiftsBOGOFCompetitionsPoint-of-sale displays >>After-sales serviceFree samples
Distribution channel 1
Producer Consumer
Distribution channel 2
Producer Retailer Consumer
Distribution channel 3
Producer Wholesalers Retailer Consumer
Distribution channel 4
Producer – agent – Wholesalers - Retailer - Consumer
Methods of distribution
•Department stores•Chain stores•Discount stores•Superstores•Supermarkets•Direct sales•Internet (e-commerce)
Marketing strategy
Definition: a plan to combine the four P’s to achieve an objective
E.g. Objective: increase sales in a niche market
Product: hand made suitsPrice: Psychological PricingPlace: luxury retailersPromotion: After sales service
Motivating workers
• Financial Rewards• Non-Financial Rewards
Financial rewards
•Wages•Time rate•Piece rate•Salaries•Commission•Profit sharing•Bonus•Shares
Non-financial (fringe benefits)
Company carDiscounts on productsHealthcareEducationExpensesPension
Business activity and Stakeholder Objectives
Economic problem
There are unlimited wants but limited resources to make goods to satisfy our wants. There’s scarcity.
Why? There are not enough factors of production
•Land•Labour•Capital•Enterprise
Opportunity cost
The next best alternative given up by choosing
Holiday or car?
Machine A or machine B?
New road or new school?
Specialisation
When people and businesses concentrate on what they are good at.
How?
Division of labour: when the production process is split into different tasks.
Business activity
Combine scarce resources to make products to satisfy people’s wants.
Attempt to add value
The difference between the selling price and the cost of bought in materials.
Increasing added value
Increase the priceReduce the cost of the materials
Business Objectives
Business survivalProfitReturns to shareholdersGrowth of the businessMarket share increaseService to the community
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StakeholdersAny person or group with a direct interest in the activities of the business
Different Stakeholders
OwnersWorkersManagersGovernmentCommunityBankConsumers
Case Example• Vietnam resort town (Dalat) concerned nuclear reactor could hit tourism.
Monday, March 31, 2014 11:48 (Thanh Nien News)
Stakeholder Objectives
Owners/Investors: dividend, growth, increased valueWorkers: regular pay, security, satisfactionManagers: high salary, security, growthCustomers: safe product, value, reliabilityGovernment: Development, tax, jobs, rule of lawCommunity: jobs, environmentally friendly, safe productsBank: interest paid back, liquidityConsumers: Good Product, Low Price
Stakeholder conflict
•All stakeholders have different objectives, inevitably, there is conflict.
•It is no longer enough to follow the law. Businesses increasingly have be more sensitive to the needs of all stakeholders.
•(i.e. Nike, http://www.businessinsider.com/how-nike-solved-
its-sweatshop-problem-2013-5)
Public Sector Objectives
•Financial – meet govt. targets•Service to public •Social – create jobs
Production and costs
Costs
Fixed costs (don’t vary with output)(sometimes called overhead)
Variable costs (Vary with output)
Total costs = (FC + VC)
Average cost per unit = (total cost/total output)
Break-even (no profit/no loss)
Case Example
Truc’s Tra Sua Truck
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Truc’s Tra Sua TruckFixed Costs = $3000 Variable Costs per unit = $1Selling Price = $2
What would profits be if actual sales at 5,000 units?New B-E point if selling price increased to $2.50?
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Selling price – variable cost = contribution
Break even output = fixed costs/ contribution
Production Vs. Productivity
Production: the level of output
Productivity: output/inputUnits Produced/Number of EmployeesUnits Produced/Number of Machines
A measure of efficiency
Increasing productivity
•Improve quality control•Less waste•Use machines•Motivate•Train•Technology•Good inventory control
Efficiency benefits
Increased Productivity (outputs to inputs)Lower costs per unitBetter QualityHigher Profits
Lean production
Techniques to decrease waste and improve efficiency
•Lowers costs•Decreases waste•Lower prices•Decrease Inventory
Kaizen
Continuous improvement through the elimination of waste. • Flow of products and materials• Workers motions• Processes• Everybody!!
Just in Time theory
•Reducing or eliminating inventories
•No Waiting (materials, process, or people)
•Supplies arrive just when they are needed
Methods of production
Job production (made to order, 1)
Batch production (made in groups)
Flow production (continuous production, mass)
Technology in production
Automation (computer control)
Mechanisation (machines operated by people)
CAD (computer aided design)
Economies of Scale
Purchasing economies (buying in bulk)
Financial economies (cheaper interest)
Managerial economies (best managers)
Technical economies (large machines/ best tech)
Diseconomies of Scale
Poor communication
Less motivated as large company
Slow decisions
Finance
Sources of finance
•Owners savings•Retained profit•Bank loans•Overdraft•Issue of shares•Selling debentures•Trade credit•Factoring of debts •Sale of assets•Sale of inventory•Grants
Cash flow
The movement of money in and out of a business
Inflows – money in
Outflows – money out
Forecast is an estimate of future inflows and outflows
Only show cash, no credit
Income statements
Records income and costs. Shows profit.
Balance sheet
Shows the value of the businesses assets and liabilities.
Balance Sheet
Balance sheets
Working capital = current assets – current liabilities.
Capital employed = shareholders funds + non- current liabilities
Profitability Ratios
Return on equity = net profit/sales revenue (how much profit for investment)
Gross profit margin = gross profit/revenue x100(how much gross profit on sales)
Net profit margin = net profit/revenue x 100(how much net profit on sales)
Liquidity Ratios
Current ratio = current assets/current liabilities(shows the ability to pay off short term debts with current assets)
Liquid ratio = current assets – inventories/current liabilities
(shows the ability to pay off short term debts with cash and debtors cash)
Users/uses of accounts and ratios
Managers use them for taking decisions
Shareholders, banks and other creditors use them to check on company performance
Government use them to calculate tax
Managers use them for controlling the operations of a business
Other companies use them for comparing performance.