Business Test

How do you reduce wastage in Biz Sim?

Reduce idle time by having an accurate forecast, and increasing quality

How do you raise your SHV in biz sim?

Give out dividends, buy back stock, sell stock, etc.

How do you increase your capacity in biz sim?

Increase SCU

What are the four p's?

price, promotion, place, product

This is a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders

Marketing

What are the four types of utility?

Form, Time, Place, and Ownership

What are the four types of scope marketing?

People, place, event, and idea marketing

A ______ is anything a company offers to satisfy customer needs and wants

Product

Most services embody these qualities:

intangibility, inseparability, variability, perishability

_____ _____ is how well a product performs its core functions

Quality level

__________ ________ is how reliably a product delivers it's promised level of quality

Product Consistency

Specific characteristics of a product are:

Product Features

The advantage that a customer gains from specific product features is:

Customer benefit

These are products that are closely related, either in terms of how they work, or the customers they serve

Product Line

What are the four phases of the product life cycle in order?

1. Introduction 2. Growth 3. Maturity 4. Decline

These are the total number of product lines by a single firm

Product Mix

This is the coronation of messages through multiple promotional vehicles? (important! McGowan said this was on the test)

Integrated Marketing Communication

A producer offers a new product that takes sales away from its existing product is ________

Cannibalization

What are the tools that can help communicate the Big Idea to your target market?

advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing, personal selling, emerging tools

The tools that can help communicate the big idea to your target market is apart of which mix?

The Promotional Mix

Which strategy is this?

Pull strategy

Which strategy is this?

Push strategy

What is scope marketing?

Marketing strategies and tactics a business uses to further their goals

What are the four parts of scope marketing?

People, place, event, and idea marketing

Define target market

the group of people who are most likely to buy a particular product

A well-chosen target market embodies the following characteristics:

size, profitability, accessibility, and limited competition

this is dividing potential customers into groups of similar people, or segments

market segmentation

What are the four consumer market segmentations?

demographic, geographic, psychographic, and behavioral

what are the three types of business market segmentation?

geographic, customer based, and product-use based

this refers to dividing the market based on measurable characteristics about people such as age, income, ethnicity, and gender

demographic segmentation

this refers to dividing the market based on where consumers live or on the concentration of others

geographic segmentation

this refers to dividing the market based on consumer attitudes, interests, and values

psycographic segmentation

this refers to dividing the market based on how people behave toward various products

behavioral segmentation

this refers to dividing the market based on how customers will use the product

product-use based segmentation

this refers to dividing the market based on the characteristics of customers

customer based segmentation

this is a pattern of sales and profits that typically changes over time

product life cycle

what are the four types of classification of consumer goods?

convenience goods, shopping goods, specialty goods, and unsought goods

what is the plan for delivering the right product to the right person at the right place at the right time?

distribution strategy

what are the three parts of the distribution strategy? (important! McGowan said this would be on the test)

intensive, selective, and exclusive distribution

What is intensive distribution?

you can get it anywhere (placing your product in as many stores as possible)

What is selective distribution?

putting it in certain stores (preferred retailers)

What is exclusive distribution?

you can only get it at one or two places (exclusive)

is pricing stable?

no

_______ is that which is given up in an exchange to acquire a good or service

price

______ is the easiest part of the marketing mix to move

Price

what are the three pricing strategies?

building profitability, matching the competition, and creating prestige

distribution brings ______ to the consumer

utility

What does STP stand for?

Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning

What is segmentation?

to break the ENTIRE market up into meaningful
segments

What is targeting?

To pick the segment or segments to attack

What is positioning?

Taking your marketing mix and adjusting the 4 p's (product, price, promotion, and place)