b2b marketing managing services pgdm–b2b–rs–13
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B2B Marketing Managing Services PGDM–B2B–RS–13. Amarnath Krishnaswamy. Plan for this Session. Managing Innovation Management of Innovation Innovation & Technology Innovation & the Development of New Products Quality Function Deployment Managing Business Services Role & Importance - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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B2B Marketing
Managing Services
PGDM–B2B–RS–13
Amarnath Krishnaswamy
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Plan for this Session
• Managing Innovation– Management of Innovation– Innovation & Technology– Innovation & the Development of New Products
• Quality Function Deployment
• Managing Business Services– Role & Importance– Buying Services– The Marketing Mix
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Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
• QFD – for identifying:• The attributes the customer wants in the product • Establish link between these attributes and the
product design
• Process involves understanding, and then marrying:• The Voice of the Customer• The Voice of the Engineer
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Voice of the Customer
• Identify customer needs
– The benefits the product should deliver
– Necessary to identify, and focus, on the main ones
– Relatively easy to do if the market is homogenous
– Weight each attribute: enables QFD to balance it with cost
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Voice of the Engineer
• Translate customer needs into product design
• Put onto a matrix against what the customer wants, and compared with competition
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QFD Matrix
WeightProd. Attr.
1
Prod. Attr.
2
Rating
1 2 3 4 5
Cust. Attr. 1
Cust. Attr. 2
Cust. Attr. 3
Cust. Attr. 4
Cust. Attr. 5
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New Product Success / Failure - Factors
Success• Product Uniqueness / Superiority• Market Knowledge• Marketing Proficiency• Technical & Production Proficiency
Failure• Price, with no economic benefit• Obsolete in terms of what’s available• Customers satisfied with existing product
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Can’t forget the law!
Wood’s First Law Of Procrastination
NOW is the time to do things later!
Wood’s Second Law Of Procrastination
Procrastinate today! (Tomorrow may be too late.)
Wood’s Third Law Of ProcrastinationNever put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow!
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Managing Business Services
Look at the following products:
1. Water purifier
2. UPS
3. Computer network in an organization
What is common to all of them?
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Business Services – Role & Importance
• In India, “Services” sector has grown – 1990-91 44% of GDP– 2000-01 53% of GDP– 2007-08 63% of GDP
• 2006-07 11% growth in “Services” vs. 9% in GDP
• Employment – “Services” 34%, second only to “Agriculture”
(52%)
• Growth in other sectors (Manufacturing, Agriculture, etc) will spur growth in “Services”
• New “Services”
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Services – Broad Categories
• Products supported by Services– Repairs & Maintenance– Training on use of Equipment / Services– Distribution & Delivery
• Pure Services– Consulting– Banking– Training– Recruitment
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Defining Services - Services vs. Products
Services Products
Intangible Tangible1.
2. “Consumed” when produced
Lag between “Production” & “Consumption
Can be storedCan’t be stored3.
4. StandardizedHighly variable
5. Buyers are not owners
Buyers are owners
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Buying Services
• Services are mostly – Intangible– Non-standard
Hence more difficult to evaluate.• Important for the service provider to look at:
1. Attributes that are important to the buying segment
2. Variance of these attributes amongst buyers in the segment
3. How all service providers rate on these attributes
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Services - Attributes
• Types of attributes vary from objective to highly subjective
• Attributes can broadly be classified as:– People related– Equipment related
• Examples of industries and the attributes they look for are:
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Services – Importance of Attributes
Extent To Which Equipment (Facility)-Related Attributes Form Part Of The Service Package
Extent To Which People-Related Attributes Form Part Of The Service Package
High Medium Low
HighRented storage, Conferences in hotels
Airline, Car rentals
Data mining & analysis services
MediumSeminars Maintenance
contracts, AV rentals
Freight movement, waste disposal
LowBanking, Consulting, Advertising
Equipment repairs,
Newspaper clipping
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Services – Selection
• Prime factor, besides “Cost”, is “Perceived Quality”
• Selection can be looked at on:
– Determinant Attributes
Differences between suppliers apparent enough for customer to decide
– Minimizing Risk
Differences in attributes enough, so customer minimizes risk (Market reputation etc)
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Services – Quality
• “Quality” has 3 components:
– Corporate Image• Most vague!
– Technical Quality (What the customer gets)• Can be measured• Rational
– Functional Quality (How the customer is served)• Difficult to measure objectively (compared to
“Technical”)
• Weights decided by the customer
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Services – Marketing Mix
Involves
1. Identifying Market Segments • Service segments are usually narrower• Focus on what buyers expect vs. what they need
2. Development of the Service Package• Defining customer benefits• Articulating the benefits• Service specifications• Defining employee roles
3. Pricing
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Service Package
Translated into
Level 1 Buyer Benefit Benefits sought by Buyer
Level 2 Service Benefits offered by Seller
Level 3 Service Specs What the Seller will deliver
Delivery to Buyer Service + Processes + PeopleLevel 4
At time of “delivery”, make sure “physical evidence is available!
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Pricing the Service Package
• Unique nature of “Services” creates opportunities and problems
• Pricing depends on many factors”– Demand:
• Difficult to forecast.
• What ‘capacity’ does one plan for?
• What does one do with “idle” capacity?
– Bundling• Pure
• Mixed
– New Business• Cross selling
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Promoting Services
• Communicating through employees– Front line assets
• Word of mouth
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Services - Distribution
• Direct
• Intermediaries
• Franchising
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Services - Failure
• Reasons for failure arise from:
– Wrong segmentation
– Wrong choice of “Marketing Mix”
• Defining buyer benefits and matching it with the “service”
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A bonus?
Table A Resolution
1. Place it for discussion … &
2. Remove it from discussion!
Bag Of Snakes
A business situation with many unexpected problems
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Moving Forward
Next Session: PGDM-RS-14
Date: Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
Subject: Managing Channels
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