Chapter 12 Flashcards

1
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Individuals and firms involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by consumers or industrial users

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Marketing Channel

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2
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Any intermediary between manufacturer and end user

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Middleman

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3
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Any intermediary with legal authority to act on behalf of the manufacturer

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Agent or broker

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4
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An intermediary who sells to other intermediaries, usually to retailers; term usually aplies to consumer markets

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Wholesaler

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5
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An intermediary who sells to consumers

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retailer

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6
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An imprecise term, usually used to describe intermediaries who perform a variety of distributive functions

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distributor

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What are the three types of functions marketing channel intermediaries perform?

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Transactional Functions
Logistical Function
Facilitating Function

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8
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Purchasing products for resale or as an agent for supply of a product

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buying

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9
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Contacting potential customers, promoting products, and seeking orders

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selling

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10
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Risk taking

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Assuming business risks in the ownership of inventory that can become obsolete or deteriorate

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11
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Buying, selling, and risktaking are

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transactional functions

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12
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Assorting, Storing, Sorting, Transporting

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logistical functions

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13
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Financiing, grading, arketing info and research

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facilitating function

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14
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What are the four ways intermediaries create value for customers

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time, place, forum, and possession

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15
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having a product or service when you want it

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time utility

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16
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having a product or service available where you want it

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place utility

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17
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making a product more appealing to buyers

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form utilities

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18
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efforts by intermediaries to help buyers take possession of a product or service

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possession utility

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19
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a channel in which the producer and ultimate consumers deal diretly with each other

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direct channel

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20
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a channel in which intermediaries are inserted between the producer and consumer

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indirect channel

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21
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When an indirect channel contains a producer, a retailer, and consumer what is likely to be true?

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most common when a retailer is large and can buy in large quantities from a producer, or when the cost of inventory makes it too expensive to use a wholesaler (toyota)

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22
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If a indirect channel contains a producer, a wholesaler, a retailer and a consumer what is probably true?

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low-cost, low unit value item

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23
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If the chain has an agent wholesaler retailer,

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many small manufacturers and many small retailers

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24
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When are direct channels used for business products?

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When buyers are large and well defined, he sales effort requires extensive negotiations, and the products are of high unit value and require hands-on expertise

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25
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If a marketing channel for business products uses an industrial distributor,

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the industrail distributor performs a variety of marketing channel functions including selling, stocking, delivering, and financing

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26
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emploring the internet to make products and services available for consumption or use by consumers or organizational buyers

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electronic marketing channels

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27
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allowing consumers to buy products by interaction with various advertising media without a face-to face meeting with a salesperson

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direct marketing channels (ll bean)

28
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The blending of different communication and delivery channels that are mutually reinforcing in attracting, retaiinng and building relationships with customers

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multichannel marketing

29
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an arrangement whereby a firm reaches different buyers by using two or more different types of channels for tyhe same basic product (pharmacies

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dual distribution

30
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one firm’s marketing channel being used to sell another firm’s products

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strategic channel alliances

31
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Professionally managed and certrally coordinated marketing channels designed to achieve channel economies and maimum marketing impact

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vertical marketing systems

32
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What are the three major types of vertical marketing systems

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corporate, contractual, administered

33
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The combination of successive stages of production and distribution under a single ownship is called

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corporate vertical marketing system *Ralph Lauren, goodyear, apple

34
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What is a retailer owning a manufacturing operation

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backward integration *Kroger, Tiffany,(

35
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A producer owning intermediary at the next level down in the channel

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forward integration

36
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independent production and distribution firms integrate their efforts on a contractual basis to obtain greater function ecnonmies and mareting impact than they could alone?

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Contractual (Most pop. VMS)

37
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What are the three variations on contractual systems

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Wholesaler-sponsoered voluntary chains, Retailer-sponsored cooperatives, Franchising

38
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A wholesaler that develops a contractual relationship with small, independent retailers to standardize and coordinate buying practices, merchandising programs, and inventory management efforts (IGA, Ben Franklin)

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Whoesaler sponsored voluntray chains

39
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Small, independent retailers form an organization thart operates a wholesale facility cooperately (Co-ops)(Ace Hardware)

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retailer sponsored cooperatives

40
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A contractual arrangement between and parent company and an individual firm that allows the franchisee to operate a certain type of business under an exstablished name and according to swpecific rules

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franchise

41
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What are the four types of franchise agreements?

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Manufacturer-sponsored retail franchise systems, Manufacturer sponsored wwholesale franchise, Service spnonsored retail franchise, Service-sponsored francihse systems

42
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Achieve coordination at successive stages of production and distribution by the size and influence of one channel member rather than through ownership

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Administered vertical marketing system

43
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What are the three levels of density in retail distribution?

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intensive, exclusive, selective

44
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When a firm tries to place aits products or services in as many outlets as possible (Coca-cola)

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intensive

45
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When only one retail outlet in a specific geographical area carris the firm’s products (Gucci)

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Exclusive

46
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When a firm selects a few retail outlets in a specific geographical area to carry its products (Dell)

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selective distributionWhat are the four buyer requiremens?

47
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information conveninence, variety, pre/postsale service

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48
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Arises when one channel member believes another channel member is engaged in behavior that prevent it from achieving its goal

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channel conflict

49
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Occurs between different levels in the marketing channel–between say a manufacturer and wholesaler?

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vertical conflict

50
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What are three sources of vertical conflict?

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disintermediation (buying products direct)
disagreements over how profit margins are distributed amoung channel members,
manufacturers believe whole/retail are not giving products adequate attention

51
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Occurs between intermediaries at the same level in a marketing channel (target vs target)

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horizontal conflict

52
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What are two types of horizontal conflict

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increasing distribution size

Dual distrubution causing different types of retailers to carry product (Goodyear vs sams)

53
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A channel member that coordinates, directs, and supports other channel members

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channel captains

54
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Those activities that focs on getting the right amount of the right products to the right place a the right time at the lowest possible cost

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logistics

55
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The various firms involved in performing th eactiviies required to create and deliver a product or service to consumers or industrial users

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supply chain

56
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A __________ is essentially a sequence of linked suppliers and customers in which every customer is, in turn, a supplier to another customer until a finished product reaches the final consumer.

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supply chain

57
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the integration and organization of information and logistics activities accross firmsin a supply chain for the purpose of creating and delivering products services that provide value to consumers

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supply chain management

58
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What are the three steps to aligning a supply chain with marketing strategy

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understand the customer
understand the supply chain
harmonize the supply chain with the marketing strategy

59
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Expenses associated with transportation, materials handling, and warehousing, inventory, stockouts, order processing, and return products handling

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total logistics costs

60
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The ability of logistics management to satisfy users in terms of time, dependability, communication, and convenience

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customer service

61
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the time between the ordering of an item and when it is received

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order cycle/replenishment time

62
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the time between the ordering of an item and when it is received

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order cycle/replenishment time

63
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quick response and efficient consumer response delivery systems

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meh

64
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An inventory management system whereby the supplier determines the product amount and assortment a customer (such as a retailer) needs and automatically delivers the appropriate items

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vendor managed inventory

65
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A process of reclaiming recyclable and reusable materials, returns, and reworkds from the point of consumption or use for repair, remanufacturing, redistribution, or disposal

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reverse logistics