Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards
value delivery network
network composed of the company, suppliers, distributors, and ultimately customers who partner with each other to improve the performance of the entire system in delivering customer value
marketing (distribution) channel
a set of interdependent organizations that help make a product or service available for use or consumption by the consumer or business user
key functions performed by marketing channel members (distributors) (8)
5 help to complete transactions
information - gathering & distribution to relevant parties
promotion - develop & spread persuasive communication
contact - find & communicate with buyers
matching - shape offers to meet buyer’s needs
negotiation - reach agreement on price, other terms
3 help fulfill completed transactions
physical distribution - transportation & storage
financing - covering costs of channel work
risk taking - assuming risk of carrying out channel work
channel level
a layer of intermediaries that performs some work in bringing the product and its ownership closer to the final buyer
direct marketing channel
a marketing channel that has no intermediary levels
indirect marketing channel
a marketing channel containing one or more intermediary levels
types of flows in the marketing channel (5)
physical flow of products flow of ownership payment flow information flow promotion flow
channel conflict
disagreements among marketing channel members on goals, roles, and rewards (who should do what and for what rewards)
horizontal conflict
occurs among firms at the same level of the channel
vertical conflict
conflict between different levels of the same channel
more common than horizontal conflict
conventional distribution channels
a channel consisting of one or more independent producers, wholesalers, and retailers, each a separate business seeking to maximize its own profits, perhaps even at the expense of profits for the system as a whole
vertical marketing system
a channel structure in which producers, wholesalers, and retailers act as a unified system; one channel member owns the others, has contacts with them, or has so much power that they all cooperate
corporate VMS
a vertical marketing system that combines successive stages of production and distribution under single ownership; channel leadership is established through common ownership
contractual VMS
a vertical marketing system in which independent firms at different levels of production and distribution join together through contracts
franchise organization
a contractual VMS in which a channel member, called a franchisor, links several stages in the production distribution process