Exam 3 - Chapter 15 Flashcards
Product Attributes
complex/expensive or standardized? durable or fragile?
Intensive Distribution
uses all available outlets to distribute a product convenience products multiple channels used ex: soda/candy
an agreement whereby the products of one organization are distributed through the marketing channels of another not competitors but similar markets instead
Strategic Channel Alliance
the inventory level that signals the need to place a new order
Reorder Point
organizational and system-wide coordination of operations and partnerships to meet customers’ product needs
Operation Management
the movement of products from where they are made to intermediaries and end users most expensive physical distribution function
Transportation
complex/expensive or standardized? durable or fragile?
Product Attributes
Exclusive Distribution
uses a single outlet in a fairly large geographic area to distribute a product for products purchased infrequently/consumed over a long period of time ex: cars
Form Utility
(sometimes) formed by assembling, preparing, or otherwise refining the product to suit customer needs ex: tailoring a suit, food in restaurant
Customer Characteristics
business or consumer market?
Industrial Distributor
an independent business organization that takes title to industrial products and carries inventories
uses a single outlet in a fairly large geographic area to distribute a product for products purchased infrequently/consumed over a long period of time ex: cars
Exclusive Distribution
storage space and related physical distribution facilities that can be leased by companies
Public Warehouses
wholesalers take possession of products but agent do not
Manufacturer’s Agents vs. Wholesalers
Selecting Marketing Channels
based on one of more of 6 characteristics: 1) customer characteristics 2) product attributes 3) type of organization 4) competition 5) marketing environmental forces 6) characteristics of intermediaries
the decisions and activities that make products available to customers when and where they want to purchase them
Distribution
Key Supply Chain Management Concepts
1) raw materials 2) components 3) manufacturer 4) (wholesaler) 5) retailer 6) consumer *back and forth/upstream and downstream
Warehousing
the design and operation of facilities for storing and moving goods creates time utility/stabilizes prices and availability of seasonal items
Channel Power
the ability of one channel member to influence another channel member’s goal achievement
very important if each member is to gain something enable retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, and logistics providers to speed up inventory replenishment, improve service, cut costs same vertical goal
Channel Cooperation
Channel Cooperation
very important if each member is to gain something enable retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, and logistics providers to speed up inventory replenishment, improve service, cut costs same vertical goal
Strategic Channel Alliance
an agreement whereby the products of one organization are distributed through the marketing channels of another not competitors but similar markets instead
the ability of one channel member to influence another channel member’s goal achievement
Channel Power
uses only some available outlets to distribute a product for shopping products image may be important ex: Nike shoes
Selective Distribution
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
a computerized means of integrating order processing with production, inventory, accounting, and transportation
Supply Management
sourcing of necessary resources, products, and services from suppliers to support all supply-chain members
Environmental Forces
technology government regulations trade agreements labor laws/regulations (etc.)
Upstream
producer back to raw materials
Outsourcing
contracting physical distribution tasks to third parties (experts)
a set of approaches used to integrate the functions of operations management, logistics management, supply management, and marketing channel management so products are produces and distributed in the right quantities, the right locations, and at the right time
Supply Chain Management
Downstream
producer to consumer
low or high? retail vs. internet?
Competition
organizations that consolidate shipments from several firms into efficient lot sizes
Freight Forwarders
the extra inventory a firm keeps
Safety Stock
based on one of more of 6 characteristics: 1) customer characteristics 2) product attributes 3) type of organization 4) competition 5) marketing environmental forces 6) characteristics of intermediaries
Selecting Marketing Channels
4 Types of Marketing Channel Uses
time, place, possession, and form
1) raw materials 2) components 3) manufacturer 4) (wholesaler) 5) retailer 6) consumer *back and forth/upstream and downstream
Key Supply Chain Management Concepts
producer back to raw materials
Upstream
Megacarriers
freight transportation firms that provide several modes of shipment
Information Technology
created almost seamless distribution processes, reduced costs, increased speed/flexibility/cooperation
Distribution Centers
large, centralized warehouses that focus on moving rather than storing goods
specialists in facilitating exchange;can reduce cost of exchanges by performing certain services or functions efficiently ***while eliminating wholesaler may lower customer prices, it does not eliminate the need for the services they provide! ***eliminating the middle man does not result in reduced cost
Importance of Intermediaries
most common direct purchases from producer to organizational buyers sometimes agents are used as middle men because lots of organizations do not have their own as part of the company
Channel for Business Products
all the activities associated with the flow and transformation of product from raw materials through to the end consumer
Supply Chain
company-operated facilities for storing and shipping products
Private Warehouses
Just-In-Time
an inventory management approach in which supplies arrive just when needed for production or resale
Strategic Issues in Marketing Channels
competitive priorities channel leaderships/ coordination/conflict channel integration
having products available when the customer wants them ex: movies on demand
Time Utility
Safety Stock
the extra inventory a firm keeps
the average time lapse between placing the order and receiving it
Order Lead Time
Importance of Intermediaries
specialists in facilitating exchange;can reduce cost of exchanges by performing certain services or functions efficiently ***while eliminating wholesaler may lower customer prices, it does not eliminate the need for the services they provide! ***eliminating the middle man does not result in reduced cost