ID Exam 1 Review Flashcards
Consumer Channel Design
Manufacturer -> Wholesaler -> retailer -> consumer
Industrial Channel Design
Manufacturer -> Master distributor -> Distributor -> End user
Manufacturers of Industrial channels don’t sell directly to end user because:
- They’re Set up in EVERY market area to sell
– Very expensive to establish and maintain
– Large volume must be sold in this method to be profitable
– Efficiency is essential to reach a profit
Types of End users
-OEM
-MRO/ Facilities
-Contractors
Required Services have three components of Customer Value:
-Form
-Place
-Time
Distribution consists of three components:
-Knowledge
-Logistics
-Financing
Types of Knowledge
- Product Knowledge
– Specifications - Product Application
- Vendor Knowledge
- Customer Knowledge
- Financing Knowledge
- Logistical Knowledge
Types of Financing
- Traditional Lending
- Consignment
- Extending Credit
Components of Logistics
*Wait time
* Delivery time
* Local delivery
* Reverse Logistics
* Breaking bulk
* Packaging
* Assortment
* Local Access
* Purchase time
Customer Value
The greater the difference between the service outputs of the manufacturer and the requirements of the consumer, the more likely intermediaries will be used
Levels of Distribution
Exclusive -> Selective -> Intensive
Supple Chain Management
A management system that coordinates and integrates all the activities performed by supply chain members into a seamless
process, from the source to the point of
consumption, resulting in enhanced
customer and economic value.
Why is a supply chain needed?
– Inadequate finances for necessary functions
– Customers’ desire for product assortment
– Better rate of return on core business (Outsourcing)
– Contact “efficiency
Five Basic Functions Involved in Moving a Product from Manufacturer
to the Final End User:
– Selling - Providing technical and market information to those who
specify, purchase, manufacture, or install industrial products.
Understanding the customer’s business to be able to solve problems.
– Maintaining a local inventory of products on the shelf for immediate
delivery or pickup.
– Extending credit to industrial customers
– Providing transportation to the user’s location
– Servicing products after they have been sold and sometimes even
after they have been installed.
Why Distributors Have Channel Power
- Economics of providing distribution functions
- Distributors leverage customer and manufacturer relationships:
- Distributors provide value-added services
Major trends benefiting distributors
*Increasing value of information: Distributors have
information about demand, usage trends, production
capacities, etc.
* Move towards mass customization: Product
personalization is the key to winning business & the
distributor plays a very important role in this.
* Increase use of Just In Time inventory: Products must
be stored close to customers using JIT
* Reductions in number of vendors: Product must be
sold in correct assortments
Manufacturer-Distributor Relations
- Evolving customer expectations are creating new
demands on the distributor, which affect the role of the
manufacturer
– New business models, such as integrated supply
– Alignment of activities for mutual benefit
– Understanding changes in manufacturer’s policies & their impact on the distributor
– Key performance matrices which distributors have of their suppliers and suppliers of their distributors
Future role of Distribution
- Continued channel consolidation and acquisition
- Implementation and benefits of strategic alliances
- Key channel performance metrics
- End-user purchasing strategies
- Implementation and use of technology
Product Based Purchasing
– Buy what can be sold at profit
– Distributor decides what to buy, sales team figures out
to whom it can be sold at a profit
– A little “Old School” but still exists in many channels
Customer Based Purchasing
– Distributor decides to buy based on the requirements of
the customers they are serving
– Tries to provide products at desired service level and
most economical cost