Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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The utilization of mass production techniques to create products based on individual customer demand

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Mass customization

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2
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Changes in color, styling, fabrication, silhouette, & performance to reflect fashion trends

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Fashion change

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3
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Demand for change in styling and/or materials related to the calendar year

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Seasonal change

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4
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Essential character of a product/service; perceived level of value

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Quality

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5
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Essential characteristics that are perceived as contributing to quality

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Quality features

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6
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Composite of intrinsic and extrinsic cues to quality

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Perceived quality

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7
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Product characteristics created during product manufacturing. Depend on styling, fit, materials, and construction.

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Intrinsic quality

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8
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Innate and essential parts or inherent nature of a garment

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Intrinsic cues

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9
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Indicators of quality originating from outside the product

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Extrinsic cues

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10
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Design and engineering of products for a specific target that will be serviceable, producible, salable and profitable, reaching the marketplace when consumers are ready to buy.

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Product development

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11
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Represents the reputation of a product/product line and/or company that is conveyed to consumers through brand image, word mark, logo, product design and quality, marketing and promotion, distribution of goods, and customer service

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Brand

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12
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Multiple brands offered by one company to increase market share

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Brand portfolio

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13
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A strategic plan for the development of a brand to enable a company to meet its objectives based on characteristics and needs of the target customer and their lifestyle

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Brand strategy

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14
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The sales potential for a particular type of goods; the process of getting buyers and sellers together to exchange ownership of goods

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Market

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15
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A company’s competitive edge such as lower price, superior quality or unique product features

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Differential advantage

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16
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Ability of a firm to control price and quality of products in a market

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Market power

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17
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Contractor who does all the work

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CMT

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18
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Independent contractors hired by a manufacturer to do all or part of a garment

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Jobbers

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19
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Credit agents or financial middlemen that finance suppliers and manufacturers, and assume responsibility for billing and accounts receivables between various members of the supply chain

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Factprs

20
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Services that supply both fabric and product production for a product developer, either domestically or offshore

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Full-package manufacturing

21
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A growth strategy used by firms to expand their product mix in order to capitalize on brand recognition, to increase sales, and enhance profit

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Diversification

22
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Business technology systems that integrate the graphics and information used in the product development cycle with the tools that manage business and manufacturing systems through relational databases and internet interfaces

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PDM/PLM

23
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Based on the manufacturers’ anticipation of consumer demand; manufacturer driven

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Push system, push through

24
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Based on the needs of the consumer; consumer driven

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Pull system or pull through

25
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A specific or unique version of a style; innovative aspect of product development

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Design

26
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Pre-adoption processes involving development of line concepts, creation of new designs, and presentation of merchandise groups for line adoption

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Creative design

27
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Post-adoption processes required to perfect designs into styles and make the styles producible at the desired quality level

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Technical design

28
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A color selected by a product developer or manufacturer to be reproduced alone the production chain

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Color standard

29
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Middle income and some fringe from lower and upper income classes

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Mass market segment

30
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More than one target market

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Multiple-segment

31
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Narrowly defined, very specialized group

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Niche market segment

32
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Expanding sales of current products through advertising and promotion

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Market penetration

33
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Identifying new customers for current products

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Market development

34
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Provide more benefits from product than the competition

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Market positioning

35
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Process of gathering data on consumer preferences

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Market research

36
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Provides information about consumer characteristics and behavior

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Consumer research

37
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Descriptions of potential customers’ demographics and psychographics

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Consumer profiles

38
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Statistics about a given population

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Demographics

39
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Provides information about preferred product design and characteristics

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Product research

40
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Provides information about general market trends

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Market analysis

41
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Interpreting political, economic, social, demographic, and psychographic issues affecting consumers’ motivation to buy

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Environmental scanning

42
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The look and appeal contributing to identity and salability of line, communicated by style features, repetition of color or fabric, coordinate prints

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Line concept

43
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Select trends in fabric, color, texture, silhouette and style details for the target customer

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Line direction

44
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Styles from previous collections that sold well may be included in the new line with modifications made in styling details, color or fabrication

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Bodies

45
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A tailored item of clothing

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Hard body

46
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A clothing item that is not tailored

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Soft body