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Part 2: Understanding Buyers and Markets
Part 2: Understanding Buyers and Markets
Part 2: Understanding Buyers and Markets
5. Consumer Behavior
6. Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketing
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Chapter 6
Business-toBusiness (B2B) Marketing
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Chapter Objectives
1. Explain each of the components of the business-to(B2B) market. 2. Describe the major approaches to segmenting business-to-business (B2B) markets. 3. Identify the major characteristics of the business market and its demand. 4. Discuss the decision to make, buy, or lease 5. Describe the major influences on business buying behavior. 6. Outline the steps in the organizational buying process. 7. Classify organizational buying situations. 8. Explain the buying center concept. 9. Discuss the challenges of and strategies for marketing to government, institutional, and international buyers.
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Like a final consumers, organizations purchase products and services to fill needs Their primary need is meeting the demands of their own customers Business buying decisions: Are more formal Involve complex interactions among many people Must consider the organizations goals
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Business-to-Business Marketing
Consumer-Goods Marketing
Product
Relatively technical in nature, exact form often variable, accompanying services very important Competitive bidding for unique items, list prices for standard items
Emphasis on personal selling
Standardized form, service important but less than for business products List prices
Emphasis on advertising
Price
Promotion
Distribution
Relatively short, direct channels to market Product passes through a number of intermediate links en route to consumer
Relatively enduring and complex Comparatively infrequent contact, relationship of relatively short duration Individual or household unit makes decision
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Components of the Business Market Commercial Market: Individuals and firms that acquire goods and services to support, directly or indirectly, production of other goods and services Trade Industries: Retailers and wholesalers who purchase goods for resale to others. Reseller: often used to describe the wholesalers and retailers that operate in the trade sector
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Government Organizations: Include domestic units of federal, state, local and foreign governments Institutions: includes a wide variety of organizations, both public and private, such as hospitals, churches, universities, museums, and not-for-profit agencies.
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B2B Market The Internet Connection Internet plays an important role in B2B marketing 90 percent of all Internet sales are B2B transactions Differences in Foreign Business Markets Must be willing to adapt to local customs and business practices
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North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS): classification used by NAFTA to categorize the B2B marketplace into details that market segments -- -replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System
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Segmentation by End-Use Application: segmenting a business-to-business market based on how industrial purchasers will use the product
Segmentation by Purchase Categories Centers on the purchasing situation Organizations may use complicated purchasing procedures Firms also structure their purchasing functions in specific ways (e.g. centralized purchasing departments)
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Sizes and Numbers of Buyers Business market features a limited number of buyers Use statistical information to estimate the size and characteristics of business markets is available Federal government is largest single source of such statistics
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The Purchase Decision Process Businesses must understand the dynamics of the organizational purchasing process B2B suppliers often must work with multiple buyers Decision-makers at several layers may influence final orders Process is more formal and professional than with consumers
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Buyer-Seller Relationships More intense than consumer relationships Require better communication among the organizations personnel Primary goal of B2B relationships is to provide advantages that no other seller can, for instance: Lower-prices Quicker delivery Better quality and reliability Customized product features More favorable financing terms
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Evaluating International Business Markets Business purchasing patterns often differ from one country to the next Companies must weigh quantitative and qualitative data Global sourcing: purchasing goods and services from suppliers worldwide
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Derived Demand: demand for a resource that results from demand for the goods and services that are produced by that resource Volatile Demand: changes in demand that are disproportionate to normal trends Joint Demand: demand for a product that depends on the demand for another product used in combination with it Inelastic Demand: demand that, throughout an industry, will not change significantly due to a price change. Inventory Adjustments: Just-in-time inventory policies (JIT & JIT II)
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The Rise of Outsourcing Using outside vendors to produce goods and services formerly produced in-house Outsourcing May be cost effective Allows a firm to obtain specialized technological expertise Frees up the company to focus on its core competencies
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Problems with Outsourcing Many companies discover their cost savings to be less than half the figure promised by vendors May require signing a multiyear contract that eliminates most or all benefits in a year or two Potential internal security problems Potential problems with suppliers who fail to deliver goods probably or provide required services Possible union difficulties Risk of losing touch with customers
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The Role of the Professional Buyer Professional buyer (merchandisers): technically qualified employees who are responsible for securing needed products at the best possible prices Systems integration: Centralization of the procurement function within an internal division or as a service of an external supplier Category Captain
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Classifying Business Buying Situations Straight Rebuying Recurring purchase decision in which a customer repurchases a good or service that has performed satisfactorily in the past Modified Rebuying Purchase decision in which a purchaser is willing to reevaluate available options for repurchasing a good or service
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New-Task Buying First-time or unique purchase situation that requires considerable effort by the decision Makers Reciprocity Policy to extend purchasing preference to suppliers that are also customers
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Analysis Tools Value analysis: systematic study of the components of a purchase to determine the most cost-effective ways to acquire items Vendor analysis: assessment of supplier performance in areas such as price, back orders, timely delivery, and attention to special requests
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International Buying Centers Differentiated from domestic buying centers since: Their members are often more difficult to identify May include more participants than buying centers in U.S. firms
Team selling Introducing other associates in addition to salespeople into selling situations to reach all members of a customers buying center
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Challenges of Institutional Markets Widely diverse buying practices Multiple buying influences may affect decisions Group purchasing is an important factor Challenges of International Markets Widely diverse attitudes and cultural patterns Local industries, economic conditions, geographic characteristics and legal restrictions also must be considered Remanufacturing: production to restore worn-out products to like new condition
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