Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Five Product Levels
• Core benefit
• Basic product
• Expected product
• Augmented product
• Potential product
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Product Line Analysis
• Sales and profit analysis
• Market profile
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Product Line Strategies
• LINE STRECHING
• Down Market Stretch
• Up-Market Stretch
• Two-Way Stretch
• LINE FILLING
• LINE MODERNIZATION , FEATURING
• LINE PRUNING
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1
Introduction
To
Product Management
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
A Product Manager’s Potential Interactions
Agency media department
Company media department
Suppliers Media sales reps
Advertis-
Trade Manufactur ing
-ing and agency Media
Suppliers Premium
distribution suppliers
Research Premium
and Promotion screening Store
development services testing Sampling
Couponing
Product Packagin
Legal
manager g
Designers
Purchasin Researchers
Fiscal g
1-6
Product-Focused Structure
Head of
company/division
Marketing Product
Support
Research management
1-7
Adobe Systems Marketing Organization
Product
Sales Corporate
Development
Communications
& Marketing
- Specification
- Cross Product Programs - Channel Promotions - Organize Press Tours - Trade Shows
- Positioning
- Road Shows - Channel Advertising - Press Communications
- Pricing - Seminars - Coop Advertising - Editorial Opportunities
- Spokesperson - Third Party promotions
Internal & External - Events
- Promotions - Creative Services
- Advertising
- Product Strategy
- Product Analysis
- Anything Cross
Functional
- Keep communication
flow going
1-8
GM’s New Organizational Structure
Ron Zarrella
VP & group executive, North American Operations
John Middlebrook Phil Guarascio Roy Roberts John Middlebrook William Lovejoy VP
VP & GM, vehicle VP & GM, advertis- VP & GM, field sales Support staff group & GM, service parts
brand marketing ing & corp. mktg. service & parts directors operations
Regional Regional
Brand services Regional Regional
Brand teams support divisional
managers service parts
manager marketing
manager manager
manager
Marketing area
managers
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Market-Focused Organization
Head of the
company/division
Corporate
Manufacturing Marketing Finance
communications
1-10
Marketing Organization: Regional Bell
Operating Company
Vice president, marketing
Revenue and
Directory products
market forecasting
1-11
Functionally-Focused Organization
Head of the
company/division
Corporate
Manufacturing Marketing Finance
communications
1-12
Marketing Organization: Toy Manufacturer
Vice president,
marketing
Marketing
support
Advertising and
public relations
Publications
Consumer
administration
Merchandising
1-13
Restructuring the Adaptive
Marketing Organization
Chief Marketing Officer
Director, Director,
Director, Director, Director, Creative Multimedia
Research Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Development Production
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Changes Affecting Product Management
• The Web
• Data explosion
• Increased emphasis of brands
• Changes in the balance of market power
• Increased importance of customer retention
programs
• Increased global competition
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