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a series directed at designing, producing, marketing,delivering,and servicing any
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involves the activity that turns raw materials into a product and put it in the hands of the consumer
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the management of flows among firms in a supply chain, includes actual movement of good and sharing of information, goals is to maximize profitability
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| Supply Chain management: Partners |
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when a company contracts a specialists to service their supply chain
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supply products necessary to create a product or goods
*raw material, components parts
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link the company to the customer
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moves the product from the producer to the end user
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| The importance of distribution: Direct channel |
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involves a producer and customer
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| The importance of distribution: indirect Channel |
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involves one or more intermediaries
-Firms and individuals that help move product to consumer or business user
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| Functions of the distribution Channels |
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ease the flow of goods from puducer to consumer
provide utility
provide logistics functions of the product
create efficiencies
Make purchase easier
manage risk
perform communication and transaction functions-help to share info.
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Provides time, place and ownership utility
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| Functions of DC: Create efficiencies |
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by reducing the number of
-breaking bulk-they purchase large quantities and sell them one or few at a time
-Creating Assortments- or more product variations
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Radical changes in the distribution strategies
-Disintermediation-elimination of traditional intermediaries
-Knowledge management-sharing info. with other supply chain members.
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| Wholesaling intermediaries |
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handle the flow of products from the manufacturer to the retailer.
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| Independent Intermediaries |
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Channel intermediaries that are not controlled by any manufacturer but instead do business with many different manufacturers and customers.
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| Independent Intermediaries:Merchant Wholesalers |
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buy goods from manufacturers and sell to retailers and other B2B customers
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| Full Service Merchant Wholesalers |
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Provides service,delivers, credit,repairs, advertising, and support
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| Limited Merchant Wholesalers |
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Provides fewer more specialized services
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| Types of limited Merchant Wholesalers |
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Cash-n-Carry
truck Jobbers
Drop Shippers
rack Jobbers
Mail Order
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offers low cost merchandise to customers who paying cash and handles on delivery, service customer that are too small for larger wholesalers to notice
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carry products to small business customers
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take the title of the product but not possession
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provide retail with specialty items and own and maintain racks in stores
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| Types of Independent intermediaries |
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Merchant Wholesalers
Merchant Agents/Brokers
Manufacturer-Owned Intermediaries
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| Independent Intermediaries:Merchant Agents/Brokers |
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Manufacturer agent/reps.
Selling agents
Commission Merchants
Merchandise brokers
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independent sales person
Carry several non-competing products
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independent marketing department
whole product line or output
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take possession of products but not title
receive product on consignment
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| Independent Intermediaries:Manufacturer Owned- Intermediaries |
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Sales branches
Sales offices
Manufacturer show rooms
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carry inventory and offers sales and service
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offers selling functions but do not carry inventory
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product are permanently displayed here
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| Types of Distribution Channels |
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Consumer Channels
Business to Business Channels
Dual Distribution System
Hybrid Marketing System
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| Consumer Channel: Direct Channel |
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Simplest channel
Lowers costs
When the producer handles distribution it maintains control over pricing, service and delivery all the elements of the transaction
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| Consumer Channel: indirect Channel |
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Consumers are familiar with certain retailers or intermediaries
Intermediaries also helps create utility, and transaction efficiencies
* Producer-Retailer-Consumer
-shortest indirect channel
*Producer-Wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer is the most common form of indirect channel
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facilitate the flow of product production to an organization or business customer direct or indirect
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a company interacts with more than one type of channels
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| Steps in Distribution Planning |
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Develop Distribution objectives
Evaluate environmental influences
Choose a distribution strategy
Develop Distribution tactics
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| Develop distribution objectives |
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influenced by costs, company nature, products, intermediaries environment
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| Evaluate environmental influences |
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looking at the internal and external environment. Consider ability to handle distribution and how competitors distribute. What intermediaries are available.
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| Choose a distribution strategy |
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Channel relationships
Conventional Marketing System
Vertical Marketing system
Horizontal Marketing System
Distribution Intensity
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| Conventional Marketing System |
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members work independently.
-not very common today
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| Vertical Marketing System (VMS) |
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formal cooperation amongst channel members. Members are unified systems working together.
-administered VMS
-corporate VMS
-Contractual VMS
-Retailer Cooperative
-Franchise Organization
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dominate member lead the channel. Could be an manufacturer or retailer
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The company own production and distribution
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Individual companies join through contracts
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a group of retailers who establish a wholesaling operations to enable them to compete against larger companies
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franchiser is linking stages in the product distribution process.
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| Horizontal Marketing System |
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two or more companies at the same channel level agree to work together to get the product to the consumer is their goal
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| Distribution Intensity:Intensive Distribution |
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Selling through all suitable resellers ex. milk, pop
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| Distribution Intensity:Exclusive Distribution |
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often selling through a single outlet in a region
ex. piano
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| Distribution Intensity:Selective Distribution |
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fewer outlets than intensive, but more than exclusive.
ex. electronics
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| Develop distribution tactics |
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Selecting Channel Partners
Managing the Channel
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| Selecting Channel Partners |
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very important these are long term commitments.
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Channel Leader/captain -dominate company who controls the channel able to do this because of some type of power
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Economic-controls resources
Legitimate- Has legal authority
Reward/Coercive-company use exclusive distribution and can give or take profitable products.
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affects pricing, product and its positioning
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the process relating to the movement of products through the supply chain
designing, managing, and improving the movement of products
-purchasing
-manufacturers
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-transport
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activities that move product for manufacturers to final customers
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Order Processing
Warehousing
Material handling
Transportation
Inventory Control
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activities between receiving an order and shipping a product
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a company rent a portion of a warehouse
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hold of product for a short period of time
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moving a product into, within, out of warehouses
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how we move product among channel members
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Railroads, Water,Trucks,Air,Pipelines,Internet,
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| Intermodial modes of transportation |
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a combination of modes
-Fishyback
-Piggyback
-trainship
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carry heavier and bulkier items longer distant
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carry large products especially international
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short hauls offering flexibility in location
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high value low bulk items.
fastest and most expensive form of transportation
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carry petroleum and other chemicals
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water and trucks combined
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Trucks and railroads combined
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Water and railroads combined
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Activities to ensure that goods are always available to meet customer demands
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| Types of Inventory Control system |
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Just in time (JIT)
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Product tags with tiny chips containing information about the items content, origin, and destination
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Inventory management and purchasing processes that manufacturers and resellers use to reduce inventory to very low levels and ensure that deliveries from suppliers arrive only when needed.
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