Suyash purchases three bottles of cold drink from a shop after becoming thirsty in the desert. The cold drink had been developed based on analyzing customer needs and preferences. On the bottle were details about contents, flavor, size, and price. The document discusses various cases related to marketing functions like exchange, management philosophies, identifying customer needs, and distribution channels.
Suyash purchases three bottles of cold drink from a shop after becoming thirsty in the desert. The cold drink had been developed based on analyzing customer needs and preferences. On the bottle were details about contents, flavor, size, and price. The document discusses various cases related to marketing functions like exchange, management philosophies, identifying customer needs, and distribution channels.
Suyash purchases three bottles of cold drink from a shop after becoming thirsty in the desert. The cold drink had been developed based on analyzing customer needs and preferences. On the bottle were details about contents, flavor, size, and price. The document discusses various cases related to marketing functions like exchange, management philosophies, identifying customer needs, and distribution channels.
Suyash purchases three bottles of cold drink from a shop after becoming thirsty in the desert. The cold drink had been developed based on analyzing customer needs and preferences. On the bottle were details about contents, flavor, size, and price. The document discusses various cases related to marketing functions like exchange, management philosophies, identifying customer needs, and distribution channels.
1.Suyash is very thirsty. He is in the middle of a desert. Soon he finds a cold drinks’ shop. He goes and purchases three bottles and drinks them to satisfy his thirst. After drinking the cold drink he realises that it has been developed after analyzing the needs and preferences of the potential customers. On observing the outer side of the bottle he finds details like contents, flavour, size, prize, etc.
1. What is ‘Cold Drink’ and ‘Thirst’ here in relation to each
other? 2. Identify one feature of marketing which has been highlighted here? 3. How is cold drink a good market offer here?
2.Identify the true exchange mechanisms in the following
cases:
1. Rajeev was a hardworking stationery shop keeper. One day
when he was standing in front of the mirror he took money from one of his pockets and took out a pen from the other. He allocated ?100 for the pen and decided to keep the pen for his personal use. In the coming days he utilized the pen properly and was satisfied with if. 2. Kiran was a book seller. One day she was selling books. She approached a person who was sitting on a pavement. She offered her a book and found that he was not having enough money to pay. So she willingly gave her the book without taking money..
3Identify the marketing management philosophy involved in the
following cases:
1. Geetika scooters are the leading manufacturers of scooters
in the industry. They have the first mover advantage in the industry. When they started manufacturing scooters no other company was doing it. They manufacture scooters and the middle class purchases them in a high number. With each passing year the number of scooters sold is increasing. The company’s main concern usually is to produce maximum number of scooters. Company’s profit is governed by the maximum number of scooters they produce. 2. Aman microwaves produce microwaves but they do not try to understand the needs of the customers. Their main focus is always on the quality of the product but never on customer requirement. They try’ to include as many features as possible in their product. This year they have added a special type of alarm in their product which is a unique feature. The alarm is available in ten varieties. However, the customers say that the product is not of much use to them as it consumes a lot of electricity. 3. Ravi coolers is a very progressive company. The owners of the company feel that unless and until they contribute to society it is worthless to exist as a company. In a recent move by the government the organisation has decided to help it. The organisation will be making five teams of hired environmentalists from foreign countries. This team will help the local people clean the portions of a polluted river in the country. The costs of this project will be borne by the company. 4. Rajesh is a manager in a company. His main area of focus is to generate revenue for the company through repeated sales. He decides to develop a product for the company which can generate revenue in the long run. For this he meets a team of R&D (Research & Development) of his company. After a long meeting they decide to do survey. Based on the survey a product is made to fulfill needs pf the customers. The product later produces a lot of revenue through repeated sales in the long run.
4. A garment manufacturing company has decided to identify
the needs of the customers to start successful marketing of the garments produced by it and for this the company is doing SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat Analysis). The company is pursuing its objectives with full efforts. It has decided to make a blueprint for the amount of production it will do, the efforts behind promotion it will put and all other major actions it will undertake to achieve its objectives. However, the company has one weak area which it would like to improve. The physical movement for its prepared garments was not proper last year and the company wants to ensure it is done properly this year. For this thing to be done properly it has created a separate department. Hope the company does better in future. Which functions of marketing have been highlighted in the above case? 5.Amav is a distributer of tea to far off places. He has opened a company which deals in tea selling. He has categorized his tea to be sold into three categories: Green, Yellow and Red. His brother Ramesh on the other hand is running a mobile manufacturing company. His company strictly produces mobile according to the pre¬determined specifications. The mobiles of each variety are of same size, looks and performance.
1. In the above case which function of marketing has been
highlighted? 2. Name the four advantages of the above highlighted function.
6.A company wants to increase the sales of its products. To do