LP Analysis - Product Mix Problem: 2 products‚ 2 constraints I Observations about initial solution: 1. Max OF = $15‚263.16 2. Optimal Soln: X1 = 2894.74 X2 = 263.16 3. X1 is more than 10 times X2 4. Profit: X1 = $5.00 & X2 = $3.00‚ profit margin of IPODs is 166% larger than DVD’s not 10 times. 5. Conventional approach: product mix is dependent on profit margins. II Observations about constraints 1. LHS = RHS for both constraints‚ no leftover resources. 2. Limitation on resources
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1. What is a marketing research problem‚ and why it is important to define it correctly? Marketing research problem is a situation that one company wants to sell their product to reach a goal. Defining the marketing research problem is the most important step in a research project. This task often is made more difficult because of the tendency of managers to focus on symptoms rather than underlying causes. Only when a problem has been clearly and accurately identified can a research project be
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and Marketing These are terms mistakingly used interchangeably. To explain the difference‚ let us go through the different processes from starting the business to handling the products to the end user and identify which is marketing and whcih is selling. 1) Study the market needs. See what the consumer wants. Marketing 2) Study the market offers. what competitors are currently offering in terms of price‚ location‚ etc. Marketing 3) Brainstorm on the approaches and strategies to be used to satisfy
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Identification of Case Issues Base your issues on theoretical international ethics concepts. As the international marketing manager‚ what are the ethical issues to be considered in this case? Use journals to help give your response depth The report aims at launching the new fair trade chocolate brand - Mars‚ and analysing the current ethical understanding of the Japanese marketing environment. The business viewed the ethical issue which child slavery has created an unethical comparative advantage
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Executive summary By early 1988‚ Augustine Medical executives were actively engaged in finalizing and marketing the program for the patient warming system named Bair Hugger Patient Warming System. The principal question yet to be resolved was how to price this system. Several considerations are required in terms of organizational objectives‚ demand for the product‚ customer value perception‚ buyer price sensitivity‚ the price of competitive offering‚ and direct variable costs. The company has two
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Module 4 SLP ITM435 - Marketing and Marketing Info. Syst 10 July 2011 During this SLP I reviewed the tutorial sections for Distribution Decisions‚ Retailing‚ Wholesaling‚ and Managing Product Movement This tutorial is a great resource for learning the basic fundamentals of marketing. The Distribution Decisions section showed me what the channels of distribution as well as the type of channel members. I then learned the importance of distribution channels and the benefits offered by channel members
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Marketing research is a systematic process of obtaining information to aid in making decisions about the marketing of products and services. It involves the “design‚ collection‚ analysis and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation.” (Kotler and Armstrong‚ 2006) According to Drucker (1974)‚ the aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him and sells itself." To this end‚ the function of marketing research is to supply
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Key issues: 1. Whether or not to invest heavily in market research How important is it to understand these weaknesses? Critical‚ because there has been a sales slump in some of the best performing restaurants. Though the present sales slump of 6% per store only works out to overall loss in sales of around 2%‚ if it continues‚ it can result in more significant losses for the company. Is speaking to customers one on one enough to understand the situation? Doubtful‚ because the slump seems
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(1)What is marketing? According to Philip Kotler‚ “Marketing is human activity directed at satisfying needs and wants through exchange process”. There are many definitions of marketing but one of the simplest explanations is that: “Marketing is getting the right product or service in the right quantity‚ to the right place‚ at the right time and making profit in the process”. Marketing deals with identifying and understanding your customer and giving them what they want. It’s not just about advertising
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at the three cities are estimated at 30‚ 35 and 25 million KWh. The price per million KWh at the three cities is given in the table below. [pic] During the month of August‚ there is a 20% increase in demand at each of the three cities‚ which can be met by purchasing electricity from another network at a premium rate of $1000 per million kwh. The network is not linked to city 3‚ however. The utility company wishes to determine the most economical plan for the distribution and purchase of additional
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