It is a set of controllable and interrelated variables composed of product, place, price and promotions that a company assembles to satisfy a target group better than its competitor.
Product
being sold through retail channels today.
Product
An item that is built or produced to satisfy the needs of a certain group of people.
Product
It can be intangible or tangible as it can be in the form of services or goods.
Goods
It is a tangible product.
Goods
It’s example includes tires, MP3 players, clothing and etc
Services
Intangible
Services
Its example includes hair salons and accounting firms.
Price
the amount that a customer pays for to enjoy it.
People
responsible for every element of your sales, marketing strategies, and activities.
Packaging
the way your product or service appears from the outside.
Promotion
It creates awareness in the market. It refers to the complete set of activities, which communicate the product, brand or service to the user.
Place
where your product or service is actually sold.
Distributionchannel
It represents the location where the buyer and seller exchange goods or services.
DistributionChannel
It can include any physical store as well as virtual stores or online shops on the Internet.
Consumer goods
may not have thorough knowledge of the goods he buys and uses.
Factors would change in the distribution channel if there will be no Intermediary like producer and Consumer
Nothing will take place, since it has no intermediary levels. In this case the manufacturercannotsell to customers.
Factors would change in the distribution channel if there will be no Intermediary like producer and Consumer
Direct-marketing will take place, since it has no intermediary levels in this case the manufacturer sells directly to customers.
Factors would change in the distribution channel if there will be no Intermediary like producer and Consumer
The company will utilize Technology to reach the customers.
Positioning
the place occupied by products in the heart and minds of the consumers.
4M’s of Production
Machine, Manpower, Method, Materials
Manpower
refers to the humanworkforce involved in the manufacture of products.
Machine
refers to the manufacturingequipment used in the production of goods or delivery of services.
Method
refers to the process or technique of converting raw materials to finished products.
Materials
refers to the raw materials needed in the production of a product.
Output
It represents the final products from the production process and distributed to the customers.
Revenue
a result when sales exceed the cost to produce goods or render the services.
Sales
is used especially when the nature of business is merchandising or retail.
Service Income
used to record revenues earned by rendering services.
Mark up
refers to the amount added to the cost to come up with the selling price.
Formula of Selling Price
Cost + Mark Up
Formula of Mark Up
Cost x desired mark up percentage
Forecast
Is an advance information that could help us prepare and ready for any incoming event.
Profit
refers to the amount you gain after selling your product.
Profit is determined by:
-the money you get from the sales
-the cost of stock – if you're selling a product
-all the expenses you incurred
Sales & Gross profit
Income earned by the business
Business Expenses
Commissions, discounts, fixed expense
Cost
refers to the purchase price of the product including of the product including the total outlay required in producing it.
Gross profit
represents the difference between net sales and cost of sales.
Variable cost
those things that change based on the amount of product being made and are incurred as a direct result of producing the product.