In order to obtain long-term profitability, companies must create and sustain a strong competitive advantage. In the quest for creating competitive advantage, companies struggle to build unique capabilities and to acquire the means to protect these capabilities. Consider the purchase of a Pepsi can. In the local supermarket the consumer considers buying the drink as part of a 6-pack for the smallest price available.
However, the same consumer may pay even 50% more for a single can of Pepsi sold from a local vending machine on a hot day. This price premium is not due to a better or different product, but to a more convenient means of obtaining it. Basically, the customer values the fact that he is not forced to remember buying the 6-pack, store it or lag a can the entire day until he is thirsty and figure out how to keep it chilled.
For sustaining this type of competitive advantage, companies create external linkages with customers, channel partners or even competitors (Dyer&Singh, 1998).
Creating linkages in the marketplace makes consumers unwilling or unable to switch to competitors, thus preserving competitive advantage. The general consensus is that only companies with a strong marketing orientation are capable of creating such linkages (Kirca et al. 2005). A company has a strong marketing orientation if it has mastered the art of listening to consumers, provides a better fulfillment of their needs than competitors and cares for customer satisfaction (Hedaa&Ritter, 2005).
- working with working staff to set up strategies, models and frameworks. - Setting client administration measures & assuring that the current standards satisfy the customers & helps retaining them. • Coordinating with the workers themselves can help effectively in setting appropriate models for the procedures & systems because they are the ones who interact directly with raw materials and producing the products, so they would know better if anything in manufacturing needs improvement or so. • It is important to satisfy the current customers in different possible ways in order to retain them which eventually leads in attracting more customers as well.
According to Barney (1991), a firm can be said to possess competitive advantage when it achieves superior performance over its competitors by implementing a value-creating strategy that is not simultaneously being implemented by a competitor. TJ is Barney differentiates simple competitive advantage from sustainable competitive advantage, which is more durable because existing or future competitors cannot duplicate the benefits of the company’s strategy. Recommendations and
The availability of a Nestlé product over an Ice-Fili product is 2:1. To sustain competitive advantage and lead over Nestlé, it is important for Ice-Fili to build distinctive relationships with the distributors, especially Eskimo-Fili and Service Fili to increase its products availability in the impulse segment. It is also potential for Ice-Fili to set up its own independent distribution channels, acquire or invest into a local distribution company such as Service-Fili. The benefits of having lower delivery costs and distinctive access to potential selling points would outweigh the corresponding costs. However, it is only advisable if Ice-Fili has the financial strength to do so (e.g. issuing public bonds to raise capital as part of its financial
• Rivals face high exit barriers Very High Potential Entrant Pressure • High entry barriers • Strong product differentiation • Menus change constantly with
QUESTION NO: 1 Contrast Coke and McDonald’s global branding strategies. How are they similar and how are they different? Why are they so well-respected?
Company Description Nike believes diversity and inclusion drives innovation that lead to a competitive advantage. Nike has a broad base of suppliers that actively and significantly support their business requirements. Nike’s Global Procurement team manages the procurement process, including selecting and contracting with the right suppliers for the right goods and services. They have also begun to reduce Nike 's footprint and lessen their impact.
PEPSICO (Pakistan) Business Policy Final Term Project Submitted to: Professor Fareedy Date: 29/06/2015 Submitted by: Zain Anjum 13P01410 MBA II SEC A LAHORE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Thanks to my respected professors, parents and friends who always supported me throughout tough times.
Political Analysis and Factors The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regards non-alcoholic beverages such as Coca Cola as within the food category. The government regulates the manufacturing procedure of these products. Companies that fail to meet the government 's standards are subject to fines. Coca Cola is also subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act and to local, state, federal, and foreign environmental regulation.
a. The product and production orientation of marketing asserted that a company should first develop product and then they should scan the market for sale opportunities. Now days in the modern world the market have changes. The process orientation of marketing requires a company to first to analyse the market, understand customer requirement and then develop products. In todays world, the modern marketing is based on the reverse process, in which the first the customer needs and demands are identified. The subsequent market program of the firm depends on how the market identifies the potential customer, profiles them, target them and positions his offering in the minds of customer.
This aims at developing a deeper consumer desire for the brand, thus giving people more reason to purchase Coke- Cola products instead of competing brands. This is the essence of differentiation. Coca-Cola having an 'action orientation', instead of waiting for change to happen it is at the leading edge, driving action forward. This product differentiation strategy has created global value, brand loyalty, non-price competitor as well as no perceived
3.1 Explain how products are developed to sustain competitive advantage There are three levels of coca cola’s products. They are core product, actual product and augmented product. Core product Coca cola’s products are high quality standards for the customer.
Nike is the leading and renowned world supplier of athletic apparel and shoes. The brand is in control of over 47% of the market for athletic shoes. The company begun way back in 1962 and it was founded by Phil Knight and Bill Bower. It was originally known as Blue Ribbon Support and only in 1978 did it change its name to the worldwide recognized brand, Nike. Nike provides its products to more than 100 countries throughout the world.
Department: Medienmanagement Program: Media and Communication Management Course: Market-oriented Management Red Bull – Corporate Culture Jan Widow Matrikelnummer: M-33504 Supervisor: Mr. Badr SS 2015 This Project Thesis was submitted to the Macromedia University of applied Science in Munich on the Management Summary: This is the Project Thesis of Jan Widow, for the course Market-oriented Management. The task was to carry out an analysis and/or conception of market-oriented management for the company Red Bull. I chose to present the corporate culture of Red Bull. The methods used were mainly Websites and Scientific Literature.
Provide good customer service where customers are contacted, when a boat is purchase and a customer care call even having a boat over a period of time. 3. The constant innovation and patenting so customers can get better product each year, because in the marketing industries parts can be copied
Running Head: PEPSI COLA COMPANY 1 PEPSI COLA COMPANY 16 Strategic Plan of Pepsi Cola Company Jacqueline C. Tuncap American Military University BUSN 620: Strategic Management September 25, 2016 Executive summary This paper analyzing the Pepsi Cola Company, its strategic plan and the products the company provides. The company is known as one of the top competitors in the market. We will go through and try to understand the separate areas within the company that collectively work together towards creating a successful company.