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Analyzing
Business Markets
1
Chapter Questions

What is the business market, and how does
it differ from the consumer market?

What buying situations do organizational
buyers face?

Who participates in the business-to-
business buying process?
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-2
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-3
Chapter Questions

How do business buyers make their
decisions?

How can companies build strong
relationships with business customers?

How do institutional buyers and government
agencies do their buying?
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-4
What is Organizational Buying?
Organizational buying refers to the
decision-making process by which formal
organizations establish the need for
purchased products and services, and
identify, evaluate, and choose among
alternative brands and suppliers.
Top Marketing Challenges

Understanding customer needs in new ways;

Identifying new opportunities for growth;

Improving value management techniques

Calculating better marketing performance and
accountability metrics;

Competing and growing in global markets

Countering the threat of product and service
commoditization

Convincing C-level executives to embrace the
marketing concept
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-5
Characteristics of
Business Markets

Fewer buyers

Close supplier-
customer
relationships

Professional
purchasing

Many buying
influences

Multiple sales calls

Derived demand

Inelastic demand

Fluctuating demand

Geographically
concentrated buyers

Direct purchasing
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-6
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-7
Buying Situation
Straight Rebuy
Modified Rebuy
New Task
Systems Buying And Selling
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-8
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-9
The Buying Center

Initiators

Users

Influencers

Deciders

Approvers

Buyers

Gatekeepers
Of Concern to Marketers

Who are the major decision participants?

What decisions do they influence?

What is their level of influence?

What evaluation criteria do they use?
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-10
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-11
Stages in the Buying Process:
Buyphases

Problem recognition

General need description

Product specification

Supplier search

Proposal solicitation

Supplier selection

Order-routine specification

Performance review
Table 7.1 Buygrid Framework
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-12
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-13
Forms of Electronic Marketplaces

Catalog sites

Vertical markets

Pure play auction sites

Spot markets

Private exchanges

Barter markets

Buying alliances
Table 7.2 An Example of
Vendor Analysis
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-14
Methods for Researching
Customer Value

Internal engineering
assessment

Field value-in-use
assessment

Focus-group value
assessment

Direct survey
questions

Conjoint analysis

Benchmarks

Compositional
approach

Importance ratings
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-15
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-16
Order Routine Specification

Stockless purchase plans

Vendor-managed inventory

Continuous replenishment
Categories of Buyer-Seller
Relationships

Basic buying and
selling

Bare bones

Contractual
transaction

Customer supply

Cooperative
systems

Collaborative

Mutually adaptive

Customer is king
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-17
Institutional Markets
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-18
For Review

What is the business market, and how does
it differ from the consumer market?

What buying situations do organizational
buyers face?

Who participates in the business-to-business
buying process?
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-19
For Review

How do business buyers make their
decisions?

How can companies build strong relationships
with business customers?

How do institutional buyers and government
agencies do their buying?
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-20

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  • 2. Chapter Questions  What is the business market, and how does it differ from the consumer market?  What buying situations do organizational buyers face?  Who participates in the business-to- business buying process? Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-2
  • 3. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-3 Chapter Questions  How do business buyers make their decisions?  How can companies build strong relationships with business customers?  How do institutional buyers and government agencies do their buying?
  • 4. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-4 What is Organizational Buying? Organizational buying refers to the decision-making process by which formal organizations establish the need for purchased products and services, and identify, evaluate, and choose among alternative brands and suppliers.
  • 5. Top Marketing Challenges  Understanding customer needs in new ways;  Identifying new opportunities for growth;  Improving value management techniques  Calculating better marketing performance and accountability metrics;  Competing and growing in global markets  Countering the threat of product and service commoditization  Convincing C-level executives to embrace the marketing concept Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-5
  • 6. Characteristics of Business Markets  Fewer buyers  Close supplier- customer relationships  Professional purchasing  Many buying influences  Multiple sales calls  Derived demand  Inelastic demand  Fluctuating demand  Geographically concentrated buyers  Direct purchasing Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-6
  • 7. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-7 Buying Situation Straight Rebuy Modified Rebuy New Task
  • 8. Systems Buying And Selling Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-8
  • 9. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-9 The Buying Center  Initiators  Users  Influencers  Deciders  Approvers  Buyers  Gatekeepers
  • 10. Of Concern to Marketers  Who are the major decision participants?  What decisions do they influence?  What is their level of influence?  What evaluation criteria do they use? Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-10
  • 11. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-11 Stages in the Buying Process: Buyphases  Problem recognition  General need description  Product specification  Supplier search  Proposal solicitation  Supplier selection  Order-routine specification  Performance review
  • 12. Table 7.1 Buygrid Framework Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-12
  • 13. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-13 Forms of Electronic Marketplaces  Catalog sites  Vertical markets  Pure play auction sites  Spot markets  Private exchanges  Barter markets  Buying alliances
  • 14. Table 7.2 An Example of Vendor Analysis Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-14
  • 15. Methods for Researching Customer Value  Internal engineering assessment  Field value-in-use assessment  Focus-group value assessment  Direct survey questions  Conjoint analysis  Benchmarks  Compositional approach  Importance ratings Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-15
  • 16. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-16 Order Routine Specification  Stockless purchase plans  Vendor-managed inventory  Continuous replenishment
  • 17. Categories of Buyer-Seller Relationships  Basic buying and selling  Bare bones  Contractual transaction  Customer supply  Cooperative systems  Collaborative  Mutually adaptive  Customer is king Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-17
  • 18. Institutional Markets Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-18
  • 19. For Review  What is the business market, and how does it differ from the consumer market?  What buying situations do organizational buyers face?  Who participates in the business-to-business buying process? Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-19
  • 20. For Review  How do business buyers make their decisions?  How can companies build strong relationships with business customers?  How do institutional buyers and government agencies do their buying? Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7-20

Hinweis der Redaktion

  1. Some of the world’s most valuable brands belong to business marketers: ABB, Caterpillar, DuPont, FedEx, GE, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, and Siemens, to name a few. Many principles of basic marketing also apply to business marketers. They need to embrace holistic marketing principles, such as building strong relationships with their customers, just like any marketer. But they also face some unique considerations in selling to other businesses. In this chapter, we will highlight some of the crucial similarities and differences for marketing in business markets. The next slide includes additional questions to be addressed in this chapter.
  2. Organizational buying is the decision-making process by which formal organizations establish the need for purchased products and services and identify, evaluate, and choose among alternative brands and suppliers. The business market consists of all the organizations that acquire goods and services used in the production of other products or services that are sold, rented, or supplied to others. The major industries making up the business market are agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; mining; manufacturing; construction; transportation; communication; public utilities; banking, finance, and insurance; distribution; and services
  3. Business marketers face many of the same challenges as consumer marketers. In particular, understanding their customers and what they value is of paramount importance to both. A survey of top business-to-business firms identified the challenges listed in the slide as key issues they faced.
  4. Business marketers contrast sharply with consumer markets in some ways. The business marketer normally deals with far fewer, much larger buyers than the consumer marketer does, particularly in such industries as aircraft engines and defense weapons. Because of the smaller customer base and the importance and power of the larger customers, suppliers are frequently expected to customize their offerings to individual business customer needs. Business goods are often purchased by trained purchasing agents, who must follow their organizations’ purchasing policies, constraints, and requirements. More people typically influence business buying decisions. Buying committees consisting of technical experts and even senior management are common in the purchase of major goods. The demand for business goods is ultimately derived from the demand for consumer goods. The total demand for many business goods and services is inelastic—that is, not much affected by price changes. The demand for business goods and services tends to be more volatile than the demand for consumer goods and services. The geographical concentration of producers helps to reduce selling costs. Business buyers often buy directly from manufacturers rather than through intermediaries, especially items that are technically complex or expensive such as mainframes or aircraft.
  5. The business buyer faces many decisions in making a purchase. How many depends on the complexity of the problem being solved, newness of the buying requirement, number of people involved, and time required. Three types of buying situations are the straight rebuy, modified rebuy, and new task. In a straight rebuy, the purchasing department reorders supplies such as office supplies and bulk chemicals on a routine basis and chooses from suppliers on an approved list. The buyer in a modified rebuy wants to change product specifications, prices, delivery requirements, or other terms. A new-task purchaser buys a product or service for the first time (an office building, a new security system). The greater the cost or risk, the larger the number of participants, and the greater their information gathering—the longer the time to a decision.
  6. NetApp is a Fortune 1000 company providing data management and storage solutions to medium- and large-sized clients Many business buyers prefer to buy a total problem solution from one seller. Called systems buying, this practice originated with government purchases of major weapons and communications systems. The government solicited bids from prime contractors that, if awarded the contract, would be responsible for bidding out and assembling the system’s subcomponents from second-tier contractors. The prime contractor thus provided a turnkey solution, so-called because the buyer simply had to turn one key to get the job done. Sellers have increasingly recognized that buyers like to purchase in this way, and many have adopted systems selling as a marketing tool. One variant of systems selling is systems contracting, in which a single supplier provides the buyer with its entire requirement of MRO supplies. During the contract period, the supplier also manages the customer’s inventory. Systems selling is a key industrial marketing strategy in bidding to build large-scale industrial projects such as dams, steel factories, irrigation systems, sanitation systems, pipelines, utilities, and even new towns.
  7. The buying center consists of all those individuals and groups who participate in the purchasing decision-making process, who share some common goals and the risks arising from the decisions. The buying center includes all members of the organization who play any of the following seven roles in the purchase decision process. These roles are listed in the slide. Initiators are users or others in the organization who request that something be purchased. Users are those who will use the product or service. In many cases, the users initiate the buying proposal and help define the product requirements. Influencers are people who influence the buying decision, often by helping define specifications and providing information for evaluating alternatives. Deciders are people who decide on product requirements or on suppliers. Approvers are people who authorize the proposed actions of deciders or buyers. Buyers are people who have formal authority to select the supplier and arrange the purchase terms. Buyers may help shape product specifications, but they play their major role in selecting vendors and negotiating. Gatekeepers are people who have the power to prevent sellers or information from reaching members of the buying center.
  8. This slide lists specific questions that concern business marketers as they make buying decisions.
  9. These are the stages in the buying process. Notice that the buying process is similar to that for consumers.
  10. Table 7.1 is the buygrid framework. In modified-rebuy or straight-rebuy situations, some stages are compressed or bypassed. For example, the buyer normally has a favorite supplier or a ranked list of suppliers and can skip the search and proposal solicitation stages.
  11. Companies that purchase over the Internet are utilizing electronic marketplaces in several forms as listed in the slide.
  12. Before selecting a supplier, the buying center will specify and rank desired supplier attributes, often using a supplier-evaluation model such as the one in Table 7.2.
  13. Researchers studying how business marketers assess customer value found eight different customer value assessment (CVA) methods. Companies tended to use the simpler methods, although the more sophisticated ones promise to produce a more accurate picture of CPV.
  14. Orders can be made routine at times. Some techniques for managing ordering needs includes the use of purchase plans, vendor-managed inventory, and shifting to a system of continuous replenishment.
  15. A number of forces influence the development of a relationship between business partners. Four relevant factors are availability of alternatives, importance of supply, complexity of supply, and supply market dynamism. Based on these we can classify buyer–supplier relationships into eight categories. 1. Basic buying and selling—These are simple, routine exchanges with moderate levels of cooperation and information exchange. 2. Bare bones—These relationships require more adaptation by the seller and less cooperation and information exchange. 3. Contractual transaction—These exchanges are defined by formal contract and generally have low levels of trust, cooperation, and interaction. 4. Customer supply—In this traditional custom supply situation, competition rather than cooperation is the dominant form of governance. 5. Cooperative systems—The partners in cooperative systems are united in operational ways, but neither demonstrates structural commitment through legal means or adaptation. 6. Collaborative—In collaborative exchanges, much trust and commitment lead to true partnership. 7. Mutually adaptive—Buyers and sellers make many relationship-specific adaptations, but without necessarily achieving strong trust or cooperation. 8. Customer is king—In this close, cooperative relationship, the seller adapts to meet the customer’s needs without expecting much adaptation or change in exchange.
  16. Much of what we have said also applies to the buying practices of institutional and government organizations. However, we want to highlight certain special features of these markets. The institutional market consists of schools, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, and other institutions that must provide goods and services to people in their care. In most countries, government organizations are a major buyer of goods and services. They typically require suppliers to submit bids and often award the contract to the lowest bidder. In some cases, they will make allowance for superior quality or a reputation for completing contracts on time. Governments will also buy on a negotiated contract basis, primarily in complex projects with major R&D costs and risks and those where there is little competition.
  17. This chapter has addressed several questions, identified in the slide for review.