2. Chapter Outline
17.1 Types of Marketing Channels
17.2 The Supply Chain and Its Functions
17.3 Logistics and Its Functions
3. 17.1 Types of Marketing Channels
• A marketing channel is a system of people,
organizations, and activities that work together to
make goods and services available to consumers to
purchase.
4. 17.1 Types of Marketing Channels
• Direct Channel: From Producer to Consumer
• Indirect Channels: From Producer to Intermediary
to Consumer
6. 17.2 The Supply Chain and Its
Functions
• A supply chain is the entire process of distribution
from acquiring the raw materials needed to make
products to delivering final goods to consumers.
• logistics the coordination of all supply chain
activities, such as warehousing, inventory
management, and transportation.
7. 17.2 The Supply Chain and Its
Functions
• producer a company that supplies the raw materials
that manufacturers need to create consumer
products.
• product life cycle the various stages that a product
goes through from its introduction phase, to its
growth and maturity phase, and in some cases to its
decline phase