2. Team Organization . 1
Line of Attack . 2
Product Life Cycle. 3
Strength n Weakness. 4
Consumer Satisfaction Criteria. 5
Four P’s Implementation. 6
Mistakes n Lesson’s learnt. 7
Future of the firm. 8
Agenda
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Team Organization
14. ‘E’ and ‘O’ - access to High Budgets
‘O’ team
First Mover Advantage
Competitor - Strengths
15. ‘E’ playing Twister in ‘U’ robbing from Vodite
Sonites consumers
VUDU = $661 - 30% Market Share in 8th
VUYU = $700 - Launched
Revenue = $107,419
Costs of Goods Sold = $40,494
Competitor - Strengths
16. Contributiuon After Marketing Across Markets
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112.5
Value in M$
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37.5
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Lack Of Balance
Across Markets Sonite Vodite
Competitor - Weakness
17. Inventory Holding Cost + Disposal Cost
14000
10500
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3500
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Aggressive Production
Planning
Competitor - Weakness
19. Vodites
Sonites
Media Team
- Missed Consumer’s Ideal Perceptions
Competitor - Weakness
20. Followers
Innovators
Singles
Hiearners
- Brand Awareness
- Price
- Cheap Product
- Product Performance - Cheap Price
- Higher Frequency
- Higher Power
- Product convenience - Distribution Coverage
- Distribution Coverage - Distribution Coverage
- Distribution Coverage
- Price
Consumer’s Satisfaction Criteria - All 4Ps
21. Right Product met Consumer’s Needs Left Money on Table (emphasis )
Comprehensive Distribution Coverage Excellent Adspend + Precise Positioning
Tradeoff :
conservative production Vs Inventory Costs
4Ps- Implementation
22. Huge bets on Product
Development
(VAVA + Upgrade)
(Missed MDS report)
Slippage of Perceptual
Objective Values
Few Stock Outs
Late in Reducing base cost of VAFT
Accidental Mistakes
23. Engineer Marketeer
“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow”
“He did not marry her because he loved her”
Art Vs Science
Lessons Learnt
24. • Strengths
• Balanced Focus - Sonites / Vodites
• Flexibility to change strategy as market demands
• Strong Sales Force / Apt Advertising
• Weakness
• Emphasis on Pricing Strategies
Future of the Firm - Don’t Mess Up!!!