The document discusses different classifications of goods and services. Goods marketing relates to selling physical products that can be durable, lasting over time, or nondurable, meant for single use. Services include rented goods like vehicles or equipment, owned goods services involving repairs, and non-goods services like advice. Some organizations provide hidden services like delivery, installation, training, and maintenance to support goods. The document then outlines various classification systems for goods and services based on factors like market segment, tangibility, regulation, and customer contact. Key attributes of services are discussed as being intangible, perishable, inseparable from the provider, and variable in quality. Finally, a continuum is presented showing how products can range from purely goods to purely

1. Goods & Services
Mrs. Jayashree Vispute

2. Goods and Services
Goods Marketing relates to selling physical products.
 Durable goods are physical goods used over an extended time.
 Nondurable goods are consumable products made from materials
other than metal, wood, and hard plastics.

3. Services Marketing includes rented-goods services, owned-
goods services, and nongoods services.
 Rented-Goods Services: leasing auto, hotel room, office
space, wedding items
 Owned Goods Services: auto or computer repairs, lawn
care & home care
 Nongoods Services: personal advice, tutor, legal, and
accounting
Goods and Services

4. Hidden Service Sector
Includes such areas as:
 delivery
 installation
 training
 maintenance
 repair
Provided by firms
emphasizing goods
Infrastructure

5. A Classification System for
Goods
2. By Degree
of Durability
3. By Amount
of Value Added
4. By Goal of
Organization
5. By Degree of
Regulation
6. By Length of
Distribution
Channel
7. By Degree of
Customer
Contact
1. By Market
Segment

6. A Classification System for
Services
1. By Market
Segment
2. By Degree
of Tangibility
3. By Skill of
Service Provider
4. By Goal of
Service Provider
5. By Degree of
Regulation
6. By Degree of
Labor
Intensiveness
7. By Degree of
Customer
Contact

7. Attributes of Service
Intangibility of services
Perishability of services
Inseparability of services
Variability of services

8. Intangibility of Services
Services often cannot be displayed, transported, stored,
packaged, or inspected before buying.
 Repair services
 Personal services
 Advice services
ONLY the benefits derived can be described.

9. Perishability of Services
Many services cannot be stored for future sale.
 Idle time is lost
 Movies playing to an empty house, or landscape workers lose
time due to bad weather, idle time cannot be recaptured.

10. Inseparability of Service
A service provider and his or
her services may be
inseparable.
This is most likely when:
 Service is vital
 Customer contact is an
integral part
 The quality of a repair
depends on skill
Information Age
Knowledge Worker

11. Variability in Service
 There may be differing
service performance from
one time to another.
 Problem diagnosis such
as repairs may be hard.
 There may be a lack of
standardization of
services

12. Goods/Services Continuum
 A goods/services continuum categorizes
products along a scale from pure goods to
pure services

13. Goods/Services Continuum

14. Goods/Services Continuum
Pure Goods Pure Services
Computer Computer Computer Computer Systems Design
diskette software programming
Exercise In-home rental Use of exercise Health Club Personal Trainer
equipment of equipment of Hotel equip.
Off-the-rack Custom-made Reupholstered Cleaning Interior
office furniture office furniture office furniture office furniture decorator
Self-service Full-service Transmission Driver education Driver education
gasoline gasoline overhaul firm provides auto (consumer vehicle)

15. ACTIVITY
CHALK OUT YOUR OWN GOOD-SERVICE
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