2. Marketing Information System
A marketing information system (MKIS) consists
of people, equipment and procedures to gather,
sort, analysis, evaluate, and distribute needed,
timely and accurate information to marketing
decision makers
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3. Marketing Information System
A marketing information system is a set of
procedures and methods for the regular, planned
collection, analysis and presentation of
information for use in marketing decisions.
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7. Internal Record System
Internal databases are electronic collections of
information obtained from data sources within the
company.
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8. Internal Record System
Marketing managers rely on data from internal
reports about orders, sales, prices, costs, inventory
levels, receivables, payables and so on.
The heart of the internal record system is the
order-to-payment cycle.
Sales representatives, dealers, and customers
dispatch orders to the firm.
The sales department prepares invoices and
transmits copies to various departments, Out-of-
stock items are back ordered.
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9. Internal Record System
Shipped items are accompanied by shipping and
billing documents that are sent to various
departments
Companies need to perform these steps quickly
and accurately, because customers favor firms that
can promise timely delivery.
Today many companies organize information in
databases- customer databases, product databases,
salesperson databases and so forth- and then
combine data from the different databases.
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10. Internal Record System
The customer database will contain every
customer’s name, address, past transactions, and
even demographics and psychographics (activities,
interests and opinions) in some instances.
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11. Marketing Intelligence System
A marketing intelligence system is a set of
procedures and sources managers use to obtain
everyday information about developments in the
marketing environment.
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12. Sources of Marketing Intelligence
Marketing Managers
Sales Forces
Middlemen
Specialists
Outsourcing
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13. Marketing Decision Support
System
Marketing decision support system (MDSS) is a
coordinated collection of data, systems, tools, and
techniques with supporting software and hardware
by which and organization gathers and interprets
information from business and the environment
and turns it into a basis for marketing action.
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14. Marketing Decision Support
System
A decision support system is a procedure that
allows a manager to interact with data and
methods of analysis to gather, analyze, and
interpret information.”
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15. Components of MDSS
Data Bank
Methods Bank
Model Bank
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16. Marketing Research
Marketing research as the systematic design,
collection, analysis and reporting of data and
findings that are relevant to a specific marketing
situation facing the company.
Most large companies have their own marketing
research departments.
Some small companies can hire the services of a
marketing research firm or conduct research in
creative and affordable ways.
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17. Features of Marketing Research
Systematic
Problem oriented
Objective
Decision making
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18. Areas of Marketing Research
Product research
Advertising research
Consumer research
Sales research
Corporate research
Competitor research
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19. Marketing Research Process
Define the problem and research objectives
Develop the research plan
Collect the information
Analyze the information
Present the findings
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