Activity 1 Marketing
Activity 1 Marketing
2. Value Chain
*The primary activities cover yhe sequence of bringing materials into the business(inbound logistics),
converting them into final products(operations), shipping out final products(outbound logistics),
marketing them(marketing and sales), and servicing them(service).
* The support activities - procurement, technology development, human resource management and
firm infrastructure - are handled in certain specialized department, as well as elsewhere.
* Several department, for example, may do procurement and hiring. The firm's infrastructure covers the
costs of general management, planning, finance, accounting, legal and government affairs.
° The market sensing process - All the activities involved in gathering market intelligence, disseminating
it within the organization, and acting on the information.
° The new offering realization process - All activities involved researching, developing, and launching
new high-quality offerings quickly and within budget.
° The customer acquisition process - All activities involved defining target market and prospecting for a
new customer.
° The customer relationship management process — All the activities involved in deeper understanding,
relationships, and offerings to individual customers.
° The fulfillment management process - All the activities involved in receiving and approving orders,
shipping the goods on the time, and collecting payment.
b) Value creation : How can a company efficiently create more promising new value offerings.
c) Value delivery : How a company use its capabilities and infrastructure to deliver new value offerings
more efficiently.
b) It has a manager responsible for strategic planning and profit performance, who controls most of the
factors affecting profit.
c) It is a single business, or a collection of related businesses , that can be planned separately from the
rest of the company.