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Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Product-Oriented Approach To Business

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Introduction The concept of marketing has evolved over time. Whilst in today’s business world “the customer is king”. In the past this was not the case, some businesses put factors other than the customer first. Product focused companies define themselves by their products. For example Kodak originally defined its self as being in the photo processing business. This definition impact the culture of the company in a way that hamstrings thinking and creates impediments for action. When the shift to digital cam Kodak resisted this because of the impact on its “products photo processing”. What is a product oriented approach? Product oriented approach is a business strategy that focuses on its product and on the skills, knowledge and systems that support that product. How about Market Oriented approach in business? Market oriented approach is one that organizes its activities, products and services around the wants and needs of its customers. This paper will focus about the advantages of product oriented approach against market oriented businesses, so here are some points that will convince you to use product oriented strategy than market oriented. First point, A product-oriented approach to business focuses on building a superior product or service, which will pull customers to you …show more content…

First and foremost, Ian Linton stated that, development teams that work on new products or improving the existing ones should take account of customer needs by reviewing market research or customer feedback. However, teams dominated by technologists or engineers may focus on product features that are attractive or interesting to them but not necessarily important to customers. The result is likely to be a product that may lead competitors in terms of features and performance but has little appeal to the market. The revenue from the new product is therefore unlikely to cover the costs of development, making it a poor

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