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OverviewProduct proliferation has become a common phenomenon. Most companies now offer hundreds, if not thousands, of stock keeping units (SKUs) in order to compete in the market place. Companies with expanding product and service varieties face with problems of obtaining accurate demand forecasts, controlling production and inventory costs, and providing high quality and good delivery performance for the customers. Marketing managers often advocate widening product lines for increasing revenue and market share. However, the breadth of product line can also decrease the efficiency of manufacturing processes and distribution systems. Thus firms must weigh the benefits of product variety against its cost in order to determine the optimal level of product variety to offer to their customers. Academics and practitioners are interested in several fundamental questions about product variety. For instance, why do companies extend their product lines? Do consumers care about product variety? Will a brand with more variety enjoy higher market share? How should product variety be measured? How can a company exploit its product and process design to deliver a higher level of product variety quickly and cheaply? What should the level of product variety be and what should the price of each of the product variants be? What kind of 'challenges would a company face in offering a high level of product variety and how can these obstacles be overcome? The solutions to these questions span multiple functions and disciplines. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Teck-Hua Ho , Christopher S. TangPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998 Volume: 10 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9781461375524ISBN 10: 1461375525 Pages: 233 Publication Date: 09 November 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Markets and Product Variety Management.- 2 Variety: From the Consumer’s Perspective.- 3 Product Structure, Brand Width and Brand Share.- 4 Value of Postponement.- 5 Designing Task Assembly and Using Vanilla Boxes to Delay Product Differentiation: An Approach for Managing Product Variety.- 6 Design for Variety.- 7 Customer Preferences, Supply-Chain Costs, and Product-Line Design.- 8 Profit-Optimizing Product Line Design, Selection and Pricing with Manufacturing Cost Consideration.- 9 Managing Product Variety.- 10 Managing Variety in Software Features.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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