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Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage
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Learning Outcomes
LOI
Understand the importance of strategic marketing
and know a basic outline for a marketing plan
LO2
Develop an appropriate business
mission statement
LO3
Describe the criteria for stating good marketing
objectives
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Learning Outcomes
LO4
Explain the components of a situation analysis
LO5
Identify sources of competitive advantage
LO6
Identify strategic alternatives
LO7
Discuss target market strategies
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Learning Outcomes
LO8
Describe the elements of the marketing mix
LO9
Explain why implementation, evaluation, and
control of the marketing plan are necessary
LOIO
Identify several techniques that help make
strategic planning effective
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LOI
The Nature of Strategic Planning
Understand the importance
of strategic marketing
and know a basic outline
for a marketing plan
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LOI
Strategic Planning
Strategic
Planning
The managerial process of
creating and maintaining a fit
between the organization’s
objectives and resources and
evolving market opportunities.
The goal is long-term
profitability and growth.
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Strategic Marketing Management
What is the organization’s main activity?
How will it reach its goals?
THE ANSWER IS A MARKETING PLAN.
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LOI
Strategic Planning
Marketing Plan
A written document that acts
as a guidebook of marketing
activities for the marketing
manager.
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Why Write a Marketing Plan?
 Provides a basis for comparison of actual
and expected performance
 Provides clearly stated activities to work
toward common goals
 Serves as a reference for the success of
future activities
 Provides an examination of the
marketing environment
 Allows entry into the marketplace with awareness
LOI
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Business Mission
Statement
Objectives
Marketing Plan
Elements
Situation or SWOT
Analysis
Marketing Strategy
Target Market
Strategy
Marketing Mix
Product
Distribution
Promotion
Price
Implementation
Evaluation
Control
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The Importance of Strategic Marketing
What
Strategic Planning
Why
Long-term profitability
and growth
How
Write a marketing plan
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LO2
Defining the Business Mission
Develop an appropriate
business mission statement
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LO2
Defining the Business Mission

Answers the question,
“What business are we in?”

Focuses on the market(s)
rather than the good or service

Strategic Business Units (SBUs) may
also have a mission statement
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LO2
AMA’s Mission Statement
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Strategic Business Units (SBUs)
Characteristics:
[SBU HAS…]
 A distinct mission and specific target market
 Control over its resources
 Its own competitors
 Plans independent of other SBUs
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Business Mission Statement
Q: What business are we in?
A: Business mission statement
Too narrow
Too broad
Just right
marketing myopia
no direction
focus on markets
served and benefits
customers seek
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LO3 Setting Marketing Plan Objectives
Describe the criteria for stating
good marketing objectives
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LO3
Marketing Objective
Marketing
Objective
A statement of what is to be
accomplished through
marketing activities.
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Marketing Objectives

Realistic

Measurable

Time specific

Consistent with
and indicate the
organization’s
priorities
“Our objective is to achieve
10 percent dollar market
share in the cat food
market within 12 months of
product introduction.”
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Criteria for Good Marketing Objectives
Realistic, measurable, and time-specific objectives
consistent with the firm’s objectives:
1. Communicate marketing management philosophy
2. Provide management direction
3. Motivate employees
4. Force executives to think clearly
5. Allow for better evaluation of results
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LO4
Conducting a Situation Analysis
Explain the components
of a situation analysis
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LO4
SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Identifying
internal strengths (S)
and weaknesses (W)
and also examining
external opportunities (O)
and threats (T)
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SWOT Analysis
S
W
O
T
Things the company does well.
Internal
External
Things the company does not do well.
Conditions in the external environment that
favor strengths.
Conditions in the external environment that
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LO4
U-571
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LO4
Environmental Scanning
Environmental
Scanning
The collection and interpretation
of information about forces,
events, and relationships in the
external environment that may
affect the future of the
organization or the implementation
of the marketing plan.
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Components of a Situation Analysis

production costs

marketing skills

financial resources

image

technology
ENVIRONMENT
Strengths
INTERNAL
LO4
Weaknesses
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Components of a Situation Analysis

social

demographic

economic

technological

political / legal

competitive
ENVIRONMENT
Opportunities
EXTERNAL
LO4
Threats
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LO5
Competitive Advantage
Identify sources of
competitive advantage
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LO5
Competitive Advantage
Competitive
Advantage
The set of unique features of a
company and its products that
are perceived by the target
market as significant and
superior to the competition.
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LO5
Competitive Advantage
Cost
Types of
Competitive
Advantage
Product/Service
Differentiation
Niche Strategies
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LO5
Cost Competitive Advantage
Cost
Competitive
Advantage
Being the low-cost competitor
in an industry while
maintaining satisfactory profit
margins.
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Cost Competitive Advantage
LO5

Obtain inexpensive raw materials

Create efficient plant operations

Design products for ease of
manufacture

Control overhead costs

Avoid marginal customers
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LO5 Sources of Cost Reduction
Experience Curves
Product Design
Efficient Labor
Reengineering
No-frills Products
Production Innovations
Government Subsidies
New Service
Delivery Methods
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LO5
Product/Service Differentiation
Product / Service
The provision of something
Differentiation
Competitive
that is unique and valuable
Advantage
to buyers beyond simply
offering a lower price than
the competition’s.
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Examples of
Product/Service Differentiation
LO5

Brand names

Strong dealer network

Product reliability

Image

Service
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LO5
Niche Competitive Advantage
Niche
Competitive
Advantage
The advantage achieved when
a firm seeks to target and
effectively serve a small
segment of the market.
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LO5
Niche Competitive Advantage
 Used by small companies with
limited resources
 May be used in a limited geographic market
 Product line may be focused on a
specific product category
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LO5
Sources of Sustainable
Competitive Advantage
Patents
Copyrights
Locations
Equipment
Technology
Skills and Assets
of an
Organization
Customer Service
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Sources of Competitive Advantage
Sources of
Competitive Advantage
Cost
$
Product/Service
Differentiation
A vs. B vs. C
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LO6
Strategic Directions
Identify strategic alternatives
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Strategic Alternatives
LO6
Market
Penetration
Increase market share among
existing customers
Market
Development
Attract new customers to
existing products
Product
Development
Create new products for
present markets
Diversification
Introduce new products
into new markets
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Ansoff’s Strategic Opportunity Matrix
Present Product
New Product
Present
Market
Market
Penetration
Product
Development
New
Market
Market
Development
Diversification
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LO6
Portfolio Matrix
Stars
Cash Cows
Problem
Children
Dogs
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LO6
Portfolio Matrix Strategies
Build
Hold
Harvest
Divest
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Strategic Alternatives
Identify strategic alternatives
Market development
=
customers
Market penetration
=
share
Product development
=
products
=
new products +
new markets
Diversification
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LO7
Describing the Target Market
Discuss target
market strategies
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LO7
Marketing Strategy
Marketing
Strategy
The activities of selecting and
describing one or more target
markets and developing and
maintaining a market mix that
will produce mutually
satisfying exchanges with
target markets.
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LO7
Target Market Strategy
 Segment the market based on
groups with similar characteristics
 Analyze the market based on attractiveness
of market segments
 Select one or more target markets
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LO7
Target Market Strategy
Appeal to the entire market
with one marketing mix
Concentrate on one
marketing segment
Appeal to multiple markets
with multiple marketing mixes
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Target Market Strategies
Target Market Options
Entire Market
Multiple Markets
Single Market
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LO8
The Marketing Mix
Describe the elements
of the marketing mix
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LO8
The Marketing Mix
Marketing Mix
A unique blend of product,
distribution, promotion, and
pricing strategies designed to
produce mutually satisfying
exchanges with a target market.
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LO8
Marketing Mix: The “Four Ps”
Price
Promotion
Place
Product
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LO8
Marketing Mix: The “Four Ps”
 The starting point of the
“4 Ps”
 Includes
 Physical unit
 Package
 Warranty
 Service
 Brand
 Image
 Value
Product
 Products can be…
 Tangible goods
 Ideas
 Services
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LO8
Marketing Mix: The “Four Ps”
 Product availability where
and when customers want
them
Place
 All activities from raw
materials to finished
products
 Ensure products arrive in
usable condition at
designated places when
needed
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Marketing Mix: The “Four Ps”
LO8
 Role is to bring about
exchanges with target
markets by:




Informing
Educating
Persuading
Reminding
Promotion
Includes integration of:
Personal selling
Advertising
Sales promotion
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LO8
Marketing Mix: The “Four Ps”
 Price is what a buyer must
give up to obtain a product.
Price
 The most flexible of the
“4 Ps”-- quickest to change
 Competitive weapon
 Price x Units Sold = Total Revenue
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Elements of the Marketing Mix
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LO9
Following Up on the Marketing Plan
Explain why implementation,
evaluation, and control
of the marketing plan
are necessary
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Following Up the Marketing Plan
LO9
 Implementation
 Evaluation
 Control
 Marketing audit is…
• Comprehensive
• Systematic
• Independent
• Periodic
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Implementation, Evaluation, and Control
Implementation
Evaluation
Product
Place
Promotion
Price
Met
objectives?
Audits
•
•
•
•
comprehensive
systematic
independent
periodic
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LOIO
Effective Strategic Planning
Identify several techniques
that help make strategic
planning effective
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Techniques for Effective Strategic Planning
Continual
attention
Creativity
Management
commitment
Effective
Strategic
Planning
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