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The Markstrat Challenge II
The Markstrat Challenge II
SSTRATTRATX Licensing DivisionX Licensing Division
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Your success in Markstrat will greatly depend on your ability to manage the development and positioning of brands
Positioning
R&D
Strategy
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Customers make purchase decisions based on their perception of your brands
Their Perception of Brands
Your Perception of Brands
Technical quality
BrandA
BrandB
BrandC
BrandD
BrandC
BrandA
BrandBBrand
D
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?
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The "Perceptual Map" is a valuable tool for visualizing brand positioning
Perceptual Mapbased on MDS Study
Key
Perceptual positioningof Brands
Segment ideal PointOt
Need 2
Need 1
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+20
-20
-20
SELF
PrHi
Bu
Si
Ot
SEMI
SONO
SOLD
SULI
SAMA
SUSI
SALT
SIBI
SIRO
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There are two key ways to re-position brands in Markstrat
R & D
Advertising
PerceivedEconomy
PerceivedPerformance
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Physical positioning involves matching brand characteristics to customer needs
Economy Performance Convenience
Customer Needs
SAMA
Pri
ce
Brand characteristics
Max
. F
req
.
Po
wer
Des
ign
Vo
lum
e
Wei
gh
t
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Positioning with advertising requires setting "Perceptual Objectives"
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PerceivedEconomy
Si10
0
20
-10
-20 -10 0 10 20
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PerceivedPerformance
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Your success will greatly depend on your ability to manage the development and positioning of brands
Positioning
R&D
Strategy
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R&D success demands long-term thinking and the ability to identify evolving opportunities...
Changing segment
needs
Hi
New target
segments
Si
Pressure on
margins
Ot
Pr
Competitor entry
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. . . and also requires working effectively with your R&D department
Provide sufficient budgets Set realistic expected
unit costs
R&D = Profit CenterNumber
of Projects
Experience
Similarityof Projects
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When doing R&D, keep in mind both positioning and economic factors
CBase Cost
(at 100K units of production)
Target Margin Cost in other projects Project Budget Impact of physical characteristics
Most important physicalcharacteristics
Weight Design VolumeMax.Freq. Power
SONITE
Market Needs Competitive Brands Feasible Range Project Budget
Positioning Factors Economic Factors
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• Volume• Weight• Diameter
The HIGHER the requested
characteristicthe LOWER the
base cost
Basecost
Requested characteristic
Impact of physical characteristics on base cost
• Design• Max. Frequency• Power• Autonomy
The HIGHER the requested
characteristicthe HIGHER the
base cost
Basecost
Requested characteristic
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The budget required to complete an R&D project is a function of several factors
accuracy
speed
feasibilitystudy
on-linequery
vs
to find out more:
R&Dexperience
Requestedbasecost
physicalcharacteristics
R&Dbudget requiredfor completion
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There are two possible outcomes of any R&D project
Project submitted to R&D:
weight design volume max. freq. power
17 6 85 35 70
Minimum base cost is calculatedat an early stage in the project.
Minimum base cost = $110
Case ARequested Base Cost = $80
(requested base cost is below minimum, but the R&D will try to develop the project at the minimum base cost)
Budget required for completion = $ 800(at base cost = $ 110)
Case BRequested Base Cost = $130
Budget required for completion = $ 550(at base cost = $ 130)
Budget required for completion is also calculated at an early stage in the project
$ 1,000 $ 300 $ 1,000 $ 300
Project is available at base cost = 110
Project unsuccessfulProject is available at
base cost = 130Project unsuccessful
Case A2 Case B1 Case B2Case A1
Budget allocated by team for this period: Budget allocated by team for this period:
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A completed R&D project may be used to modify existing brands and/or introduce new brands
Performance
Economy
Bu
Ot
SiHi
Pr
Old SAMA
New SAMAmore performance
New Brand"SAMY"
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Bringing successful R&D projects onto the market may result in obsolete inventory
SAMA
SAMASAMA
SAMASAMA
Brandmodification(name kept)
Brandwithdrawal TRADING
COMPANY
TRADING COMPANY
I'll buy any product at a given % of its
transfer cost
Inventorydisposal
Obsolete inventory
SAMA
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Cost reduction projects should be weighed against experience curve effects
B
Transfer cost
Cumulative production
A1
A
Current product (initial experience curve)
cost reduced product(new experience curve)
100 KU 225 KU
Currenttransfer cost A1
Base cost A
Base cost B
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The MDS study measures brand perception along three composite dimensions...
SONITE marketInfluence of brand characteristics on MDS dimensions
in P0
Economy
Performance
Convenience
Weight
slight
slight
Design
slight
slight
Volume
slight
slight
Max. Freq.
slight
Power
slight
Price
slightmoderate strong moderate
strong strong
strongmoderatemoderate
moderate
Productcharac.
Compositedimensions
Perceived Economyincreases if Max. Freq. increases
Perceived Economy increases if Price decreases
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... which are more or less influenced by the various brand attributes
VODITE marketInfluence of brand characteristics on MDS dimensions
in P0
Efficacy
Flexibility
Economy
Autonomy
slight
strong
Max. Freq.
verystrong
slight
Diameter
slight
moderate
Design
slight
Weight
slight
Price
verystrongslight slight slight
slightmoderate
slightslightmoderate
slight
Productcharac.
Compositedimensions
Perceived Flexibility increases if Weight decreases
Perceived Efficacyincreases if Max. Freq. increases
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New decisions introduced in Period 2:
Brand portfolio
Perceptual objectives (on semantic scales or MDS)
R&D
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You can now extend your portfolio by introducing new brands ...
click here to display all completedR&D projects and their features
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... you can also modify existing brands
Keep the same name
select a new R&D project
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To convey the right message to the market, you can set perceptual objectives for each of your products
1Do you want to communicate on the semantic scales or on
the MDS composite dimensions?
2On which dimensions
do you want to communicate?
3Input the coordinates of the point that you
want to reach on the map
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You can initiate up to five R&D projects per period and per product type (five Sonite and five Vodite)
click here to obtain a safe estimate of the minimum base cost and budget required
for completion of this project
You now know everything.
From here on, it's down to your strategy...
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