Rethinking Marketing Strategies in a Dynamic Supply Chain Environment
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The rapid growth of the Internet economy challenges companies like General Motors to transform their approach to collaboration with partners, suppliers, and customers in an ever-evolving supply chain. As the marketing environment changes, businesses confront uncertainties and opportunities arising from both controllable and uncontrollable factors. Understanding these influences is crucial for effective decision-making in marketing strategy. This discussion highlights the micro and macro components that affect organizational performance and marketing practices, emphasizing the need for adaptability and responsiveness to external forces.
Rethinking Marketing Strategies in a Dynamic Supply Chain Environment
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Changes in Environement • "The rapid expansion of the Internet economy is forcing Companies to completely rethink how they connect with partners, suppliers, and customers in a dynamic supply chain,” • General Motor’s case CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Forrester Research, In ASDAQ:FORR),
Understanding Marketing Environment • TO understand the environment within which marketing decision are made • To make business and marketing decision • The significance of environmental factors to the marketing is: • When the marketing environment changes, thus companies face uncertainty, threats and opportunities.E.g. Retailer and consumer goods producers - particularly sensitive to environmental factors
Marketing Environment • A set of forces which either directly or indirectly influences a business acquisitions of inputs or generations of outputs • The actions and forces that affect the company’s ability to develop and maintain successful transactions and relationships with its target customers. (kotler) • The marketing environment consists of controllable factors, uncontrollable factors, organisational performance, feedback and adaptation • The ‘non-controllable’ actors and forces impact on the company’s market and marketing practice.
Marketing Environment • Micro Environment • Aspects which are close to the individual business and over the business has some control • Controllable and factors that effect its ability to serve its customers (company, market channel firms, customer markets, competitors and publics) • Controllable: • Consists of factors that are directed by Top Management • Broad and fundamental decisions • Consists of factors that are directed by Marketing • Specific decisions based on the guidelines
Marketing Environment (Cont.) • Macro Environment (Uncontrollable) • Wider marketing environment, beyond the control • Consisting of those elements which are external to the business and have a broader effect on it. • Have an impact on how well an organisation and its offerings are accepted.
Controllable Factors • The company’s internal environment • Line of Business • Overall Objectives • Role of Marketing • Role of Other Functions (Value Chain) • Corporate Culture • Selection of target market • Marketing Objectives • Marketing Organisation • Marketing Mix • Control
Uncontrollable Factors • Micro Environment • Suppliers • Intermediaries • Competitors • Publics & Consumers • Macro Environment • Government, Legal & Regulations • Economy • Technology • Social • Independent Media • Nature