tangible product
(noun)
The tangible product is reflected in the quality, features, brand name, styling, and packaging.
Examples of tangible product in the following topics:
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Defining Product
- A soccer ball is an example of a tangible product.
- Most goods are tangible products.
- For example, a soccer ball is a tangible product .
- A soccer ball is an example of a tangible product, specifically a tangible good.
- Break down the different components that make up tangible and intangible products
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Consumer Products
- A consumer product is any tangible product for sale that is used by a person or household for non-business purposes.
- A consumer product is generally any tangible product for sale that is used for personal, family, household or non-business purposes.
- It also allows the CPSC to ban a product if there is no feasible alternative.
- Another type of consumer products can be classified as products you don't need, like candy, luxury goods, and toys .
- Consumer products will generally be less expensive than professional-grade goods, but will lack the durability of the latter product class, and will reach obsolescence quicker.
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Benefits and Solutions
- The four levels of a product include: core, tangible, augmented, and promised .
- Core, tangible, augmented and promised products feature characteristics (i.e., the total product concept or offer), which includes everything a consumer evaluates before making a purchase.
- Once the core product has been indicated, the tangible product becomes important.
- The buyer often expects such services, so they will reject the core-tangible product if these are not available.
- The four levels of a product include: core, tangible, augmented, and promised.
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Intangibility
- However, it is possible to give tangible proof for the quality of service, such as through state test scores.
- It is often used to describe services where there isn't a tangible product that the customer can purchase, that can be seen, tasted, or touched.
- This is the most defining characteristic of a service that differentiates it from a product.
- To reassure the buyer and build his confidence, marketing strategists need to give tangible proof for the quality of service.
- For example, in the case of two fast food chains serving a similar product (Pizza Hut and Domino's), it is the service quality, not the actual product, that distinguishes the two brands from each other.
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Organizational Requirements for Product Development and Management
- Product development combined with product marketing make up the product management function within an organization.
- Product management is an organizational lifecycle function within a company dealing with the planning, forecasting, or marketing of a product or products at all stages of the product lifecycle.
- Product development – the process of bringing new products to the marketplace – combined with product marketing, make up the product management function that oversees the launch of a company's new products.
- A product manager investigates, selects, and develops one or more tangible products for an organization.
- However, product management also deals with intangible products, such as music, information, and services.
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Product, Placement, Promotion, and Price
- The term "product" is defined as anything, either tangible or intangible, offered by the firm; as a solution to the needs and wants of the consumer; something that is profitable or potentially profitable; and a goods or service that meets the requirements of the various governing offices or society.
- Tangible products are those that have an independent physical existence.
- Typical examples of mass-produced, tangible objects are automobiles and the disposable razor.
- Product breadth, on the other hand, refers to the number of product lines a company offers.
- This 1932 Horch 670 V12 is an example of a tangible product whose price should reflect its image as a classic collectible.
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Adjustments to Products
- Marketers must often make product adjustments in order to keep the product competitive and continue to provide satisfaction to the buyer.
- Because of factors such as these, a decision is made either to identify ways of adjusting the product in order to further distinguish it from others, or to design a strategy that will eliminate the product and make way for new products.
- A key question the marketer must answer before modifying the product is: "What particular attributes of the product and competing products are perceived as most important by the consumer?
- Changing market perceptions may require changes in the tangible product or in its selling price.
- A product line extension is the use of an established product's brand name for a new item in the same product category.
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Services as Products
- A taxi service is a service that is tangible.
- Rather, services now increasingly represent an integral part of the product.
- Today, however, most products are partly tangible and partly intangible, so the dominant form is to classify them as either goods or services (all are products).
- Most products fall between these two extremes.
- A taxi cab driver provides both a good and a service, so he is providing a product.
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SIVA: Solution, Incentive/Information, Value, and Access
- Solution → Product The "Product" in the four Ps model is replaced by "Solution" in order to shift focus to satisfying the consumer needs.
- These perceptions can be in regard to tangible and intangible benefits that a product offers.
- Many factors affect value, including the customer's cost to change or implement the new product or service and the customer's cost for not selecting a competitor's product or service.
- Access takes into account the ease of buying the product, finding the product, finding information about the product, and several other factors.
- Guitars are not a 1 size suits all product.
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Product, Placement, Promotion, and Price
- Moreover, its production and consumption are inseparable.
- Since service delivery is concurrent with its production and cannot be stored or transported, the location of the service product assumes importance.
- Since services are intangible in nature, most service providers strive to incorporate certain tangible elements into their offering to enhance customer experience.
- Similarly, restaurants invest heavily in their interior design and decorations to offer a tangible and unique experience to their guests.
- Since the services hair salons are provide are intangible in nature they may incorporate certain tangible elements, such as exclusive hair products or a relaxing environment into their offering to enhance customer experience.