Group10 Gino
Group10 Gino
Group10 Gino
B2B Marketing
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Zhou has to decide whether Gino needs Feimas OEM business based in the following
aspects:
Response from distributors
Competition
Ginos management
Feimas response
Solutions to face
GINO BURNER CO.
Advantages:
Maintain good relationship with distributor
Retain competitive advantage
Disadvantages:
Forgone revenue from potential sales
Opportunity cost in lucrative industrial segment
Increase in dependence distributor power
DECISION 2 ACCEPT FEIMAS OFFER
Advantages:
In-line with management strategy
Penetrate into industrial market
Resolve warehouse issues
Increase in overall sales and profitability
Disadvantages:
Channel conflict difficult to convince distributors
DECISION 3 OFFER DISCOUNT TO FEIMA THROUGH
JINGHUA
Advantages:
Satisfy both parties
Can work further on manufacturer-distributor relations
Disadvantages:
Not aligned to Ginos strategy
Other OEMs distributors fight for margins
Distributor power increases further
Overall margin of industry will be impacted
FINAL DECISION
Decision 2 is recommended
Completely aligned with long term business strategy and achieves target of 200 industrial
burners
Jinghua can compensate 10% discount by its additional sales
Warehouse will have industrial burner inventory
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Decision making involves considering multiple factors, multiple parties and multiple
aspects
In B2B, impact of decision making is huge
Intensive analysis of every side is required before a choice is made in B2B
Good and wise decision making should result in increase sales & profitability along with
alignment of key management principles
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