Results (
Vietnamese) 1:
[Copy]Copied!
Cost leadership results when the organization aims to be the lowest-cost producerin the marketplace. The organization enjoys above-average performance by minimizingcosts. The product or service offered must be comparable in quality to those offered byothers in the industry so that customers perceive its relative value. Typically, only onecost leader exists within an industry. If more than one organization seeks an advantage with this strategy, a price war ensues, which eventually may drive the organization withthe higher cost structure out of the marketplace. Through mass distribution, economiesof scale, and IS to generate operating efficiencies, Walmart epitomizes the costleadership strategy.Through differentiation, the organization qualifies its product or service in a waythat allows it to appear unique in the marketplace. The organization identifies whichqualitative dimensions are most important to its customers andthen finds ways to add valuealong one or more of those dimensions. For this strategy to work, the price chargedcustomers by the differentiator must seem fair relative to the price charged by competitors.Typically, multiple firms in any given market employ this strategy. Progressive Insurance isable to differentiate itself from other automobile insurance companies by breaking out ofthe industry mold. Its representatives are available 24/7 (i.e., 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)to respond to accident claims. They arrive at an accident scene shortly after the accidentwith powerful laptops, intelligent software, and the authority to settle claims on the spot.This strategy spurred Progressive’s growth and widened its profit margins.Focus allows an organization to limit its scope to a narrower segment of the marketand tailor its offerings to that group of customers. This strategy has two variants: (1) costfocus, in which the organization seeks a cost advantage within its segment, and (2)differentiation focus, in which it seeks to distinguish its products or services within thesegment. This strategy allows the organization to achieve a local competitive advantage,even if it does not achieve competitive advantage in the marketplace overall
Being translated, please wait..
