Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Buying Behaviour
- Consumer or Organisational?
- CONSUMER: for personal or household use
- ORGANISATIONAL: for use in the operation of a
business/organisation, to manufacture other products,
for resale to others
- What is consumer behaviour?
- The study of how individuals, groups, and organizations select, buy,
use, and dispose of goods, services, ideas, or experiences to
satisfy their needs or wants.
- How consumers buy
- 5. Post-purchase evaluation of
alternatives
- 4. Purchase
- 3. Evaluation of alternatives
- 2. Information search
- 1. Need recognition/problem awareness
Anmerkungen:
- Internal stimulus: normal needs, hunger
External stimulus: love new car - triggers buying one
- Information Search
- Total set
- Awareness set
- Consideration set
- Choice set
- Evaluation of Alternatives
- Economic
Anmerkungen:
- Price
Value for money
Running costs
Residual value
Life-style costs
- Social
Anmerkungen:
- Status
Social belonging
Convention
Fashion
- Technical
Anmerkungen:
- Reliability
Durability
Performance
Style/looks
Comfort
Delivery
Convenience
Taste
- Personal
Anmerkungen:
- Self-image
Risk reduction
Ethics
Emotions
- What is Organisational Buying?
- Organisational buying decision
making process where formal
organisations establish need for
purchased products & services &
identify, evaluate & choose among
alternative brands & suppliers
- Examples: paper cups by McDonald's,
computer chips by Toshiba
- Characteristics of Organisational Buying
- Complexity of buying
- Buying to specific requirements
- Reciprocal buying
- Negotiations
- Derived demand
- Nature and size of customers
- Economic and technical
choice criteria
- Risks
- Buying SItuations
- 3. New task
- 2. Modified rebuy
- 1. Straight rebuy
- Decision-making Unit
- Gatekeepers
Anmerkungen:
- Control the flow
of information to the
buying centre. Purchasing
department Staff frequently fill
the role but it could be any
member of the
organization
- Influencers
Anmerkungen:
- Supply information
and advice. Outsiders
such as consultants
sometimes perform
the role
- Initiators
Anmerkungen:
- Begin the purchase process
- Buyers
Anmerkungen:
- Have the authority
to execute the
contractual
arrangements
- Users
Anmerkungen:
- Actually use the
product. They may be
the one who initiates
the purchase process and
may develop the product
specification.
- Buy Phases
- 1. Recognition of a problem
- 2. Determination of
specification and quantity of
needed item
- 3. Search for and qualification
of potential sources
- 4. Acquisition and analysis of
proposals
- 5. Evaluation of proposals and
selection of supplier(s)
- 6. Selection of an order routine
- 7. Performance feedback and evaluation