Marketing/Manufacturing Interfaces

Most firms separate the marketing and manufacturing functions into distinct organizational groups without fully considering the interactions and conflicts between the two functions. These interactions can have very significant costs for the if they are not recognized. We discuss situations in which...

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Main Authors: MONTGOMERY, David B., Hausman, W.F.
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1985
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-26072015-05-28T10:05:00Z Marketing/Manufacturing Interfaces MONTGOMERY, David B. Hausman, W.F. Most firms separate the marketing and manufacturing functions into distinct organizational groups without fully considering the interactions and conflicts between the two functions. These interactions can have very significant costs for the if they are not recognized. We discuss situations in which strategy and policy in the two areas are not synchronized. They include issues such as capacity decisions, inventory deployment and location in manufacturing; and price-promotion policy, forecasting and market intelligence in marketing. These topics are discussed in the context of case examples, which illustrate problems that can arise when interactions are not recognized. 1985-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1608 info:doi/10.1007/0-387-25002-6_11 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business Administration, Management, and Operations Marketing
institution Singapore Management University
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topic Business Administration, Management, and Operations
Marketing
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MONTGOMERY, David B.
Hausman, W.F.
Marketing/Manufacturing Interfaces
description Most firms separate the marketing and manufacturing functions into distinct organizational groups without fully considering the interactions and conflicts between the two functions. These interactions can have very significant costs for the if they are not recognized. We discuss situations in which strategy and policy in the two areas are not synchronized. They include issues such as capacity decisions, inventory deployment and location in manufacturing; and price-promotion policy, forecasting and market intelligence in marketing. These topics are discussed in the context of case examples, which illustrate problems that can arise when interactions are not recognized.
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author MONTGOMERY, David B.
Hausman, W.F.
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title Marketing/Manufacturing Interfaces
title_short Marketing/Manufacturing Interfaces
title_full Marketing/Manufacturing Interfaces
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title_full_unstemmed Marketing/Manufacturing Interfaces
title_sort marketing/manufacturing interfaces
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1985
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1608
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