Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Physical objects

Inputs are the physical objects or information that goes into a system. For example, for a mobile service provider, they sell mobile handsets to compliment their mobile services. The mobile phones which they purchase from the supplier are inputs to the system of the mobile service provider. A customer who wishes to sign up for a mobile plan and purchase mobile handset gives their personal information so that the mobile service providers can bill them. For the mobile service provider, these are inputs from customers to the system.

KNP products are generic

KNP shall before hand focus on an economic imperative by applying a world wide strategy; That shall find its base on segmentation, differentiation and cost leadership that in the global market should be successful. KNP products are generic, consequently it doesn't have to be sold based on the name brand or support service. This characteristic make it more difficult to develop differentiation that can be used as a competitive advantage; other steps needs to be developed so that KNP should take are addressing the political imperative, emphasizing quality imperative and implementing coordination strategy.