Market Research Is Not a One-and-Done Process

Market Research Is Not a One-and-Done Process

According to Investopedia, the term market research refers to “the process of evaluating the viability of a new service or product through research conducted directly with potential customers.” It allows a company to define its target market and get opinions and...
Innovative Metrics Can Be Both Good and Bad

Innovative Metrics Can Be Both Good and Bad

In the early days of your current job, you decided which metrics to track. You expected that as your graphs improved, your customers, stakeholders, or higher-ups would see and appreciate significant increases in the value they received. At the start of each new year,...
Why Pricing Services is Critical to OEMs Performance

Why Pricing Services is Critical to OEMs Performance

If you are responsible for pricing in an OEM business, you have three major revenue streams: finished products, spare parts, and services and service contracts. In the life science business and a few others, most of your income and profit comes from selling a fourth...
Growth from Your Installed Base of Legacy Products

Growth from Your Installed Base of Legacy Products

If you make tangible products and have been in business for more than seven or eight years, you have legacy products in your installed base. That is fine because industrial OEMs expect after-sales service to generate eight to 10 times the original sales revenue during...
Lessons Learned from 3 Sales Calls

Lessons Learned from 3 Sales Calls

Bob is the vice president of manufacturing for a business that processes, packs, and ships seeds to customers in the lower 48 states. The company has a constraint in the bag and seal area. Bob set up a buying committee consisting of himself and the managers of...