BUAD 332 FINAL EXAM 2025 WITH ACTUAL
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Definition: a marketing philosophy holding that a company's marketing should support the best
long-run performance of the marketing system
enlightened marketing
3 types of enlightened marketing
consumer-oriented marketing
innovative marketing
sense-of-mission marketing
Consumer-oriented marketing
a company should view and organize its marketing activities from the consumer's point of view
innovative marketing & example in class
a company should seek real product and marketing improvements
ex: P&G
Sense-of-mission marketing & example in class
a company should define mission in broad social terms rather than narrow product terms
ex: Dove exposes beauty distortion
What does S&OP stand for?
Sales and Operations Planning
what is unconstrained demand
Demand that is not constrained by the ability to supply
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, Demand forecast
a projection into the future of expected demand, given a stated set of assumptions
(unconstrained forecast)
4 types of plans
supply plans
inventory plans
demand plans
financial plans
Plans V. Forecasts
-Forecast comes before plan
- forecasts are best guesses about what we think will happen
- plans are decisions we make about what we will actually do
What are the different types of forecasting?
-forecasting level (Level of granularity that forecast is expressed)
-forecasting time horizon (how far out into future you forecast demand)
-forecasting time interval (how frequently you update forecast)
What are the 3 forecasting levels
product forecast
brand forecast
SKU forecast (most variable)
What are the business natures that help determine nature of process?
-Nature of customer base
-nature of data
-nature of products
-nature of people
What are the 2 real functions accomplished by forecasting systems?
1. Statistical "engine" - software that does stats
2. Communication - integration w/ other corporate systems & ability to share info w/ upstream
and downstream users
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CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY
GRADED A+|LATEST UPDATE |GUARANTEED
PASS
Definition: a marketing philosophy holding that a company's marketing should support the best
long-run performance of the marketing system
enlightened marketing
3 types of enlightened marketing
consumer-oriented marketing
innovative marketing
sense-of-mission marketing
Consumer-oriented marketing
a company should view and organize its marketing activities from the consumer's point of view
innovative marketing & example in class
a company should seek real product and marketing improvements
ex: P&G
Sense-of-mission marketing & example in class
a company should define mission in broad social terms rather than narrow product terms
ex: Dove exposes beauty distortion
What does S&OP stand for?
Sales and Operations Planning
what is unconstrained demand
Demand that is not constrained by the ability to supply
1|Page
, Demand forecast
a projection into the future of expected demand, given a stated set of assumptions
(unconstrained forecast)
4 types of plans
supply plans
inventory plans
demand plans
financial plans
Plans V. Forecasts
-Forecast comes before plan
- forecasts are best guesses about what we think will happen
- plans are decisions we make about what we will actually do
What are the different types of forecasting?
-forecasting level (Level of granularity that forecast is expressed)
-forecasting time horizon (how far out into future you forecast demand)
-forecasting time interval (how frequently you update forecast)
What are the 3 forecasting levels
product forecast
brand forecast
SKU forecast (most variable)
What are the business natures that help determine nature of process?
-Nature of customer base
-nature of data
-nature of products
-nature of people
What are the 2 real functions accomplished by forecasting systems?
1. Statistical "engine" - software that does stats
2. Communication - integration w/ other corporate systems & ability to share info w/ upstream
and downstream users
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