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Index
Patents, 167–169 Preferred stock, 427–428 consumer goods, 549–550
Pay levels, factors affecting, President, 139 consumers, 560
643–646 Price, 543–545, 590–591 costs related to, 590
Payee, 454 changes, 64 decline stage, 96
Payments, 391 competition, 65–66 demand, 63
consumer loan, 456 extremely high or extremely low, demonstrations, 545
suppliers, 589 593 design levels, 561
Pension Benefit Guaranty products, 585 designing new, 515
Corporation, 652 rapid rise in, 71 differences from services, 526–527
Pension funds, 144, 437, 452, 652 setting, 63–67 features, 544, 548
Pension plan, 648 Priceline.com, Inc., 167–168 finding specific, 216
Performance, 371–374 Pricing, 544, 592–595 global competition, 524
Performance improvement, 618–619 Prime rate, 456 growth stage, 95
Performance plans, 642–643 Principal, 434 guarantees, 9, 544, 561
Performance reviews, 276, Private credit card system, 476 image, 544
653–655, 676 Private information, 170 increasing compatibility, 523
Performance standards, 670 Private property, 62–63 industrial goods, 549–550
Personal computer (PC), 192, 214 Privatization, 58 innovations, 7
Personal digital assistant (PDA), 192 Problem solving steps, 284–286 introduction stage, 95
Personal identification number Problems, 284–286 lack of standardization, 523
(PIN), 479 Procedures, 331 list price, 589
Personal income consumption, 71 Process improvement, 359, 373 marketing costs, 540
Personal property tax, 178 Processes, 168–169 marketing mix, 543–546
Personal selling, 545, 601–603, 605 Procter & Gamble, 598 maturity stage, 96
Personal values, 38 Producers, 54, 538, 542, 571–572 models, 544
Personnel management, 616 Product development, 283, perishable, 571
Petty cash fund, 391 512–515, 560–561 physical goods, 544, 560
Piece-rate plan, 642 Product handling, 574–576 potential customers, 542
Piggyback service, 573 Product liability, 170 presenting and demonstrating,
Pipelines, 520, 574 Product life cycle, 95–96, 602–603
Pixels (PIX (picture) Element), 547–549, 551 price, 65, 562, 585, 594
222–223 Product lines, 562 producing, 516–518, 548
Place, 543, 545 Product registration, 217 quality, 9–10, 517, 523, 544,
Place utility, 54, 545, 566 Product research, 514–515 562, 585
Planning, 272, 323–327, 368 Product strategy, 544 radio frequency identification
operations management, 358 Production, 4, 55, 538 (RFID) tags, 573
purchases, 585–587 improving processes, 524–525 reliability, 523
tools, 329–330 manufacturing, 516 right, 540
Planning stage standards, 369 scheduling, 522 seasonal, 600
Point-of-sale terminals, 389–390, Production oriented, 540 selection, 562–563
475 Production plan, 521–522, 524–525 selling price, 593–594
Policies, 330 Productivity, 10 services, 544, 560
Political freedom, 59 Products, 4, 543–544, 585 sizes, 562
Pollution, 39 advance orders, 586 special handling, 571–572
Population, 29–34 assortment, 562–563 storage, 575
Position power, 299–300 bar codes, 575 supply and demand, 5, 64–65
Possession utility, 54, 566 benefits and price relationship, target market, 544
Poverty, 16, 31, 33–34 545 top-quality, 520
Power, 299–300 brand name, 83, 544 tracking, 575
Power need, 361–362 businesspeople, 560 types produced, 572
Preferred provider organization categories, 549–551 unprofitable, 11
(PPO), 498 components, 560–561 users, 572
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