Castor ABM
Castor ABM
TO MY
REPORT
CONSUMER
AND
BUSINESS
MARKETS
market is composed of all
customers who buy the
product, as well as those who
could potentially buy the
product.
Figure 3.2
Identifying Consumer
Buying Needs.
2. Psychological factors.
The behavior of customers is
influenced by their inner mental
activities.
Motivation
The inner force that
compels an
individual to act or
behave in fulfilling
that need is
motivation.
Personality
Is defined as the “inner
psychological
characteristics that both
determine and reflect
how a person responds to
his or her environment”.
Perception
Is how the customers
make sense of the
different stimuli, and
how they create
meaning of the world
around them.
Learning
Which is defined as how customers
gain information and experience from
current purchase behavior that they
can use later on.
Attitude
Is the inclination to judge something
as favorable or unfavorable.
Searching for information.
Once the need is established,
customers look to fulfill it.
Deciding on the Purchase.
After evaluating the products and
looking for the different options,
the consumer will make the
decision to continue with the
purchase or not.
Evaluating The Process.
After the purchase is done, the
buying process is not yet
ended.
Business Market
Is composed of
companies or individual
who purchase and avail
of product and services to
resell to end-buyers or to
help produce their own
products and services.
Business Buying
Proponents.
participants in the business
buying process have
different roles from those
who make the actual
purchase to those who yield
some power throughout the
course of the purchase .
Proponents of business buying process
Influence
Decision-
maker
buyer End-User
controller
Figure 3.3
End-user
Are those who initiate the process of
purchase because they identify the need
of the organization and the products that
will address these needs.
Buyer
The actual purchase of the goods and
services is role that a buyer takes on.
Decision-maker
Who ahs the final say on the
product to be purchased and the
supplier of the goods and services.
Influencer
Who may provide information for the
decision-maker, buyer, and end-user
to make better evaluation of the
purchase.
Controllers
Who mediate and exert control over
the relationships among participants
and the transfer of information from
one proponent to another .
Business buying process
Identifying Describe
business the Search Deciding Evaluate
informatio on the the
buying requirem n purchase purchase
needs ent
Figure 3.4
Identifying business buying
needs.
Organizations have different
needs in purchasing good and
services.
1. Straight rebuy
2. Modified rebuy
3. First-time rebuy
External environment
That surrounds the organization, including,
economic, political, sociocultural, natural,
competitive situation, affects their buying
behavior.
Internal factors
Include the organization itself and the
participants in the process.
Organizational
Its plans, structures, and processes
influence the organizational need and their
buying behavior.
Describing the requirement
Unlike consumer buying behavior where it
is only the individual making the decision,
the buying process in organizations
involves many individuals.
Searching for information
Now that the needs have been specified,
the organization looks for solutions.
Deciding on the purchase
The proposals of qualified suppliers will be
evaluated based on conditions announced
among participating suppliers.
Evaluating the Process
Once the requirements are delivered,
and store operations proceed, the
organization will evaluate the
business buying process to see if the
steps are sufficient, if criteria for
making buying choices are met, if
agreements based on discussion and
the contract have been fulfilled, and
if the decision resulted in the most
favorable outcome.