Final Customer Purchasing from the Product Producer

Acquire Steps: Acquire steps include all activities the customer completes preceding the use or the consumption of the product. These steps include the customer's efforts needed for evaluation and acquisition of the product.

B.
Resources: Reduce resources required for the use of the product

2.
Time – Reduce the time the customer must spend with the product

A. Reduce steps the customer must use with the product

Reduce customer steps in the product process
Simplify installation or set up

Regular installation

No.	Year	SIC	Note
1	1992	3571	Packard Bell's success tied to making it easier than ever to buy and set up a PC. It is sold in discount warehouses.
2	2002	3571	Those who use PCs at work, are proficient and familiar with their operating systems will definitely be more likely to purchase a PC for home; Macs are generally more expensive and require learning how to use an entirely different system.
3	2002	3572	Consumers like USB drives because of their easy to use plug-and-play technology. The USB drives also don't require an additional plug. Recent sales of the product have risen.
4	1996	3575	Compaq introduced Presario series of home-oriented computers, which emerge from the box ready to go.
5	1987	3800	Many camera owners want to switch to the new compact models, the so-called lens shutter cameras that don't have interchangeable lenses and flashes.
6	2002	5812	At Sonic, there aren't any indoor tables or counters. The customer drives into a covered carport, looks at the menu, and presses a button once he is ready to order.
7	1989	7514	Car rental Club members go directly to a special facility where they simply show their license and credit card, sign and go.

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