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
Bring products closer to the customer
Place current products closer to current customer's location of purchase or use
Locate closer to current customer location
Follow current customers to new locations
| No. | Year | SIC | Note |
| 1 | 2000 | 7372 | Trend Micro's Edoctor business is an on-call service. It works with Internet service providers that offer anti-virus for their customers. This helps it sell much more easily without expense. |
| 2 | 1997 | 8011 | Premier has a network of 5,000 collection sites that serve all 50 states and an independent laboratory that performs a full array of substance abuse testing services for corporate and institutional clients nationwide. |
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