Priorities
Capacity for Innovations
Capsule: The Company would eliminate innovations that are likely to be copied quickly or that have an unattractive economic outlook. It then would implement the remaining innovations in the order of their greatest impact on the volume and profitability of the Company. The Company would innovate all of the innovations that it has the capital and human resources to undertake during the planning period.
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The Company would eliminate any innovation that is likely to be copied by competition before the Company reaches an economic breakeven point. The exception to this rule would be an innovation that the Company needs in order to correct an important shortcoming or that is likely to be introduced in the near term by other competitors in the marketplace. The Company may wish to proceed with these innovations in order to prevent a "failure" and the accompanying negative volatility volume loss to competition.
The Company may be facing a limitation on its capacity to pursue even those innovations that have survived the test of economic value. The Company may be limited in its capital resources or in its ability to execute a number of innovations at one time. (See Symptom: "Competitors are Aiming Their Marketing at Narrower Segments.") In this final step of setting priorities for its innovations, it considers its capacity to innovate.
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Capacity for Innovations Questions
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Basic Strategy Guide Users Go To: Step 19
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This section creates and prioritizes ideas for product and service innovation. Your next step is to turn to the Diagnose Pricing section to begin developing new pricing tactics for your target customer segments.