Maintain

Advisories: These examples contain warnings and advice that should be considered as you are using the approach to cost improvement described below.

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A Final customer buying from an Intermediary. Each of these costs represent steps an Final or end user customer must take in connection with the product purchased from an Intermediary supplier:

3. Maintain Steps: Maintain steps include all activities required to keep the product in working order. These steps include the costs the customer incurs to diagnose and correct product problems.

1. Knowledge: Add knowledge

   1. Process where product is used – Explain how product can or should operate in customer cost system

      1. Warnings and advice Examples>>

      2. Acquire Examples>>

      3. Use Examples>>

      4. Maintain Short Examples>> Long Examples>>

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

   1. Money – Reduce the money the customer uses with the product. For more ideas on using pricing, please see the Improve/Pricing section of StrategyStreet.

      1. Reduce the level of payment for use of the product Examples>>

      2. Reduce the customer's spending on people, purchases or capital costs the customer uses with the product itself Examples>>

      3. Reduce the customer's spending on other products used with the product Examples>>

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

      1. Reduce steps the customer must use with the product Short Examples>> Long Examples>>

      2. Improve wait times in the process Examples>>

      3. Help customers obtain and use related products Examples>>

      4. Customize the product functions for the customer's use Examples>>

3. Experience: Enhance the experience the customer has with the product

   1. Associate the company or the product with an image to increase customer pleasure in using the product Examples>>

   2. Increase the customer's sense of security with the product

      1. Warnings and advice Examples>>

      2. The product works Examples>>

      3. We can fix problems promptly Examples>>

      4. Your investment is safe Examples>>

      5. Your person is safe Examples>>

   3. Entertain the customer while waiting for or using the product Examples>>

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