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244 Marketing myopia             278  Trying to predict the       312  Your most unhappy
           Focus on the future market        future is like driving           customers are your
                                             with no lights looking           greatest source of
        250  The cash cow is the             out of the back window           learning
           beating heart of the              Forecasting                      Feedback and innovation
           organization
           Product portfolio             280  Product, Place, Price,      314  Technology is the great
                                             Promotion  Marketing mix         growling engine of change
        256  Expanding away from                                              The right technology
           your core has risks;
           diversification doubles                                         316  Without big data, you are
           them   Ansoff’s matrix        DELIVERING THE                       blind and deaf and in the
                                                                              middle of a highway
        258  If you’re different, you    GOODS                                Benefitting from “big data”
           will stand out
           Creating a brand              PRODUCTION AND                   318  Put the product into
                                         POSTPRODUCTION                       the customer’s hands—
        264  There is only one boss:                                          it will speak for itself
           the customer                                                       Quality sells
           Make your customers           288  See how much, not how
           love  you                         little, you can give for     324  The desire to own
                                             a dollar                         something a little better,
        268  Whitewashing, but with          Maximize customer benefits        a little sooner than
           a green brush                                                      necessary
           Greenwash                     290  Costs do not exist to be        Planned obsolescence
                                             calculated. Costs exist to
        270  People want companies           be reduced                   326  Time is money
           to believe in something           Lean production                  Time-based management
           beyond   maximizing

           profits  The appeal of ethics  294  If the pie’s not big enough,  328  A project without a
                                             make a bigger pie                critical path is like a ship
        271  Everybody likes                 Fulfilling demand                 without a rudder
           something extra for                                                Critical path analysis
           nothing                       296  Eliminate unnecessary
           Promotions and incentives         steps  Simplify processes    330  Taking the best from
                                                                              the best  Benchmarking
        272  In good times people        300  Every gain through the
           want to advertise; in bad         elimination of waste is
           times they have to                gold in the mine
           Why advertise?                    Juran’s production ideal
                                                                          332   DIRECTORY
        274  Make your thinking as       302 Machines, facilities,
           funny as possible                 and people should work       340   GLOSSARY
           Generating buzz                   together to add value
                                             Kaizen
        276  E-commerce is becoming                                       344   INDEX
           mobile  commerce              310  Learning and innovation
           M-commerce                        go hand in hand
                                             Applying and testing ideas   351   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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