Product
Consumer Product Categories
Business Product Categories
Business Products (cont)
Consumer Product examples
100

A tangible physical entity

What is a good

100

Relatively inexpensive, frequently purchased items for which buyers exert minimal purchasing effort

What is convenience products

100

Facilities and nonportable major equipment

What is installation

100

Maintenance, repair, and operating items that facilitate productions and operations but do not become part of a finished product

What is MRO Supplies

100

Bread, soft drinks, chewing gum, gasoline, newspapers are examples of this consumer category

What are convenience products

200

An intangible result of the application of human and mechanical efforts to people or objects

What is a service

200

Items for which buyers are willing to expend considerable effort in planning and making decisions

What is shopping products
200

Equipment that does not become part of the final physical product but is used in production or office activities

What is accessory equipment

200

Classification of business product that is nonportable

What is installation

200

Appliances, bicycles, furniture, stereos, cameras, and shoes are examples of this consumer category

What are shopping products

300

A concept, philosophy, image, or issue

What is an idea

300

Items with unique characteristics that buyers are willing to expend considerable effort to obtain

What is specialty products

300

Basic natural materials that become part of a physical product

What is raw materials

300

The intangible products that many organizations use in their operations

What is business services

300

Mont blanc pens, baseball signed by Babe Ruth, and a Tag Heuer Indy 500 wristwatch are examples of this consumer category

What are specialty products

400

Products purchased to satisfy personal and family needs

What is consumer products

400

Products purchased to solve a sudden problem, products of which customers are unaware, and products that people do not necessarily think about buying

What is unsought products

400

Items that become part of the physical product and are either finished items ready for assembly or products that need little processing before assembly

What is component parts

400

Minerals, chemicals, agricultural products like corn, materials from forests and oceans

What are raw materials

400

The services provided by ServiceMaster Clean, Rescue Rooter, and Servpro are examples of this consumer category

What are unsought products

500

Products bought to use in an organization's operations, to resell, or to make other products

What is business products

500

The consumer product classification of pet insurance

What is a specialty product, per textbook

Personal opinion, shopping product

500

Materials that are used directly in the production of other products but are not readily identifiable 

What is process materials

500

The Business Product classification of killer wasps that are sprayed on sugarcane and soybean plants to combat bugs that threaten the plants.  

What is a raw material per the textbook

Personal opinion, MRO Supply

500

Build-a-bear demonstrates this element/component of the Total Product 

What is the experiential element of the product

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