Basic Terms
Functions
Utilities
100

Making or producing the correct good or service to add value to consumers' everyday life

What is marketing?

100

Obtaining goods or services for use in the everyday operation of a business or for resale.

What is purchasing?

100

Making or producing things.

What is form utility?

200

Goods and services

What are products?

200

The determination of an exchange price at which the buyer and the seller perceive optimum value for a good or service.

What is pricing?

200

The products' usefulness is increased because of its' location.

What is place utility?

300

Material items you can touch

What are goods?

300

The process of creating a product in response to market opportunities.

What is product planning?

300

Making a product available at a convenient time of year or the right time of day.

What is time utility?

400

A series of tasks performed for a consumer.

What are services?

400

Communicates information about products, services, images, or ideas to customers or clients to influence their purchase behavior.

What is promotion?

400

The ability to aid customers in owning goods.

What is possession utility?

500

This takes places every time something is sold in the marketplace.

What is an exchange?

500

The physical movement or the transfer of ownership of a good or service from the producer to the consumer.

What is distribution?

500

Usefulness added to a product through communication.

What is information utility?