Cuidado com a proliferação da oferta

Outro mal de muitas empresas é o da proliferação de produtos:
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"Product proliferation is often a function of improving customer service and experience. A customer says they love product A and would buy millions of them — if only you could change the color from black to green.
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From that point on, it’s a slippery slope to where if one customer can make a special request, then another makes a special request. The next thing you know, you’re managing an ever increasing number of SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) and the amount of paperwork and quality system management has gone up exponentially.
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What you may NOT notice is that product proliferation creates a quiet profitability leak . Over time, that customer that said they would buy millions of units, only ends up buying a couple hundred thousand. And in a couple of years, the number of units starts decreasing and before you know it, your profit margin is as thin as a human hair. Even worse, you may not even notice how many products you have that fall into this category. All you see is a steadily shrinking margin."

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E então, nestes tempos de redução na procura, um comercial quer ter à mão muitas referências para tentar chegar e conseguir vender algo a alguém.

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Mas perde foco.

Mas confunde os clientes.

Mas aumenta custos de stock.

Mas não escolhe clientes-alvo.

Mas não treina e aperfeiçoa argumentos de compra.

Mas não mergulha a fundo em cada um dos produtos que vende.
Mas não se especializa nos problemas dos clientes que os produtos/serviços tentam resolver.
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Recordar as lições de Gordon Ramsay sobre a proliferação de oferta nos menus: aqui e aqui. 

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