Key Steps in Service Planning:Matching Opportunities to Resources
Must relate marketing opportunities to firm’s resources (physical,
financial, technological, human)
Identify, evaluate firm’s marketing assets
Customer portfolio/lifetime value (customer equity)
Market knowledge
Marketing implementation skill
Product line
Competitive positioning strategies
Brand reputation (brand equity)
Identify, evaluate firm’s operating assets
Physical facilities, equipment
Technology and systems (especially IT)
Human resources (numbers, skills, productivity)
Leverage through alliances and partnerships
Potential for customer self service
Cost structure