1. Quintin Jordan Chris Flockerzy
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne Chapter 6: Get the Strategic Sequence Right
Team 2 Presenters
Quintin Jordan Chris Flockerzy
Sarah Doyle Lydia Herschap
Raquel Vasquez Monica Del Bosque
Nancy Nguyen Gabriel Gamez

2. Sequence of Blue Ocean Strategy

3. Testing for Exceptional Utility
Important questions to ask:
Does the product/idea have too many tasks?
Do people know how to use it?
Do customers lack a compelling reason to use the product/idea?
Chris

4. Technology with Limits
Do not revel in the “bells and whistles” of new technology
Bleeding edge technology is NOT bleeding edge utility for buyers
Most companies fall into this trap (Phillips/Motorola)
Technology awards usually do NOT make buyers lives dramatically simpler, more convenient, more productive, less risky, or more fun/fashionable
Chris

5. Buyer Utility Map
Chris

6. Testing Exceptional Utility
GOING ACROSS – In what stages are the biggest blocks to buyer utility
Remove the greatest blocks to utility
OBJECTIVE – (1)To convert noncustomers into customers
OBJECTIVE – (2)You want your offering to fall on spaces that are different from other players to create a blue ocean
Chris

7. Buyer Utility Map
Chris

8. Strategic Pricing Buyers want to buy/Buyers can buy
Sell to mass markets from the start
MKT (3352):
Market Penetration/Market Skimming
Why mass market pricing?
“Volume generates higher returns than it used to”
Network externalities: “sell millions at once, or nothing at all”
Popularity of a product
helps determine its value
Coca-Cola:
1887-Free Coca-Cola Coupons
given out
Sarah

9. Strategic Pricing
Rival goods: the use of a good by one firm precludes its use by another
Nonrival goods: the use of a good by one firm does not limit use by another firm
Ideas: Coca-Cola changing the shape of their 2 liter bottle.
Excludability: goods are excludable if the company can prevent others from using them
Ex: “Limited access or patent protection”
Coca-Cola: Syrup trade secret
Coca Cola should understand that Blue
Ocean strategies can be developed
with out “new technological discoveries”
Strategies can be easily copied by other companies
Coca Cola’s new bottle design
Sarah

10. Strategic Pricing Attract buyers and retain them
Rely on word of mouth to help build brand image
Brand Image (MKT 4354)
Price corridor of the mass
“The right price for an irresistible offer”
Sarah

11. The Price Corridor of the Mass
The Price Corridor of the Mass is a tool used to help find the right offer price of the new product or service, so that it attracts and retains buyers in large numbers.
It is a graphical display of the price and volume of alternatives in order to capture the most target buyers.
It is a two-step process that attracts the target mass of buyers from the start so they both want and have the ability to pay for it.
Step 1: Identify the price corridor of the masses
Step 2: Specify a price level within the price corridor
Lydia

12. Step 1: Identify the Price Corridor of the Mass
Uses match-pricing within and between industries and ideas.
Attempts to understand the price sensitivities of customers.
When choosing a price that will initially target a large population, two techniques emerge to help look at products/services in other industries:
Different forms, but same function
Example: Coke vs. Water
Different forms, different functions, but same overall objective.
The goal is for managers to identify the full range of potential buyers by listing groups of alternative products and services from other industries and nonindustries, and price against them.
Drinking a coke compared to drinking water or tea, they both serve the function of quenching thirst but have very different forms.
Lydia Examples of the two categories please Lyd. (check?)
Suggestion:
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13. Step 2: Specify a Level Within the Price Corridor
Determines how high the firm can afford to set the price within the price corridor, without increasing competition from imitation products/services.
Two factors help set the price level:
The degree to which the product is legally protected by patents or copyrights.
The degree to which the company owns exclusive assets or core capabilities.
There are three ranges that make up the corridor: Upper-level pricing, Mid-level pricing, and Lower-level pricing.
Higher protection allows a company to strategically set the price higher to attract the mass of target buyers. No protection from imitation means the company must set a relatively low price, because it is easier to compete.
Lydia
Why such strong barriers to entry because of all the factories and high expenses, but competition still strongly exists.
Suggestion:
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14. Strategic Pricing to Target Costing
“The Price Corridor of the Mass signals the strategic pricing zone central to pulling in an ocean of new demand, but also signals how you might need to adjust your initial price estimates to achieve this.”
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15. From Strategic Pricing to Target Costing
Address the profit side of the business model
To maximize potential profit of a Blue Ocean Strategy idea start with strategic pricing
Price- desired profit margin = target cost
Price – cost NOT cost + price
“If companies give into the route of bumping up strategic price or cutting back on utility, they are not on the path to lucrative blue water.”
Raquel

16. 1st Lever: Streamlining Operations
Introducing cost innovations from manufacturing to distribution
Switching to less expensive raw materials
High cost low level added activities in your value chain should be eliminated
Shorten the number of parts or steps used in production
Simplify design
Raquel

17. Coca- Cola Deal to acquire Coca- Coal Enterprises Inc.
Represents 75% of coke sold in the U.S.
and all of Canada
$12 billion dollar deal marks major change in a strategy
Strengthen the beverage industry in North America by streamlining costs, potentially lowering prices and providing more choices for consumers
Raquel

18. 2nd Lever: Partnering
Provides a way for companies to secure needed capabilities fast and effectively while dropping the cost structure. It also allows for leverage of other companies expertise and economies of scale.
How this works:
Closes the gaps in capabilities through small acquisitions when doing so is faster and cheaper.
Provides your company access to needed expertise that have been mastered by other organizations.
For Example: Establishing partnerships with several manufacturers to find the cheapest materials and production activities.
Why partnerships are overlooked:
Companies make the mistake of trying to carry out all activities of production and distribution on their own, because they identify the product as their platform for other products or services.
They are oblivious to other options.
Monica
Can talk about when acquired dasani?

19. 3rd Lever: Changing the Pricing Model
Provides a way so your company does not have to compromise on a strategic price, but instead allows you to hit the target cost using a different approach by developing a new price model, also known as pricing innovation.
How this works:
Creates a different model for distribution of your product or service that increases the benefits for you organization as well as the customer. As a result it revives the need and want for your product.
Renting a movie instead of buying (Netflix)
For Example: In the 1890’s owner Asa G. Candler increased Cokes market by changing their method of distribution from solely offering fountain sales to also offering bottled drinks. As a result, Coke sold their product to more distributors, and were able to reach more of their customers.
Monica

20. The Profit Model of Blue Ocean Strategy
The Strategic Price
The Target Profit
The Target Cost
Companies begin with strategic price, from which it deducts its target profit margin to arrive at its target cost. To hit the cost target that supports that profit, companies have 2 key levers. Streamlining and cost innovation then partnering. When the target cost cannot be met despite all efforts to build a low-cost business model the company should turn to the 3rd lever, pricing innovation to profitably meet the strategic price.
Streamlining & Cost Innovation
Partnering
Pricing Innovation
Monica

21. From Utility, Price, and Cost to Adoption
“Before plowing forward and investing in the
new idea, the company must first overcome
such fears by educating the fearful.”
Employees
Communicate
Collaboration
Business Partners
Open discussions
Cooperation
The General Public
Inform and Educate
Nancy

22. The Blue Ocean Idea Index
Provides a simple test of this system view
Strategy based on the sequence of utility, price, cost, and adoption
Gabriel

23. Energy Brands: Vitamin Water
Developed the “Enhanced Water” category
Utility
Provided a healthier alternative for
on-the-go lifestyles
Price
Entered the market with a higher
price than most water (different form/same function)
Cost
Reducing costs with partnerships
Adoption
Employees were all dedicated to getting attention
General public accepted the new products
Gabriel

24. Key Take Away Points The Right Strategic Sequence:
Buyer Utility- to create a blue ocean the blocks to customers and noncustomers utility must be eliminated.
Price- determining a price that creates an ocean of new demand by targeting the masses and setting the price against alternatives and substitutes.
Cost- Uses the price-cost strategy to find the cost structure that is both profitable and hard for potential followers to match.
Adoption- to understand and be able explain to stakeholders why the adoption of the idea is necessary for the future of the company.
Once a company has established and passed the blue ocean idea index, the formulating of the blue ocean strategy is complete and the firm can now begin to execute the strategy.
A business model built in the sequence of exceptional utility, strategic pricing, and target costing produces value innovation, Unlike the practice of conventional technology innovators, value innovation is based on a win-win game among buyers, companies, and society.
Gabriel