Channel Clinics – 60 Typical Cases in the Construction, Management, and Marketing of Selected Enterprise Sales Channels

Author: Li Yunzeng
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Simply put, this book interprets channel failures and explores how to prevent minor issues from escalating and turn dangers into opportunities. By describing 60 typical cases of enterprises in sales channel construction, management, and marketing practices, the book serves as a "negative textbook" for the industry, providing material for "criticism" and reference. On the other hand, all cases include diagnoses and insightful comments from high-level channel management executives, as well as practical analyses and guidance from hands-on channel management and marketing practitioners. This is done to prevent problems before they occur and to help businesses plagued by various channel "diseases" and frustrations find ways to overcome challenges and exit difficult situations, thereby promoting standardized channel management and improving channel marketing operations. One of the book's features is its complete focus on interpreting failure cases. Another is that the "doctors" in the cases express highly actionable and profound insights in simple narratives, rather than offering simplistic and empty teachings, making them easier to understand and accept. Third, to minimize bias, the book includes "doctors" in the case diagnoses from various roles in the supply chain, such as suppliers, distributors, second-tier agents, integrators, and end channels, striving to reflect diverse perspectives to make the case analyses and comments more comprehensive and enriching. Additionally, since the "doctors" who provide diagnoses for all cases form a large team of experts, the book is filled with the brilliance of collective wisdom.