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1: SRI International
Case Summary
Akshay Menon, head of SRIs Dallas operations is in fix in deciding to purchase scanners for the
company. He asked to know the perception of several high employees regarding the purchase
decision. In the case, we have noticed several options were available to purchase the scanner.
The Production manager, chief financial officer, human resources manager were trying to
influence to purchase the scanner as the best option. As several managers suggested him different
brands of scanners and he was in dilemma to purchase the scanner in deciding the best option.
Question 1: List the roles that each person plays in the buying center. Can you identify where
Menon is in making a decision, and what he should do next? Other than Menon, who is the most
important and why?
Answer: According to this case, several people are involved in purchasing scanner. The roles of
each person in the buying center are given below
The decision maker Akshay Menon can emphasize mostly on the perception of Margie
Cabellero, user because she is directly involved with production process and know better which
one is the most suitable for the operation process.
After evaluating this case, we have noticed the production manager Margie Cabellero is the most
important because she is mainly the user of scanners in the production process of this
organizations.
Question 2: Identify sources of risk for each member of the buying center. What are they
risking? How important does that risk seem to be? How would you reduce that risk if you were a
scanner salesperson?
Answer: Risk is usually thought of in terms of the probability of an outcome and the importance
or cost associated with the outcome. On the basis of the case it can determine the risks from the
angle of each members of the buying centre in the flowing ways-
Akshay Menon (CEO) as a decision maker faced all sorts of risks mentioned above like
financial, performance and social risk.
Margie Cabellero (PM), on the other hand, faced performance risk only.
George Whitaker (CFO) faced both the financial and performance risk.
Gloria Sigel (HR) faced both performance and social risk.
All of the risks were important from their own angle. But the financial and performance risk
seem to be important to make the decision.
Question 3: Assume you market scanners, and this situation is pretty typical of what you find.
How would this information influence your marketing activities? Be as specific as possible.
Answer There are a lot of conflicts regarding in purchasing situation of buying center. These
sorts of destructive outcomes may hamper the marketing activities. From the marketing
perspectives, these sorts of conflicts are given below Targeting difficulties- Without appropriate segmenting of the markets, targeting of the
appropriate party is actually pretty difficult.
Positioning difficulties- All parties of the buying center working as the conflicting brain.
As a result, they cant get the appropriate message in simultaneously and arise in conflicts
in positioning strategy.
Overall dissatisfaction- A buying center is the overall conflicting area in the working
place. If a one party is ignored, this party always tries to find out the fault of this
purchasing decision. As a result, the overall dissatisfaction arise among the employees as
well as the buying center.
In the conclusion stage, marketers should consider these threats in the buying process and need
to take tactical steps to overcome such conflicts in the buying process.
model. You may need to make assumptions about their jobs, so be sure to state those.
Answer Behavior choice theory refers the buyers go through a choice process to arrive at
decisions of how they will buy as opposed to the choice process of what will be bought as a part
of buy-grid. Based on this case, Sylvias attitude reflected as company orientation because
having enough power on the committee, she wanted to make sure that the organizations needs
were met.
Frank Brus, has gone through the choice process is to evaluate the personal relevance. He was
proud of purchasing the first network and a self-proclaimed gadgeteer and he was planning to
explore the possibility of outsourcing through his best decision making skill.
Sylvia and Frank both are the partners of purchasing committee. They have different outlook in
purchasing decision. One is company oriented and other one is more engaged on personal
relevance. But both wanted to make sure the firms benefits along with their personal and
organizational viewpoint.
Question 2: What are the risks that Sylvia and Frank face?
Answer According to our case, when Sylvia was purchased in the last time the system went
down. As we know, when a product is not perform as intended the performance risk will occur.
Both performance and financial risk would be realized at that situation because the performance
risk of the product is crucial to the financial performance of the firm. On the other hand, Frank
has scheduled a trip for the executive committee to Hyderabad, India, to visit Tatas headquarters
to avoid the social risk.
Question 3: Explain their motivation in terms of reward/measurement. Again, state any
purchasing. Along with Frank was more concerned on his self-proclaimed gadgeteer and
encouraged committee members to meet Tata Technologies for better offshore computer
engineering firm that shows the motivation of Frank.
Sylvia and Frank both are the purchasing committee partner and they have different view
regarding the purchasing situation. Sylvia was concerned for the organization to make sure about
the organizational met through reducing performance and financial risks. On the other hand,
Frank was self-proclaimed gadgeteer to encourage the committee members to make a trip at the
Tatas technologies to avoid the social risk and explore the possibility of outsourcing some of the
firms easier work.
Question 4: What would you do if you were a salesperson proposing a computer system to the