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Customer Value & Commercialization

Do You Know What You Are Really Selling?

This article asks what customers are actually buying when they choose an engineered product. It shifts the discussion from specifications to the customer's…

Doug Ringer ·

Doug Ringer

This published work explores a practical product-business question through the lens of Customer Value & Commercialization.

This article asks what customers are actually buying when they choose an engineered product. It shifts the discussion from specifications to the customer's problem, economics, support, and total solution - a direct foundation for value-based commercialization and avoiding commodity competition.

Original publication: Product Design & Development

Why it still matters

The underlying leadership question remains relevant: connect customer and market evidence, clear decision rights, and disciplined execution to the business outcome.

Publication context

Originally published by Product Design & Development. The date associated with the source record is October 6, 2015.

Publication context

Customer Value & Commercialization

Doug Ringer

Product management is a business role.

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