Difference between revisions of "Product"
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| − | *[[Service]] is what the [[service consumer]] orders and gets; this is only a part of what the [[service provider]] has produced in order to deliver. For instance, it may take several months to shot a 90-minute movie. | + | *[[Service]] is what the [[service consumer]] orders and gets; this is only a part of what the [[service provider]] has produced in order to deliver. For instance, it may take several months to shot a 90-minute movie. This movie consumer will never see everything that has been produced; on the screen, he or she will see only the editor's cut. |
*''Product'' is what the [[service provider]] produces in order to provide the [[service consumer]] with the ordered service. One service is a result of one or more service-making products. | *''Product'' is what the [[service provider]] produces in order to provide the [[service consumer]] with the ordered service. One service is a result of one or more service-making products. | ||
However, the usage of these two terms, ''product'' and [[service]] is not consistent throughout various industries and geographic areas. In [[marketing]], a term, [[service]], generally refers to a ''product''. | However, the usage of these two terms, ''product'' and [[service]] is not consistent throughout various industries and geographic areas. In [[marketing]], a term, [[service]], generally refers to a ''product''. | ||
Revision as of 14:09, 30 December 2020
Literally, product is anything that is produced. This term has a wide range of applications:
- In business and marketing, product usually refers to marketable product (or, simply, the marketable) that is developed by an industrial process or farming to be sold and re-sold as a commodity.
- In business analysis, product may refer to work product that either business analysts produce or the customer seeks to obtain when their requirements are implemented.
- In effort administration, systems engineering, and project management, product usually refers to work product, so does this word, product, in the product backlog and product backlog item (PBI) terms.
- In mathematics, product is the result from the multiplication together of numbers or expressions.
- In social science, product is something or someone resulting from environment or a set of other conditions.
Marketable vs work product
- Main wikipages: Marketable, Work product
A marketable is anything that is offered on the market for sale. Usually, but not necessarily, a marketable is a work product. On another side, a work product is any output from a process. A work product may be offered on the market or be consumed internally.
Service vs product
- Main wikipages: Service, Service management
- Service is what the service consumer orders and gets; this is only a part of what the service provider has produced in order to deliver. For instance, it may take several months to shot a 90-minute movie. This movie consumer will never see everything that has been produced; on the screen, he or she will see only the editor's cut.
- Product is what the service provider produces in order to provide the service consumer with the ordered service. One service is a result of one or more service-making products.
However, the usage of these two terms, product and service is not consistent throughout various industries and geographic areas. In marketing, a term, service, generally refers to a product.
