Best Practices in Building Your Corporate Value Proposition
Research Findings from Best Practices, LLC
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Building a Corporate Value Proposition Overview
This presentation was compiled from various primary and secondary research conducted by Best Practices, LLC.
1. Key Topic Areas Study Objective & Methodology
Companies that are defining their value proposition understand that this is the first step in clearly identifying how their products and/or services are different from the competition – in essence what sets them apart. If a company cannot define some unique feature or benefit that makes it stand out, then customers may default to the most basic option of differentiation -- price. For pharma companies, playing the low-price game is a lose-lose proposition -- even when they make sales.
• Understanding Corporate Value
• J&J Case Study: Origin on Trust
• G.E. Healthcare’s
Healthymagination
• Eli Lilly Case Study on Social
Responsibility
• Corporate Brand Planning
Processes
• Why Focus on Customer Loyalty?
• Achieving the Corporate Value
Proposition
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Understanding the Corporate Value Landscape
Brand Story
Provides inspiration and motivation
for customers, employees and
stakeholders. Ued in corporate
identity articles, special events and
new product launches.
Core Identity Concepts
Aligns the associations you want to
create and maintain. Look to
resonate with customers and
differentiate brand. Should be easy
to communicate and consistent for all
products.
Tagline
Traditionally referred to as the
corporate "slogan". Examples:
Federal Express- The World On
Time; Saturn- A Different Kind of
Car Company.
Building Your
Corporate
Brand
The Value Proposition Represents the functional and
emotional benefits customers
expect to receive from your
company. Reflects a balance
between the aspirations and reality
of what you can deliver.
A corporate brand is a single, clear promise that a company makes and fulfills for its
stakeholders. Branding is the strategic process of establishing both the tangible and
intangible attributes to differentiate your company and give it focus to consumers and
others.
Vision
Expresses the philosophy
driving the organization – your
destination in the next 3 to 5
years.
Brand Promise Distills what the customer will receive.
Drives the value proposition and
provides differentiation.
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What is a Brand?
• A brand is a promise.
– Promises must be believable and consistent through
time
– Promises must be delivered upon
– A promise helps cement the relationship between the
company, product or service and its customers
“The reason we brand is to 'own' a piece of our customers’ gray matter…we want our product to be differentiated in
our customers’ minds”
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– Traditionally in our industry, product brands have functioned
alone, without a corporate brand.
– Today, research shows customers prefer to see a link
between a corporate brand and product brands.
Product only
Product/corporate link
Don’t know
0
20
40
60
80
100
Consumers Physicians Pharmacists
94% 97% 100%
4% 1% 3%
Provide Info at a Corporate and Product Level
Source: Landor
Pharmaceutical companies can no longer just focus on individual brands when
discussing their pharmaceutical products. Physicians, patients and pharmacists are
wanting to see linkage between the corporate brand and product brand.
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Origins of Trust: A Case Study of J&J
• During the Civil War, 75% of wounded
soldiers died from infection
• 1886: Johnson brothers (Robert Wood,
James Wood, Edward Mead) embraced
concepts of antisepsis
– began manufacturing sterile gauze and
cotton
• Begin publishing “how-to” medical
guides
• Medicinal plasters
J&J has established a level of trust with its stakeholders through the last 120-plus years.
Its Credo was established in 1943 and is part of the daily fabric or the organization. It
calls the value it places on trust its “TRUSTMARK.”
CREDO
• Statement of Business
Ethics
• Responsibility to:
– doctors, nurses, patients,
mothers, fathers
– employees
– communities in which we
live and work
– shareholders
• Truly a guide; used daily
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Adopt Organic Organizational Structures
• Mechanistic
- Structured Forms of Interaction
- Restricted Operating Styles
- Formal Authority and Chain of Command for Decisionmaking
- Reluctant Adaptation - captive of history and SOPs
- Emphasis on Procedures
- Tight Control
- Senior Leadership and Managers make decisions absent involvement of subordinates
• Organic
- Open Channels of Communication - support the free flow of information in the organization
- Open Operating Styles - allowed to vary freely
- Autonomous and Distributed Decision-making - based on expertise
- Emphasis on Accomplishment – as opposed to formal procedures
- “Collective Intelligence” of the organization engaged in decisionmaking process
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Corporate Citizenship at Novartis
Novartis focuses some of its corporate citizenship to supporting the eradication of AIDS
in Africa. AIDS orphans are a key target of Novartis, starting with its pilot program in
Tanzania and has moved to 12 other countries.
To learn more about Novartis’
program for AIDS in Africa
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“Our purpose is caring and curing
for patients, one reason why we
are expanding access to
healthcare around the world.”
“Our corporate citizenship policy
reflects our commitment to the 10
principles of the United Nations
Global Compact.”
“The Novartis Code of Conduct sets
out the standards of ethical
behavior that we expect from
Ethical business our associates and
underpins all that we do.”
“We endeavor to ensure the
livelihoods of our people while
being a good neighbor.”
“Our corporate citizenship policy
reflects our commitment to the
10 principles of the United
Nations Global Compact.”
Throughout the world, Novartis
country organizations are active in
corporate citizenship.
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Why Focus on Customer Loyalty?
• Customer satisfaction is not enough
• Assists growth targets by keeping the business we already
have
• Growing new customers costs significantly more than
maintaining the ones we have
• Addressing loyalty drivers wins Dow account share
• Vital to employee morale and satisfaction
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Establish Marketing Points of Connection with
Customers and Business Functions A World Wide Marketing division can play a key role in driving product development by
researching and identifying customer needs and working with internal business
functions to create and launch new products.
Marketing’s Role in a Market-Driven Business Model
• Strategic
Marketing
identifies
user need.
Identify
Need
Assess
Market
Potential
Generate
Product
Launch
Product Sell
• Marketing
Programs
conducts
market
research
to assess
potential.
• Partnership
Marketing
evaluates
partner
synergies.
• If no synergies
available, R&D
creates new
product.
• Marketing
Programs
conducts a
multi-stage
product
launch
process.
• Marketing
Programs
provides
sales
collateral.
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