ANSWER ME THIS....... This will get you thinking.?

Question

Some large hardware stores such as Home Depot boast of carrying as many as 20,000 different products in each store. What motivated the producers of those products—everything from screwdrivers to ladders to water heaters—to make them and offer them for sale? How did producers decide on the best combinations of resources to use? Who made these resources available, and why? Who decides whether these particular hardware products should continue to get produced and offered for sale?

Answer 1

well first off, when you say producers in this area, one tends to think, of farming. Movies and perishables are produced, do you mean "manufacture"? consumers determine what is manufactured, and as a contractor, i can tell you there are always needs for something different and new. As architecture and construction tends to change to meet the imagination and demands of the customers, new ideas and tools are designed to make them work, then the idea comes into play of what can get it done faster to save man hours, then safety changes everything, with people getting hurt tying there shoes, everything needs to be idiot proof as well. we design our own tools sometimes for what we do and if someone sees them, they would probably market the idea to make money, sometimes they sell, sometimes they don't. Marketing Specialists play a big role on what the life span of an item is on the shelf. Manufacturers spend big money to have their products displayed a certain way. The readers digest answer would be need and demand. In the tool industry, there is a process of getting the products out there, i.e. Manufacturer-Distributor-Wholesaler-Retailer. The manufacturer does not sell to the retailer directly, and there are several reasons for this...if they do, then the manufacturer needs to hire a new marketing and sales staff. cause they are loosing money and overcrowding there own warehouse. well, without giving a full class, i hope this helped in your question.

Answer 2

simple statistics, coupled with trial and error.

Combinations and materials:

someone wouldn't buy the wood latter if it was by the metal latter.
they would buy the metal latter because it's stronger and will last longer.


motivation:
a dude got ticked because his drill kept breaking.
so he made a better one. his neighbor liked it so much, that he paid the him to make one just like it. the dude realized this could be a good product, so he got a patent.

who decided:
home depot would want to spend as little as possible
so they wold in turn buy the cheap stuff.
OR they just stick with a few brands and use all of their products instead of just a few products from a lot of brands. (for shipping purposes, insurance, and being on "good terms" with the company)


ha.




Stargazer

Answer 3

It's a fantastic idea but they won't do it, they'd be afraid they would lose too many participants that way. So, You are on Y/A's when your receptionist tells your patients you had an emergency or that you are in a meeting huh? No wonder I have to wait so long at the Dr's office. :) Better watch Doc, you're telling on yourself.

Answer 4

Availability of resources, cost of resources, demand for the product, past experience or knowledge in producing a certain product, amongst other things.

Answer 5

Cha-Ching

Answer 6

The answer to all ethics of any big company is simply this.

Money.

Answer 7

Easy money
Once something no longer makes money why continue to make it.