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Restaurant people will tell you that the worst thing a customer can do is have a bad meal and not SAY anything about it. It prevents the establishment from making it

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

right for the customer. The damage gets worse, because the customer doesn’t usually return AND they tell their friends what they thought about the food.

Automotive

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

sales people are taught that every customer knows at least another 100 friends and relatives, and that one customer can be a valuable source of leads and referrals f

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

r future automotive sales. If the salesperson does a good job

People talk about service, both good and bad.

Businesses large and small should thi

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

k over these examples, and build customer service policies to support them.

Here are some possibilities:

Monitor satisfaction with each transaction.
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro
g> A technology manufacturer recently shipped back an item to a customer that had been returned for warranty replacement. It was less than 30 days old. Didn’t wor
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
correctly right out of the box and the customer was upset and frustrated at having to pack it and pay out of pocket to ship it back.

Weeks passed. The customer fum
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
d. Several unsatisfactory phone calls later, the item finally arrived at her doorstep. The instruction manual was missing. The box contained only the product and ro
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
tine shipping slip.

Missed opportunity?
A chance for management in that multi-million dollar company to find out more about the warranty-retur
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
n experience, by including a person’s name, a toll-free number or a postpaid card asking for feedback. Message sent? This experience left the fee
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ing that the company just wants to sell more new product, without regard for the user experience.

That customer will NEVER purchase a product with that particular b
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
and name and will end up telling others about her experience. Might not matter too much for a $60 consumer item? Consider how the same experience could impact profit
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
if it was priced at $1,000 and multipled by dozens of customers.

Make individual employees agents of change.
In the above example, after bein
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
g frustrated by voice mail menus and inaccurate information, the customer firmly asked to speak to a supervisor. She was left on hold for a long, long time, adding
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
o her agitation. At that point, the issue should have been given top priority, and a helpful, soothing voice should have come on the line to resolve the problem. I
t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
employees in critical positions are empowered to prioritize customer needs, whether in person or on the phone, a bad situation could be salvaged and less damage don
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
.

Model customer suggestions.
Once a business acts upon a customer suggestion about a product or service, they should BRAG about it to other c
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ustomers. Creating a sign, printing a label, or sending out an envelope stuffer can help tell the story… “Thanks to Gloria in Kansas City, this is how we pack our wi
.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
gets now!”

Does it make any sense to advertise new customers but not keep existing ones? Is it worth risking losing even more customers due to the bad experiences
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
f a few? With a little time and attention, management can add a lot of warmth to the customer experience and earn a reputation as a business that loves its customers

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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