Botany Bay是家生产高科技医疗用品的公司。其产品“病例磁盘”可储存个人病例;资料取用方便,真是达到“一盘在手,妙用无穷”的目的。此产品可广泛使用于医院、养老院、学校等。因此Pacer有意争取该产品软硬件设备的代理权。以下就是Robert与Botany Bay的代表,Mark Davis,首度会面的情形: M: Mr. Liu, total sales onthe Medic-Disk were U.S.$ 100,000 last year, through our agent in Hong Kong.6 H$ T2 ]8 U6 h- T
R: Our research shows most of your sales, are made in the Taipei area. Your agent has only been able to target the Taipei market(把……作为目标市场)。
3 x$ I; \8 l/ @; Y+ y5 Q' ] M: True, but we are happy with the sales. It's a new product. How could you do better?4 q, B0 R4 \8 P* h
R: We're already well-established in the medical products business. The Medic-Disk would be a good addition to our product range., a# F; P6 {0 C; E
M: Can you tell me what your sales have been like in past years?: x9 R7 t4 j3 ] n, b2 Q
R: In the past three years, our unit sales have gone up by 350 percent; profits have gone up almost 400 percent.
3 {$ F% H) L) l0 C. @, w$ l+ ? M: What kind of distribution capabilities(分销能力)do you have?
; d9 @% t# S9 b" u% `* Z R: We have salespeople in four major areas around the island, selling directly to customers.
! O: C1 g8 `& n* L& c! M2 l( Y M: What about your sales?
) B" L: h8 t4 n3 g2 ~9 R1 ~) L1 n R: In terms of unit sales, 55 percent are still from the Taipei area. The rest comes from the Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Tainan areas. That's a great deal of untapped market potential(未开发的市场潜力), Mr. Davis. |