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What is Product (Service) Lifecycle
Product or service life cycle is about its market position. Every product or service goes through a specific life cycle. Life cycle management is on the the key task of the marketing and sales management.

Every product or service goes through a specific lifecycle. The lifecycle management is on the the key task of the marketing and sales management. Model shown below describes the relationship between the volume of sales and profit from the product. The model defines five stages of the product life:

  • Development stage - the product is being developed, it is not in the market yet, there are only costs (i.e. the profit is negative)
  • Introduction phase - the product is placed in the market, the sales slowly grow up, the profit is still negative
  • Growth stage - the profit comes into positive figures
  • Maturity stage - the sales continue to grow but profit begins to decline (falling price)
  • Decline stage - the sales and profit decline gradually

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In a relation to the lifecycle management, it is used a term Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

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