Function innovation

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A performance innovation changes the customer’s cost of using a product. For the customer of a channel of distribution, function innovations change the choice of a product available or the physical surroundings where the product is presented for sale. For the final customer of a manufactured product, function innovations change the operating capability of the product, the environment in which the product can function, or the capability of the product’s operator.

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