Intermediary Customer Purchasing from the Product Producer
Obtain Steps: The Obtain steps include all activities preceding the selling of the product. These activities include the costs of identifying potential suppliers and stocking the product.
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Resources: Reduce resources required for the use of the product
3. Energy – Reduce the energy the customer uses with the product
a. Effort – Reduce the physical constraints on the customer
      Adapt product to differing physical environments of use
| No. | SIC | Year | Note | 
| 1 | 2000 | 1991 | Hershey's new Desert Bar can withstand temperatures up to 140 degrees, and then it only turns fudgey. | 
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