...Management August 01, 2013 Strayer University SWOT Analysis SWOT Analysis STRENGTHS | WEAKNESSES | * The State Farm Reputable Brand Recognition. * The Quality and Credibility of State Farm Products and Services Offerings. * The Agency Location. * Ability to build and maintain long term relationship. * Strong leadership skills, with the ability to coach, train, and motivate to achieve the desired results. * Coachable and have the ability to take criticism as an opportunity to learn. | * New Agent to the Industry. * Building Name and Recognition. * Slightly above average unemployment rate. * Competitive Insurance and Financial Service Marketplace. * New Staff development and defining my expectations for performance as sales professionals. * Competing with other established State Farm Agents in the area. | OPPORTUNITIES | THREATS | Increase Population Growth. * Education of all full product offerings. * Above Average Median Income. * Economy causing clients to look at their overall financial health. * Everyday interaction as opportunity to grow business, my Networking. * Support of State Farm Sales Leaders. | * Auto & Fire: Nationwide, Allstate, Farmers, Geico, Progressive Life: New York Life, MetLife. Nationwide Life Health: Aetna, Blue Cross & Blue Shield * Banking Products: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and BB &T. * Other Established State Farm Agents. | I. Market Segmentation Segment...
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...Case Analysis Campbell Soup Ltd. University of Toronto Date: 03/25/2009 Name: Philipp Muedder ID: 997242176 Course: MGT492 Lecturer: J. Klakurka Assignment: Case Analysis Table of Content Page # 1. Introduction………………....…………………………………………………………………………...3 2. Campbell Soup Ltd. History………………………………………………………………………..4 a. The Cooperation……………………………………………………………………………..4 b. Campbell Canada…………………………………………………………………………….6 3. Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 a. SWOT Analysis.………………………………………………………………………………7 i. Strength………………………………………………………………………………8 ii. Weaknesses……………………………………………………………………….10 iii. Opportunities…………………………………………………………………….11 iv. Threats……………………………………………………………………………...14 4. Recommendation……………………………………………………………………………………15 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………...16 6. Reference……………………………………………………………………………………………….18 7. Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………………..19 2 1. Introduction The case analysis of my assignment deals with the worldwide known firm Campbell Soup Ltd., which is a food‐processing firm with its headquarters located in Camden, New Jersey. In the case we follow the role of David Clark who is the CEO of the Campbell Canada division, we will get a chance to see what important factors play a role in running such a large company and what complex and strategic decisions have to be made in ...
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...............................................................................................................3 SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................4 Campbell Soup Company © MarketLine Page 2 Campbell Soup Company Company Overview COMPANY OVERVIEW Campbell Soup Company (Campbell or 'the company') manufactures and markets foods and simple meals, including soups and sauces, baked snacks, and healthy beverages. The company operates in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. It is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey and employed about 20,000 people as of July 28, 2013. The company recorded revenues of $8,052 million in the financial year ended July 2013 (FY2013), an increase of 12.2% over FY2012. The operating profit of the company was $1,080 million in FY2013, a decrease of 6.5% compared to FY2012. The net profit was $458 million in FY2013, a decrease of 40.8% compared to FY2012. KEY FACTS Head Office Campbell Soup Company 1 Campbell Place Camden New Jersey 08103 1799 USA 1 856 342 4800 1 856 342 3878 http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com Phone Fax Web Address Revenue / turnover 8,052.0 (USD Mn) Financial Year End Employees New York Ticker July 20,000 CPB Campbell Soup Company © MarketLine Page 3 Campbell Soup Company SWOT Analysis SWOT ANALYSIS Campbell manufactures and markets foods and simple meals, including...
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...Executive Summary This paper shed light on the reasons behind First Farms Corporations’ deficit in its operating cash flows and its decrease in Return on Equity (ROE) despite having a 40% increase in sales and 89% on net income. The objective of the paper is whether the management should recommend pushing through with the planned expansion of the chicken business as well as the feeds business. After having analyzed the financial ratios and SWOT of the company, it has been decided that it is better for the company not to push through with the expansion. Despite the promising increase in sales and net income, its inventory has been problematic as it showed an inverse relationship with its sales which is where we can trace back the deficit in its operating cash flows. It is recommended that the company seek better implementation of how it disposes it inventories as well as collect its receivables, find alternatives as how to handle increasing cost of production, and study its business environment. This could be the best alternatives that the company could do until they are in shape again to continue with expansion plans if the need arise again in the coming years. II. Point of View For this case, the point of view of the Vice President for Finance of First Farms Corporation (FFC) will be used. III. Case Context The First Farms Corporation started in the 1950s as a small animal feeds manufacturing plant with 15 employees in Caloocan. Since then, the company...
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...Whole Foods Analysis Introduction Whole Foods Markets is a grocery store chain that specializes in natural and organic foods. The company prides itself on delivering the highest quality of natural and organic foods to their customers. With the help of some smart acquisitions, Whole Foods has grown to become the largest natural and organic food chain in the United States. The company credits their success to staying true to their mission statement and their original formula. Synopsis of the situation Whole Foods has been around for over 30 years. During this time, the landscape of the market has changes immensely. The company’s founder John Mackey has some big decisions ahead of him. With the changing economy and a more competitive industry landscape, Mackey is uncertain about how to meet the company’s aggressive growth targets. The company has an objective to reach $12 billion in revenue with 300 plus stores by 2010 without sacrificing quality and their current reputation (Harasta, Hoffman, 2007). Key Issues The key issue that Whole Foods has to face is a surge of competition in the market. At inception, Whole Foods was one of only a few grocery stores catering solely to natural and organic food customers. The market has grown in that time. Conventional grocery stores and wholesale chains like Costco and Sam’s Club, seizing the opportunity in this rapidly growing market, have also become competition since they have now incorporated organic food sections within their current...
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...PLAN Presented to the Faculty of the Agribusiness Department California Polytechnic State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science By Jesse Adam Godsey June 2010 © Jesse Godsey 2010 i APPROVAL PAGE TITLE: AUTHOR: DATE SUBMITTED: A Business Plan for an Organic Restaurant Jesse Godsey June 2010 Dr. Carol Sexton Senior Project Advisor Signature ii ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to determine if it is feasible to open an organic restaurant in San Luis Obispo, CA. All collected data went into the development of a bare bones business plan for the organic restaurant. The report utilizes two techniques for analysis of this data. A strategic analysis was used to determine if the restaurant could be a legitimate competitor among the many local restaurants of San Luis Obispo. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats were outlined, given weights according to their impact, and used to develop a SWOT matrix. Strategic goals were set after reviewing the matrix and a QSPM, quantitative strategic planning matrix, was created to determine which goal was worth pursuing. The final step in determining if the organic restaurant could compete in San Luis Obispo was to perform a competitive analysis against what were determined to be the top local competitors. Following the strategic analysis, a financial analysis was executed to determine whether the operation offered a profitable investment. This included...
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...f Unit 5 Whole Foods Case Study Analysis Kaplan University School of Business and Management MT460 Management Policy and Strategy Author: Devin Thomas Professor: Dr. Thigpen Date: January 17, 2012 Introduction Whole Foods Markets is a food market that prides itself on providing its customers with the highest quality of natural and organic foods. Through the acquisition of a number of other companies, whole Foods have grown to become the largest natural food supermarket in the United States. Staying true to their mission statement and original ideals is the formula the company credits their success to. Synopsis of the Situation Founder John Mackey may not have dreamed that the one Whole Foods market store he helped to create back in 1980 would grow to become the leading supermarket in the natural foods industry. Whole Foods has come a long way since the first store opened in Austin, Texas over 30 years ago: subsequently, so has the organic food industry in its entirety. Expansion of the natural foods industry has brought with it increased demand for organic food and new competition. With such demand on the rise, supply has now become a concern for Whole Foods. Key Issues Only 3 percent of US farmers grow organic products. US shoppers spent 45 billion dollars on natural and organic products in 2004. (Harasta, Hoffman, 2007). The growing organic foods industry has created major competitors like Trader Joes that offers high quality products at low...
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...Urban farming in Detroit Turning the Motor City into Farm City Urban farming in Detroit Turning the Motor City into Farm City Subject: Intercultural Communication Studies 2nd Term Date of release: 16.02.2011 Table of Contents 1 2 3 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 Characteristics ..................................................................................................................... 4 Urban farming in Detroit .................................................................................................... 5 3.1 3.2 SWOT analysis ............................................................................................................ 5 Urban farming projects in Detroit ............................................................................... 8 4 5 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 11 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................... 12 2 1 Introduction The term urban farming or agriculture recently pops up in the media. It is mainly applied regarding city development in third world countries, but as well it becomes more often a phenomena taking place in cities of industrial countries. After examining the general characteristics of urban farming...
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...I. Executive Summary Rancho de Probinsiya located at Pililia, Rizal. Not just a normal farm but it would feature a Filipino culture essence. The business objective is to promote the Filipino culture. A lot of farms nowadays just treasure some attractions but does not really have a theme that would make the customers curiosity active. Another is by the use of our productions, we will be preparing different cuisines in which tourists and locals could enjoy. This farm would not just give the customers a satisfying day but it would leave them a lot of knowledge that might lead and help for their future businesses. And in order to fully complete their interests for a Filipino culture, there will be a small celebration of a festival. As a starter business, especially considered as a farm, our products would be sold in a very much affordable prices to attract more customers. But rest assured that even though our products are sold cheaply, it would still have its freshness. II. Situation Analysis A. Company Analysis Rancho deProbinsiya is a business wherein visitors could not only take in our products but would also experience a day tour of a Filipino culture. It is situated in Pililia, Rizal in which it is very accessible for tourists since it is near the Metro. A one day experience in our farm would give them an opportunity to taste every Filipino cuisine and would bring them an edge in farming. This business would give a satisfactory service to visitors from different...
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...paper attempts to provide a clear picture of the export opportunity of crocodile skin from Bangladesh our main target is to export crocodile’s skin. It is using for luxurious product item we will direct sell our product to our customer. it is a business to business type business. This type of business will be helpful for our economy. Export oriented products is very few in our country. So we entrepreneur are trying to involve such kind of activities. Business description We are new in business. We develop our marketing plan and we will try to implement it. It will be the joint venture business. It has five members and they will bear risk equally. we will export raw skin and other things. Industry background Now in Bangladesh one farm exists. In international market many firm are serving the market. In this industry there are less number of suppliers and more buyers. So sellers have more power. Goals Our aim is to maximize our sales to meet buyer demand. Uniqueness of our product Our skin is A class and free from fangas. This is our competitive advantage. Market ting Segment We are following Niche Marketing strategy to serve our market. Because of our...
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...INNO NATOUR. Lesson learnt from Innovation in Nature Based Tourism Services Contact: Faculty of Economics and Public Administration „Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava Universităţii str., no. 13, Building H 720229 SUCEAVA, ROMANIA Phone: (+40) 230 216147 ext. 294 Erasmus IP web site: www.innonatour.usv.ro Faculty web site: www.seap.usv.ro University web site: www.usv.ro 2012 Subject to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without written permission of the copyright owners. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................ 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.............................................................................................................. 8 STUDENTS OF THE 20112012 ERASMUS IP ...................................................................................... 9 LECTURERS, TUTORS AND EXPERTS OF THE 20112012 ERASMUS IP ................................. 10 RESULTS OF THE ERASMUS IP INNO NATOUR 20112012......................................................... 19 FINAL REPORTS OF THE WORKING GROUPS .................................................................................. 20 INDIVIDUAL POST CASE STUDIES OF THE STUDENTS ................................................................. 44 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS ......................................
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...companies. Over 5 million people in Pakistan are using engro foods products, and over 50 million people start their day with Olpers Milk. Engro foods have two milk processing plant located in Sukkar, and Sahiwal. Engro have one dairy farm in sukkar named NARA dairy farm, which is producing 25,285 liters per day, and a total herd size of 3,444 animals of which 1,707 is part of the milk cycle. Engro foods have over 350 distributors across the country which is covering 12 regions. Olpers have three distribution centers in Islamabad, Sukkar, and Sahiwal. Engro foods have consumer centric marketing strategy for their brands which made engro a giant in the food and beverage industry. In this report we have covered the SWOT analysis of engro foods which has focused on the Stength, Weaknesses, Threats, and Opportunity of the company. The report has four chapters first chapter is brief introduction of the engro foods and olpers milk, the second chapter is shading light on the data and analysis been conducted, and the third chapter include recommendations and findings about engro foods, and the fourth chapter is a general conclusion about the whole story of engro foods. Engro foods have acquired Al-Safa which is providing Halal products in the 18 US state and in the four provinces of Canada. These expansion made engro corporation is an international firm and is struggle for being the...
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...Table of Contents Introduction 3 Mission Statement 3 The Product 3 Consumer Product Classification 3 Target Market 3 Competitive Situation Analysis 4 SWOT Analysis 4 STRENGTHS 4 WEAKNESSES 5 OPPORTUNITIES 5 THREATS 6 MARKETING OBJECTIVES 6 Product Objective 6 Price Objective 7 Place Objective 7 Promotion Objective 7 MARKETING STRATEGIES 7 Product Strategies 7 Price Strategies 8 Place Strategy 8 Promotion Strategies 9 TACTICS AND ACTION PLAN 9 Product Action Plan 9 Price Action Plan 10 Place Action Plan 10 Promotion Action Plan 10 MONITORING PROCEDURES 11 Introduction As a proactive, innovative leader in the electronics industry, Company G maintains its position as the brand recognized for excellence, reliability and high quality, and further expands its ever-growing market dominance with the addition of agricultural products. The Chix-Trax farm management software and cruelty-free chicken tracking device allows farmers to observe flock behavior, and adjust environment to better support production and flock health. Mission Statement “We enable consumers to improve the quality and convenience of their lives by providing innovative electronics solutions.” The Product The new Chix-Trax Chicken Management software and gentle, effective tracking band provides farmers with the solution to their flock management issues by using real-time satellite uplinks to collect and analyze data necessary to identify flock behavior patterns including feeding...
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...Whole Foods Market Assignment #2 Competitive Forces and SWOT Analysis. Latrice Taylor Strayer University • Discuss the trends in retailing of organic foods and the impact of these trends on Whole Foods Market. According to the USDA(United States department of Agriculture) Organic foods now occupuy a prominent shelf in the produce and dairy aisle of most mainstream U.S food retailers. The marketing boom has pushed retail sales of organic foods up to $21.1 billion in 2008 from $3.6 billion in 1997. The U.S. organic-industry growth is evident in an expanding number of retailers selling a wider variety of foods, the development of private-label product lines by many supermarkets supermarkets, and the widespread introduction of new products. A broader range of consumers has been buying more varieties of organic food. Organic handlers, who purchase products from farmers and often supply them to retailers, sell more organic products to conventional retailers and club stores than ever before. Only one segment has not kept pace—organic farms have struggled at times to produce sufficient supply to keep up with the rapid growth in demand, leading to periodic shortages of organic products.(USDA.Gov pg 3). As a result of the quick rise in the organic food industry Whole Foods found a selling nitch and advanced in the market of organic food sales. They opened up a chain of grocery stores that represented oorganic food sales and healthier living as a whole Whole Foods' growth...
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...Strategic Plan STR581 March 23, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …………pg. 3 COMPANY PROFILE……………………………………………………………….PG. 3 CORE VALUES pg. 4 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANALYSIS………………………………..............PG. 4 SWOT ANALYSIS PG. 5 BEST VALUE DISCIPLINE……………………………………………………...…PG. 8 GRAND STRATEGY………………………………………………………………..PG. 8 RECOMMENDATION………………………………………………………………PG. 9 IMPLEMENTATION………………………………………………………………...PG. 10 OBJECTIVES………………………………………………………………………...PG. 10 FUNCTIONAL TACTICS…………………………………………………….……..PG. 10 ACTION ITEMS…………………………………...…………………………………PG. 11 MILES STONES AND DEADLINES……………………………………………….PG. 11 TASKS AND OWNERSHIP………………………………………………….……...PG. 12 KEY SUCCESS FACTORS……………………………………………………….…PG. 13 BUDGET AND FORECAST………………………………...…………………….…PG. 14 CONTINGENCY PLAN…………………………………………………………..…PG. 15 CONCLUSION.………..………………………………………………………….…PG. 16 REFERENCES.………………………………………………………………………PG. 17 Executive Summary Following this summary is the proposed strategic plan for Wawa as the organization expands to the Florida market. Wawa’s core values demonstrate the organization’s desire to please the customer, build lasting relationships, and providing quality service. Wawa designs the culture and environment of the stores to be a warm, friendly, and comfortable environment, enticing customers to return frequently. Leadership at Wawa strongly believe that once a customer enters a Wawa store, the employees, quality, and prices will entice him or her...
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