Swot Analysis of "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement" written by Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan, Matthew Preble includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that 416004 Mod facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, and Leadership & Managing People.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement casestudy better are - – geopolitical disruptions, increasing energy prices, challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, increasing transportation and logistics costs,
there is increasing trade war between United States & China, increasing commodity prices, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the 416004 Mod, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which 416004 Mod operates in.
According to Harvard Business Review, 75% of the managers use SWOT analysis for various purposes such as – evaluating current scenario, strategic planning, new venture feasibility, personal growth goals, new market entry, Go To market strategies, portfolio management and strategic trade-off assessment, organizational restructuring, etc.
SWOT Objectives / Importance of SWOT Analysis and SWOT Matrix
SWOT analysis of MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of 416004 Mod
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Leadership & Managing People field.
4. Making a Leadership & Managing People topic specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of 416004 Mod
Strengths MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of 416004 Mod in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement Harvard Business Review case study are -
Digital Transformation in Leadership & Managing People segment
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For 416004 Mod digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. 416004 Mod has successfully integrated the four key components of digital transformation – digital integration in processes, digital integration in marketing and customer relationship management, digital integration into the value chain, and using technology to explore new products and market opportunities.
Diverse revenue streams
– 416004 Mod is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement case study a diverse revenue stream that has helped it to survive disruptions such as global pandemic in Covid-19, financial disruption of 2008, and supply chain disruption of 2021.
Analytics focus
– 416004 Mod is putting a lot of focus on utilizing the power of analytics in business decision making. This has put it among the leading players in the industry. The technology infrastructure suggested by Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan, Matthew Preble can also help it to harness the power of analytics for – marketing optimization, demand forecasting, customer relationship management, inventory management, information sharing across the value chain etc.
High brand equity
– 416004 Mod has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled 416004 Mod to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Learning organization
- 416004 Mod is a learning organization. It has inculcated three key characters of learning organization in its processes and operations – exploration, creativity, and expansiveness. The work place at 416004 Mod is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement Harvard Business Review case study emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
Highly skilled collaborators
– 416004 Mod has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive segment. Secondly the value chain collaborators of the firm in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement HBR case study have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Leadership & Managing People industry
– MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled 416004 Mod to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Leadership & Managing People industry. The sustainable margins have also helped 416004 Mod to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Training and development
– 416004 Mod has one of the best training and development program in the industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement Harvard Business Review case study by analyzing – employees retention, in-house promotion, loyalty, new venture initiation, lack of conflict, and high level of both employees and customer engagement.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the 416004 Mod are driving operational speed, building greater agility, and keeping the organization nimble to compete with new competitors. It helps are organization to ideate new ideas, and execute them swiftly in the marketplace.
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that 416004 Mod has built up over years in its products and services combo offer has resulted in high retention of customers, lower marketing costs, and greater ability of the firm to focus on its customers.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of 416004 Mod in the sector have low bargaining power. MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps 416004 Mod to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Organizational Resilience of 416004 Mod
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing that 416004 Mod does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Weaknesses MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement are -
No frontier risks strategy
– After analyzing the HBR case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement, it seems that company is thinking about the frontier risks that can impact Leadership & Managing People strategy. But it has very little resources allocation to manage the risks emerging from events such as natural disasters, climate change, melting of permafrost, tacking the rise of artificial intelligence, opportunities and threats emerging from commercialization of space etc.
Interest costs
– Compare to the competition, 416004 Mod has borrowed money from the capital market at higher rates. It needs to restructure the interest payment and costs so that it can compete better and improve profitability.
High dependence on star products
– The top 2 products and services of the firm as mentioned in the MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement HBR case study still accounts for major business revenue. This dependence on star products in has resulted into insufficient focus on developing new products, even though 416004 Mod has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, 416004 Mod needs to come up with a strategy to reduce the workers concern regarding automation. Without a clear strategy, it could lead to disruption and uncertainty within the organization.
Products dominated business model
– Even though 416004 Mod has some of the most successful products in the industry, this business model has made each new product launch extremely critical for continuous financial growth of the organization. firm in the HBR case study - MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement should strive to include more intangible value offerings along with its core products and services.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, 416004 Mod has not been able to do capital spending to the tune of the competition. This has resulted into fewer innovations and company facing stiff competition from both existing competitors and new entrants who are disrupting the industry using digital technology.
High cash cycle compare to competitors
416004 Mod has a high cash cycle compare to other players in the industry. It needs to shorten the cash cycle by 12% to be more competitive in the marketplace, reduce inventory costs, and be more profitable.
Need for greater diversity
– 416004 Mod has taken concrete steps on diversity, equity, and inclusion. But the efforts so far has resulted in limited success. It needs to expand the recruitment and selection process to hire more people from the minorities and underprivileged background.
High bargaining power of channel partners
– Because of the regulatory requirements, Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan, Matthew Preble suggests that, 416004 Mod is facing high bargaining power of the channel partners. So far it has not able to streamline the operations to reduce the bargaining power of the value chain partners in the industry.
Increasing silos among functional specialists
– The organizational structure of 416004 Mod is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Leadership & Managing People segment. 416004 Mod needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help 416004 Mod to focus more on services rather than just following the product oriented approach.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative, highlighted in the case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement, in the dynamic environment 416004 Mod has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. 416004 Mod has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
Opportunities MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities highlighted in the Harvard Business Review case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement are -
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects 416004 Mod can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– Consumer behavior has changed in the Leadership & Managing People industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. 416004 Mod can take advantage of these changes in consumer behavior to build a far more efficient business model. For example consumer regular ordering of products can reduce both last mile delivery costs and market penetration costs. 416004 Mod can further use this consumer data to build better customer loyalty, provide better products and service collection, and improve the value proposition in inflationary times.
Creating value in data economy
– The success of analytics program of 416004 Mod has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in the industry. This can help 416004 Mod to build a more holistic ecosystem as suggested in the MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement case study. 416004 Mod can build new products and services such as - data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for 416004 Mod to conduct training and development for its employees across the world. This will result in not only reducing the cost of training but also help employees in different part of the world to integrate with the headquarter work culture, ethos, and standards.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, 416004 Mod can still utilize the low interest rates to borrow money for capital investment. Secondly it can also use the increase of government spending in infrastructure projects to get new business.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, 416004 Mod can build a diversified supply chain model across various countries in - South East Asia, India, and other parts of the world. This reconfiguration of global supply chain can help, as suggested in case study, MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Buying journey improvements
– 416004 Mod can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement suggest that firm can provide automated chats to help consumers solve their own problems, provide online suggestions to get maximum out of the products and services, and help consumers to build a community where they can interact with each other to develop new features and uses.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– 416004 Mod has spent a significant amount of money and effort to integrate analytics and machine learning into its operations in the sector. This continuous investment in analytics has enabled, as illustrated in the Harvard case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help 416004 Mod to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for 416004 Mod in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Leadership & Managing People segment, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help 416004 Mod to increase its market reach. 416004 Mod will be able to reach out to new customers. Secondly 5G will also provide technology framework to build new tools and products that can help more immersive consumer experience and faster consumer journey.
Leveraging digital technologies
– 416004 Mod can leverage digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate the production process, customer analytics to get better insights into consumer behavior, realtime digital dashboards to get better sales tracking, logistics and transportation, product tracking, etc.
Loyalty marketing
– 416004 Mod has focused on building a highly responsive customer relationship management platform. This platform is built on in-house data and driven by analytics and artificial intelligence. The customer analytics can help the organization to fine tune its loyalty marketing efforts, increase the wallet share of the organization, reduce wastage on mainstream advertising spending, build better pricing strategies using personalization, etc.
Manufacturing automation
– 416004 Mod can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in Leadership & Managing People segment. It can use CAD and 3D printing to build a quick prototype and pilot testing products. It can leverage automation using machine learning and artificial intelligence to do faster production at lowers costs, and it can leverage the growth in satellite and tracking technologies to improve inventory management, transportation, and shipping.
Threats MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement are -
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for 416004 Mod in the Leadership & Managing People industry. The Leadership & Managing People industry is already at various protected from local competition in China, with the rise of trade war the protection levels may go up. This presents a clear threat of current business model in Chinese market.
Capital market disruption
– During the Covid-19, Dow Jones has touched record high. The valuations of a number of companies are way beyond their existing business model potential. This can lead to capital market correction which can put a number of suppliers, collaborators, value chain partners in great financial difficulty. It will directly impact the business of 416004 Mod.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry in the industry are lowering. It can presents 416004 Mod with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the sector.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– 416004 Mod high dependence on third party suppliers can disrupt its processes and delivery mechanism. For example -the current troubles of car makers because of chip shortage is because the chip companies started producing chips for electronic companies rather than car manufacturers.
Increasing wage structure of 416004 Mod
– Post Covid-19 there is a sharp increase in the wages especially in the jobs that require interaction with people. The increasing wages can put downward pressure on the margins of 416004 Mod.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that 416004 Mod is facing in Leadership & Managing People sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– 416004 Mod can face lack of demand in the market place because of Fed actions to reduce inflation. This can lead to sluggish growth in the economy, lower demands, lower investments, higher borrowing costs, and consolidation in the field.
Technology disruption because of hacks, piracy etc
– The colonial pipeline illustrated, how vulnerable modern organization are to international hackers, miscreants, and disruptors. The cyber security interruption, data leaks, etc can seriously jeopardize the future growth of the organization.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, 416004 Mod can face downward pressure on margins from increasing competition from international players. The international players have stable revenue in their home market and can use those resources to penetrate prominent markets illustrated in HBR case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement .
Instability in the European markets
– European Union markets are facing three big challenges post Covid – expanded balance sheets, Brexit related business disruption, and aggressive Russia looking to distract the existing security mechanism. 416004 Mod will face different problems in different parts of Europe. For example it will face inflationary pressures in UK, France, and Germany, balance sheet expansion and demand challenges in Southern European countries, and geopolitical instability in the Eastern Europe.
High level of anxiety and lack of motivation
– the Great Resignation in United States is the sign of broader dissatisfaction among the workforce in United States. 416004 Mod needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Leadership & Managing People industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
New competition
– After the dotcom bust of 2001, financial crisis of 2008-09, the business formation in US economy had declined. But in 2020 alone, there are more than 1.5 million new business applications in United States. This can lead to greater competition for 416004 Mod in the Leadership & Managing People sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Leadership & Managing People field will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. 416004 Mod can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers in the HBR case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement needs to zero down on the relative importance of each factor mentioned in the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants.
We can provide the relative importance to each factor by assigning relative weights. Weighted SWOT analysis process is a three stage process –
First stage for doing weighted SWOT analysis of the case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement is to rank the strengths and weaknesses of the organization. This will help you to assess the most important strengths and weaknesses of the firm and which one of the strengths and weaknesses mentioned in the initial lists are marginal and can be left out.
Second stage for conducting weighted SWOT analysis of the Harvard case study MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement is to give probabilities to the external strategic factors thus better understanding the opportunities and threats arising out of macro environment changes and developments.
Third stage of constructing weighted SWOT analysis of MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Video Supplement is to provide strategic recommendations includes – joining likelihood of external strategic factors such as opportunities and threats to the internal strategic factors – strengths and weaknesses. You should start with external factors as they will provide the direction of the overall industry. Secondly by joining probabilities with internal strategic factors can help the company not only strategic fit but also the most probably strategic trade-off that 416004 Mod needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
