Texmo Pipes Products Ltd (TEXO) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources

Introduction to SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for Texmo Pipes Products Ltd (India)

Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, digital marketing is dominated by two big players Facebook and Google, increasing transportation and logistics costs, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, increasing household debt because of falling income levels, increasing commodity prices, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, etc

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Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd

SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Texmo Pipes Products Ltd, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

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SWOT Objectives / Importance of SWOT Analysis and SWOT Matrix

SWOT analysis of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd
2. Improving business portfolio management of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in India
4. Making a Fabricated Plastic & Rubber sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd

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Strengths of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The strengths of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd are -

Highly skilled collaborators

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.

Ability to lead change in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is one of the leading players in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry in India. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry in India but also across the existing markets. The ability to lead change has enabled Texmo Pipes Products Ltd in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.

Effective Research and Development (R&D)

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has innovation driven culture where significant part of the revenues are spent on the research and development activities. This has resulted in – Texmo Pipes Products Ltd staying ahead in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.

Analytics focus

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. The technology infrastructure of India is also helping it to harness the power of analytics for – marketing optimization, demand forecasting, customer relationship management, inventory management, information sharing across the value chain etc.

Innovation driven organization

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is one of the most innovative firm in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber sector.

Cross disciplinary teams

– Horizontal connected teams at the Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

Sustainable margins compare to other players in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Texmo Pipes Products Ltd to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Texmo Pipes Products Ltd to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.

Strong track record of project management in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is known for sticking to its project targets. This enables the firm to manage – time, project costs, and have sustainable margins on the projects.

Learning organization

- Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders at Texmo Pipes Products Ltd emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.

Organizational Resilience of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd

– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing Texmo Pipes Products Ltd does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.

High brand equity

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Texmo Pipes Products Ltd to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.

Diverse revenue streams

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is present in almost all the verticals within the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. This has provided Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

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Weaknesses of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The weaknesses of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd are -

Workers concerns about automation

– As automation is fast increasing in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

Slow to harness new channels of communication

– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication can help Texmo Pipes Products Ltd to provide better information regarding Fabricated Plastic & Rubber products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.

Skills based hiring in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry

– The stress on hiring functional specialists at Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has created an environment where the organization is dominated by functional specialists rather than management generalist. This has resulted into product oriented approach rather than marketing oriented approach or consumers oriented approach.

High bargaining power of channel partners in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry

– because of the regulatory requirements in India, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry.

Aligning sales with marketing

– From the outside it seems that Texmo Pipes Products Ltd needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. Sales professionals in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry have deep experience in developing customer relationships. Marketing department at Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is planning to shift buying processes online.

High dependence on existing supply chain

– The disruption in the global supply chains because of the Covid-19 pandemic and blockage of the Suez Canal illustrated the fragile nature of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Texmo Pipes Products Ltd vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.

Lack of clear differentiation of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd products

– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.

Increasing silos among functional specialists

– The organizational structure of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry, but Texmo Pipes Products Ltd needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Texmo Pipes Products Ltd to focus more on services in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry rather than just following the product oriented approach.

Need for greater diversity

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

Slow decision making process

– As mentioned earlier in the report, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry over the last five years. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd even though has strong showing on digital transformation primary two stages, it has struggled to capitalize the power of digital transformation in marketing efforts and new venture efforts.

Employees’ less understanding of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd strategy

– From the outside it seems that the employees of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd don’t have comprehensive understanding of the firm’s strategy. This is reflected in number of promotional campaigns over the last few years that had mixed messaging and competing priorities. Some of the strategic activities and services promoted in the promotional campaigns were not consistent with the organization’s strategy.

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Texmo Pipes Products Ltd Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The opportunities of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd are -

Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19

– consumer behavior has changed in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

Learning at scale

– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

Finding new ways to collaborate

– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.

Loyalty marketing

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

Buying journey improvements

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can improve the customer journey of consumers in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. It 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.

Leveraging digital technologies

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

Identify volunteer opportunities

– Covid-19 has impacted working population in two ways – it has led to people soul searching about their professional choices, resulting in mass resignation. Secondly it has encouraged people to do things that they are passionate about. This has opened opportunities for businesses to build volunteer oriented socially driven projects. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can explore opportunities that can attract volunteers and are consistent with its mission and vision.

Reforming the budgeting process

- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.

Use of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for transactions in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry

– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for Texmo Pipes Products Ltd in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. Now Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.

Developing new processes and practices

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can develop new processes and procedures in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry using technology such as automation using artificial intelligence, real time transportation and products tracking, 3D modeling for concept development and new products pilot testing etc.

Redefining models of collaboration and team work

– As explained in the weaknesses section, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can utilize new technology in the field of Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.

Using analytics as competitive advantage

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has spent a significant amount of money and effort to integrate analytics and machine learning into its operations in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber sector. This continuous investment in analytics has enabled Texmo Pipes Products Ltd to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Texmo Pipes Products Ltd to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.

Building a culture of innovation

– managers at Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can make experimentation a productive activity and build a culture of innovation using approaches such as – mining transaction data, A/B testing of websites and selling platforms, engaging potential customers over various needs, and building on small ideas in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry.

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Threats Texmo Pipes Products Ltd External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The threats of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd are -

Barriers of entry lowering

– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry to Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry are lowering. It can presents Texmo Pipes Products Ltd with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber sector.

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. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.

Stagnating economy with rate increase

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry.

Trade war between China and United States

– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for Texmo Pipes Products Ltd in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. The Fabricated Plastic & Rubber 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.

Increasing wage structure of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd

– 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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd.

Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Texmo Pipes Products Ltd needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber sector. According to Mckinsey study top managers believe that the adoption of technology in operations, communications is 20-25 times faster than what they planned in the beginning of 2019.

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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.

Shortening product life cycle

– it is one of the major threat that Texmo Pipes Products Ltd is facing in Fabricated Plastic & Rubber sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.

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.

Environmental challenges

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd needs to have a robust strategy against the disruptions arising from climate change and energy requirements. EU has identified it as key priority area and spending 30% of its 880 billion Euros European post Covid-19 recovery funds on green technology. Texmo Pipes Products Ltd can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Fabricated Plastic & Rubber industry.

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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd.

Aging population

– As the populations of most advanced economies are aging, it will lead to high social security costs, higher savings among population, and lower demand for goods and services in the economy. The household savings in US, France, UK, Germany, and Japan are growing faster than predicted because of uncertainty caused by pandemic.

High dependence on third party suppliers

– Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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.

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Weighted SWOT Analysis of Texmo Pipes Products Ltd Template, Example

Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd 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 Texmo Pipes Products Ltd needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.

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