CE Management Integrated Lab (6171) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources

Introduction to SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for CE Management Integrated Lab (Japan)

Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , CE Management Integrated Lab is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – technology disruption, increasing household debt because of falling income levels, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, wage bills are increasing, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, geopolitical disruptions, etc

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Introduction to SWOT Analysis of CE Management Integrated Lab

SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that CE Management Integrated Lab can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the CE Management Integrated Lab, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which CE Management Integrated Lab 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 CE Management Integrated Lab can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of CE Management Integrated Lab
2. Improving business portfolio management of CE Management Integrated Lab
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Japan
4. Making a Construction Services sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of CE Management Integrated Lab

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Strengths of CE Management Integrated Lab | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The strengths of CE Management Integrated Lab are -

High switching costs

– The high switching costs that CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

Superior customer experience

– The customer experience strategy of CE Management Integrated Lab in Construction Services industry is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.

Low bargaining power of suppliers

– Suppliers of CE Management Integrated Lab in the Capital Goods sector have low bargaining power. CE Management Integrated Lab has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps CE Management Integrated Lab to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.

Effective Research and Development (R&D)

– CE Management Integrated Lab has innovation driven culture where significant part of the revenues are spent on the research and development activities. This has resulted in – CE Management Integrated Lab staying ahead in the Construction Services industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.

Digital Transformation in Construction Services industry

- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For CE Management Integrated Lab digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

High brand equity

– CE Management Integrated Lab has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled CE Management Integrated Lab to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.

Diverse revenue streams

– CE Management Integrated Lab is present in almost all the verticals within the Construction Services industry. This has provided CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

Training and development

– CE Management Integrated Lab has one of the best training and development program in Capital Goods industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in – employees retention, in-house promotion, loyalty, new venture initiation, lack of conflict, and high level of both employees and customer engagement.

Organizational Resilience of CE Management Integrated Lab

– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing CE Management Integrated Lab does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.

Innovation driven organization

– CE Management Integrated Lab is one of the most innovative firm in Construction Services sector.

Ability to recruit top talent

– CE Management Integrated Lab is one of the leading players in the Construction Services industry in Japan. It is in a position to attract the best talent available in Japan. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.

Highly skilled collaborators

– CE Management Integrated Lab has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive Construction Services industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of CE Management Integrated Lab have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.

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Weaknesses of CE Management Integrated Lab | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The weaknesses of CE Management Integrated Lab are -

Slow to strategic competitive environment developments

– As CE Management Integrated Lab is one of the leading players in the Construction Services industry, it takes time to assess the upcoming competitions. This has led to missing out on atleast 2-3 big opportunities in the Construction Services industry in last five years.

High dependence on CE Management Integrated Lab ‘s star products

– The top 2 products and services of CE Management Integrated Lab still accounts for major business revenue. This dependence on star products in Construction Services industry has resulted into insufficient focus on developing new products, even though CE Management Integrated Lab has relatively successful track record of launching new products.

Slow decision making process

– As mentioned earlier in the report, CE Management Integrated Lab has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the Construction Services industry over the last five years. CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

Aligning sales with marketing

– From the outside it seems that CE Management Integrated Lab needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. Sales professionals in the Construction Services industry have deep experience in developing customer relationships. Marketing department at CE Management Integrated Lab can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as CE Management Integrated Lab is planning to shift buying processes online.

Compensation and incentives

– The revenue per employee of CE Management Integrated Lab is just above the Construction Services industry average. It needs to redesign the compensation structure and incentives to increase the revenue per employees. Some of the steps that it can take are – hiring more specialists on project basis, etc.

Increasing silos among functional specialists

– The organizational structure of CE Management Integrated Lab is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Construction Services industry, but CE Management Integrated Lab needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help CE Management Integrated Lab to focus more on services in the Construction Services industry rather than just following the product oriented approach.

Capital Spending Reduction

– Even during the low interest decade, CE Management Integrated Lab 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 Construction Services industry using digital technology.

High bargaining power of channel partners in Construction Services industry

– because of the regulatory requirements in Japan, CE Management Integrated Lab 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 Construction Services industry.

Employees’ less understanding of CE Management Integrated Lab strategy

– From the outside it seems that the employees of CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

Products dominated business model

– Even though CE Management Integrated Lab has some of the most successful models in the Construction Services industry, this business model has made each new product launch extremely critical for continuous financial growth of the organization. CE Management Integrated Lab should strive to include more intangible value offerings along with its core products and services.

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 CE Management Integrated Lab supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes, CE Management Integrated Lab is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left CE Management Integrated Lab vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.

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CE Management Integrated Lab Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The opportunities of CE Management Integrated Lab are -

Creating value in data economy

– The success of analytics program of CE Management Integrated Lab has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in Construction Services industry. This can help CE Management Integrated Lab to build a more holistic ecosystem for CE Management Integrated Lab products in the Construction Services industry by providing – data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.

Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities

– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for CE Management Integrated Lab to expand its talent hiring zone. According to McKinsey Global Institute, 20% of the high end workforce in fields such as finance, information technology, can continously work from remote local post Covid-19. This presents a really great opportunity for CE Management Integrated Lab to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.

Increase in government spending

– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, CE Management Integrated Lab can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that CE Management Integrated Lab operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Construction Services sector.

Loyalty marketing

– CE Management Integrated Lab 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

– CE Management Integrated Lab can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in Construction Services sector. 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.

Finding new ways to collaborate

– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Construction Services industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. CE Management Integrated Lab can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.

Learning at scale

– Online learning technologies has now opened space for CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

Redefining models of collaboration and team work

– As explained in the weaknesses section, CE Management Integrated Lab is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. CE Management Integrated Lab can utilize new technology in the field of Construction Services industry to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.

Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains

– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, CE Management Integrated Lab 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 CE Management Integrated Lab to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.

Low interest rates

– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

Lowering marketing communication costs

– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for CE Management Integrated Lab in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Construction Services industry, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.

Reconfiguring business model

– The expansion of digital payment system, the bringing down of international transactions costs using Bitcoin and other blockchain based currencies, etc can help CE Management Integrated Lab to reconfigure its entire business model. For example it can used blockchain based technologies to reduce piracy of its products in the big markets such as China. Secondly it can use the popularity of e-commerce in various developing markets to build a Direct to Customer business model rather than the current Channel Heavy distribution network.

Leveraging digital technologies

– CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

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Threats CE Management Integrated Lab External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The threats of CE Management Integrated Lab are -

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. CE Management Integrated Lab 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.

Increasing wage structure of CE Management Integrated Lab

– 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 CE Management Integrated Lab.

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.

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. CE Management Integrated Lab needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Construction Services industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.

Regulatory challenges

– CE Management Integrated Lab needs to prepare for regulatory challenges as consumer protection groups and other pressure groups are vigorously advocating for more regulations on big business - to reduce inequality, to create a level playing field, to product data privacy and consumer privacy, to reduce the influence of big money on democratic institutions, etc. This can lead to significant changes in the Construction Services industry regulations.

Backlash against dominant players

– US Congress and other legislative arms of the government are getting tough on big business especially technology companies. The digital arm of CE Management Integrated Lab business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.

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 CE Management Integrated Lab in the Construction Services sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.

Environmental challenges

– CE Management Integrated Lab 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. CE Management Integrated Lab can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Construction Services industry.

Shortening product life cycle

– it is one of the major threat that CE Management Integrated Lab is facing in Construction Services sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.

Consumer confidence and its impact on CE Management Integrated Lab demand

– There is a high probability of declining consumer confidence, given – high inflammation rate, rise of gig economy, lower job stability, increasing cost of living, higher interest rates, and aging demography. All the factors contribute to people saving higher rate of their income, resulting in lower consumer demand in Construction Services industry and other sectors.

Learning curve for new practices

– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, CE Management Integrated Lab may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Construction Services sector.

Stagnating economy with rate increase

– CE Management Integrated Lab 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 Construction Services industry.

Trade war between China and United States

– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for CE Management Integrated Lab in Construction Services industry. The Construction Services 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.

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Weighted SWOT Analysis of CE Management Integrated Lab Template, Example

Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at CE Management Integrated Lab 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 CE Management Integrated Lab 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 CE Management Integrated Lab 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 CE Management Integrated Lab 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 CE Management Integrated Lab needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.

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