JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust (JPB) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources
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Introduction to SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust (United Kingdom)
Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, increasing transportation and logistics costs, increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, there is increasing trade war between United States & China, there is backlash against globalization, technology disruption,
geopolitical disruptions, increasing energy prices, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust
2. Improving business portfolio management of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in United Kingdom
4. Making a Misc. Financial Services sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust
Strengths of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust are -
Innovation driven organization
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is one of the most innovative firm in Misc. Financial Services sector.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust in Misc. Financial Services industry is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
Organizational Resilience of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Misc. Financial Services industry
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Misc. Financial Services industry. The sustainable margins have also helped JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Diverse revenue streams
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is present in almost all the verticals within the Misc. Financial Services industry. This has provided JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Successful track record of launching new products
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has effective processes in place that helps in exploring new product needs, doing quick pilot testing, and then launching the products quickly using its extensive distribution network.
Ability to lead change in Misc. Financial Services
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is one of the leading players in the Misc. Financial Services industry in United Kingdom. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in the Misc. Financial Services industry in United Kingdom but also across the existing markets. The ability to lead change has enabled JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Digital Transformation in Misc. Financial Services industry
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Learning organization
- JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders at JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
Analytics focus
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 Misc. Financial Services industry. The technology infrastructure of United Kingdom 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.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust in the Financial sector have low bargaining power. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Weaknesses of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust are -
High dependence on JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust ‘s star products
– The top 2 products and services of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust still accounts for major business revenue. This dependence on star products in Misc. Financial Services industry has resulted into insufficient focus on developing new products, even though JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication can help JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to provide better information regarding Misc. Financial Services products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the Misc. Financial Services industry over the last five years. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Increasing silos among functional specialists
– The organizational structure of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Misc. Financial Services industry, but JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to focus more on services in the Misc. Financial Services industry rather than just following the product oriented approach.
High operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has high operating costs in the Misc. Financial Services industry. This can be harder to sustain given the new emerging competition from nimble players who are using technology to attract JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust lucrative customers.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 Misc. Financial Services industry using digital technology.
Aligning sales with marketing
– From the outside it seems that JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. Sales professionals in the Misc. Financial Services industry have deep experience in developing customer relationships. Marketing department at JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is planning to shift buying processes online.
Compensation and incentives
– The revenue per employee of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is just above the Misc. Financial 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.
High bargaining power of channel partners in Misc. Financial Services industry
– because of the regulatory requirements in United Kingdom, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 Misc. Financial Services industry.
High cash cycle compare to competitors
JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has a high cash cycle compare to other players in the Misc. Financial Services industry. It needs to shorten the cash cycle by 12% to be more competitive in the marketplace, reduce inventory costs, and be more profitable.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the Misc. Financial Services industry, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust are -
Loyalty marketing
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can improve the customer journey of consumers in the Misc. Financial Services 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.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Creating value in data economy
– The success of analytics program of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in Misc. Financial Services industry. This can help JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to build a more holistic ecosystem for JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust products in the Misc. Financial Services industry by providing – data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can utilize new technology in the field of Misc. Financial Services industry to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.
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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Misc. Financial Services industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 Misc. Financial Services industry
– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust in the Misc. Financial Services industry. Now JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has spent a significant amount of money and effort to integrate analytics and machine learning into its operations in Misc. Financial Services sector. This continuous investment in analytics has enabled JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– consumer behavior has changed in the Misc. Financial Services industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Leveraging digital technologies
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
Threats JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust are -
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Misc. Financial Services sector.
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust in Misc. Financial Services industry. The Misc. Financial 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.
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. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust.
Regulatory challenges
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 Misc. Financial Services industry regulations.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Misc. Financial Services industry will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Misc. Financial Services industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Misc. Financial Services 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.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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.
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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Environmental challenges
– JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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. JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Misc. Financial Services industry.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust prominent markets.
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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust in the Misc. Financial Services sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust is facing in Misc. Financial Services sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust 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 JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.