D.B.E. Gurney Res (DBEG) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources
Fish/Livestock
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Introduction to SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for D.B.E. Gurney Res (Malaysia)
Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , D.B.E. Gurney Res is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – increasing energy prices, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, increasing transportation and logistics costs, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, geopolitical disruptions,
cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, challanges to central banks by blockchain based private currencies, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of D.B.E. Gurney Res
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that D.B.E. Gurney Res can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the D.B.E. Gurney Res, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of D.B.E. Gurney Res
2. Improving business portfolio management of D.B.E. Gurney Res
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Malaysia
4. Making a Fish/Livestock sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of D.B.E. Gurney Res
Strengths of D.B.E. Gurney Res | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of D.B.E. Gurney Res are -
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Fish/Livestock industry
– D.B.E. Gurney Res has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled D.B.E. Gurney Res to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Fish/Livestock industry. The sustainable margins have also helped D.B.E. Gurney Res to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
High brand equity
– D.B.E. Gurney Res has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled D.B.E. Gurney Res to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Ability to lead change in Fish/Livestock
– D.B.E. Gurney Res is one of the leading players in the Fish/Livestock industry in Malaysia. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in the Fish/Livestock industry in Malaysia but also across the existing markets. The ability to lead change has enabled D.B.E. Gurney Res in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Operational resilience
– The operational resilience strategy of D.B.E. Gurney Res comprises – understanding the underlying the factors in the Fish/Livestock industry, building diversified operations across different geographies so that disruption in one part of the world doesn’t impact the overall performance of the firm, and integrating the various business operations and processes through its digital transformation drive.
Organizational Resilience of D.B.E. Gurney Res
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing D.B.E. Gurney Res does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Learning organization
- D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders at D.B.E. Gurney Res emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
Highly skilled collaborators
– D.B.E. Gurney Res has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive Fish/Livestock industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of D.B.E. Gurney Res have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Digital Transformation in Fish/Livestock industry
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For D.B.E. Gurney Res digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of D.B.E. Gurney Res in Fish/Livestock industry is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
Innovation driven organization
– D.B.E. Gurney Res is one of the most innovative firm in Fish/Livestock sector.
Weaknesses of D.B.E. Gurney Res | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of D.B.E. Gurney Res are -
High bargaining power of channel partners in Fish/Livestock industry
– because of the regulatory requirements in Malaysia, D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 Fish/Livestock industry.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative at D.B.E. Gurney Res, in the dynamic environment of Fish/Livestock industry it has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. D.B.E. Gurney Res has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
Interest costs
– Compare to the competition, D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, D.B.E. Gurney Res has high operating costs in the Fish/Livestock industry. This can be harder to sustain given the new emerging competition from nimble players who are using technology to attract D.B.E. Gurney Res lucrative customers.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 Fish/Livestock industry using digital technology.
High dependence on D.B.E. Gurney Res ‘s star products
– The top 2 products and services of D.B.E. Gurney Res still accounts for major business revenue. This dependence on star products in Fish/Livestock industry has resulted into insufficient focus on developing new products, even though D.B.E. Gurney Res has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Compensation and incentives
– The revenue per employee of D.B.E. Gurney Res is just above the Fish/Livestock 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 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes, D.B.E. Gurney Res is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left D.B.E. Gurney Res vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.
No frontier risks strategy
– From the 10K / annual statement of D.B.E. Gurney Res, it seems that company is thinking out the frontier risks that can impact Fish/Livestock industry. 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.
Employees’ less understanding of D.B.E. Gurney Res strategy
– From the outside it seems that the employees of D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Skills based hiring in Fish/Livestock industry
– The stress on hiring functional specialists at D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
D.B.E. Gurney Res Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities of D.B.E. Gurney Res are -
Buying journey improvements
– D.B.E. Gurney Res can improve the customer journey of consumers in the Fish/Livestock 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.
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 D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Loyalty marketing
– D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Developing new processes and practices
– D.B.E. Gurney Res can develop new processes and procedures in Fish/Livestock 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.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects D.B.E. Gurney Res can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Fish/Livestock industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. D.B.E. Gurney Res can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
Creating value in data economy
– The success of analytics program of D.B.E. Gurney Res has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in Fish/Livestock industry. This can help D.B.E. Gurney Res to build a more holistic ecosystem for D.B.E. Gurney Res products in the Fish/Livestock industry by providing – data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help D.B.E. Gurney Res to increase its market reach. D.B.E. Gurney Res 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.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for D.B.E. Gurney Res in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Fish/Livestock industry, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, D.B.E. Gurney Res can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that D.B.E. Gurney Res operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Fish/Livestock sector.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 Fish/Livestock industry.
Threats D.B.E. Gurney Res External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats of D.B.E. Gurney Res are -
Consumer confidence and its impact on D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 Fish/Livestock industry and other sectors.
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.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that D.B.E. Gurney Res is facing in Fish/Livestock sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry to Fish/Livestock industry are lowering. It can presents D.B.E. Gurney Res with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the Fish/Livestock sector.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res prominent markets.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Fish/Livestock industry will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. D.B.E. Gurney Res can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Regulatory challenges
– D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 Fish/Livestock industry regulations.
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for D.B.E. Gurney Res in Fish/Livestock industry. The Fish/Livestock 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.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 Fish/Livestock industry.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– D.B.E. Gurney Res has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Fish/Livestock industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, D.B.E. Gurney Res needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Fish/Livestock 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.
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 D.B.E. Gurney Res business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
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.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of D.B.E. Gurney Res Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res 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 D.B.E. Gurney Res needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.