ODONTOPREV ON (ODPV3) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources

Introduction to SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for ODONTOPREV ON (Brazil)

Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , ODONTOPREV ON is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – there is increasing trade war between United States & China, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, increasing transportation and logistics costs, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, there is backlash against globalization, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, etc

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Introduction to SWOT Analysis of ODONTOPREV ON

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

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Strengths of ODONTOPREV ON | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The strengths of ODONTOPREV ON are -

Highly skilled collaborators

– ODONTOPREV ON has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive Healthcare Facilities industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of ODONTOPREV ON have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.

Learning organization

- ODONTOPREV ON 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 ODONTOPREV ON is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders at ODONTOPREV ON emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.

Analytics focus

– ODONTOPREV ON 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 Healthcare Facilities industry. The technology infrastructure of Brazil 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.

Digital Transformation in Healthcare Facilities industry

- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For ODONTOPREV ON digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. ODONTOPREV ON 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 switching costs

– The high switching costs that ODONTOPREV ON 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.

Strong track record of project management in the Healthcare Facilities industry

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

Ability to lead change in Healthcare Facilities

– ODONTOPREV ON is one of the leading players in the Healthcare Facilities industry in Brazil. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in the Healthcare Facilities industry in Brazil but also across the existing markets. The ability to lead change has enabled ODONTOPREV ON 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)

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

Cross disciplinary teams

– Horizontal connected teams at the ODONTOPREV ON are driving operational speed, building greater agility, and keeping the organization nimble to compete with new competitors. It helps are organization to ideate new ideas, and execute them swiftly in the marketplace.

High brand equity

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

Ability to recruit top talent

– ODONTOPREV ON is one of the leading players in the Healthcare Facilities industry in Brazil. It is in a position to attract the best talent available in Brazil. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.

Successful track record of launching new products

– ODONTOPREV ON has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. ODONTOPREV ON 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.

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Weaknesses of ODONTOPREV ON | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The weaknesses of ODONTOPREV ON are -

Workers concerns about automation

– As automation is fast increasing in the Healthcare Facilities industry, ODONTOPREV ON 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.

No frontier risks strategy

– From the 10K / annual statement of ODONTOPREV ON, it seems that company is thinking out the frontier risks that can impact Healthcare Facilities 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.

Increasing silos among functional specialists

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

Products dominated business model

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

Slow to strategic competitive environment developments

– As ODONTOPREV ON is one of the leading players in the Healthcare Facilities industry, it takes time to assess the upcoming competitions. This has led to missing out on atleast 2-3 big opportunities in the Healthcare Facilities industry in last five years.

Skills based hiring in Healthcare Facilities industry

– The stress on hiring functional specialists at ODONTOPREV ON 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 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 ODONTOPREV ON supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes, ODONTOPREV ON is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left ODONTOPREV ON vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.

Low market penetration in new markets

– Outside its home market of Brazil, ODONTOPREV ON needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.

Need for greater diversity

– ODONTOPREV ON 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, ODONTOPREV ON has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the Healthcare Facilities industry over the last five years. ODONTOPREV ON 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.

High operating costs

– Compare to the competitors, ODONTOPREV ON has high operating costs in the Healthcare Facilities industry. This can be harder to sustain given the new emerging competition from nimble players who are using technology to attract ODONTOPREV ON lucrative customers.

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ODONTOPREV ON Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The opportunities of ODONTOPREV ON are -

Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities

– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for ODONTOPREV ON 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 ODONTOPREV ON to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.

Low interest rates

– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, ODONTOPREV ON 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.

Use of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for transactions in Healthcare Facilities industry

– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for ODONTOPREV ON in the Healthcare Facilities industry. Now ODONTOPREV ON can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.

Creating value in data economy

– The success of analytics program of ODONTOPREV ON has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in Healthcare Facilities industry. This can help ODONTOPREV ON to build a more holistic ecosystem for ODONTOPREV ON products in the Healthcare Facilities industry by providing – data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.

Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains

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

Using analytics as competitive advantage

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

Loyalty marketing

– ODONTOPREV ON 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.

Reforming the budgeting process

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

Learning at scale

– Online learning technologies has now opened space for ODONTOPREV ON 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, ODONTOPREV ON is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. ODONTOPREV ON can utilize new technology in the field of Healthcare Facilities 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 ODONTOPREV ON 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.

Manufacturing automation

– ODONTOPREV ON can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in Healthcare Facilities 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.

Lowering marketing communication costs

– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for ODONTOPREV ON in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Healthcare Facilities industry, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.

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Threats ODONTOPREV ON External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The threats of ODONTOPREV ON are -

Trade war between China and United States

– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for ODONTOPREV ON in Healthcare Facilities industry. The Healthcare Facilities 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.

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.

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 ODONTOPREV ON.

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 ODONTOPREV ON business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.

Shortening product life cycle

– it is one of the major threat that ODONTOPREV ON is facing in Healthcare Facilities sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.

Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins

– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, ODONTOPREV ON 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 ODONTOPREV ON prominent markets.

High dependence on third party suppliers

– ODONTOPREV ON 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.

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. ODONTOPREV ON needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Healthcare Facilities industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.

Environmental challenges

– ODONTOPREV ON 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. ODONTOPREV ON can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Healthcare Facilities industry.

Barriers of entry lowering

– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry to Healthcare Facilities industry are lowering. It can presents ODONTOPREV ON with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the Healthcare Facilities sector.

Consumer confidence and its impact on ODONTOPREV ON 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 Healthcare Facilities industry and other sectors.

Learning curve for new practices

– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, ODONTOPREV ON may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Healthcare Facilities sector.

Increasing wage structure of ODONTOPREV ON

– 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 ODONTOPREV ON.

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Weighted SWOT Analysis of ODONTOPREV ON Template, Example

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

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