FII Caixa Rio Bravo (CXRI11) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources
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Introduction to SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for FII Caixa Rio Bravo (Brazil)
Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , FII Caixa Rio Bravo is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – there is backlash against globalization, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, increasing commodity prices,
increasing household debt because of falling income levels, increasing energy prices, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of FII Caixa Rio Bravo
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that FII Caixa Rio Bravo can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the FII Caixa Rio Bravo, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of FII Caixa Rio Bravo
2. Improving business portfolio management of FII Caixa Rio Bravo
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Brazil
4. Making a NA sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of FII Caixa Rio Bravo
Strengths of FII Caixa Rio Bravo | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of FII Caixa Rio Bravo are -
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of FII Caixa Rio Bravo in NA industry is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
High brand equity
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled FII Caixa Rio Bravo to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in NA industry
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled FII Caixa Rio Bravo to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the NA industry. The sustainable margins have also helped FII Caixa Rio Bravo to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Operational resilience
– The operational resilience strategy of FII Caixa Rio Bravo comprises – understanding the underlying the factors in the NA 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing FII Caixa Rio Bravo does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Highly skilled collaborators
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive NA industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of FII Caixa Rio Bravo have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Diverse revenue streams
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo is present in almost all the verticals within the NA industry. This has provided FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of FII Caixa Rio Bravo in the NA sector have low bargaining power. FII Caixa Rio Bravo has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps FII Caixa Rio Bravo to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Ability to recruit top talent
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo is one of the leading players in the NA 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.
Strong track record of project management in the NA industry
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo is known for sticking to its project targets. This enables the firm to manage – time, project costs, and have sustainable margins on the projects.
Weaknesses of FII Caixa Rio Bravo | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of FII Caixa Rio Bravo are -
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, FII Caixa Rio Bravo is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication can help FII Caixa Rio Bravo to provide better information regarding NA products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
Compensation and incentives
– The revenue per employee of FII Caixa Rio Bravo is just above the NA 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes, FII Caixa Rio Bravo is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left FII Caixa Rio Bravo vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.
Lack of clear differentiation of FII Caixa Rio Bravo products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, FII Caixa Rio Bravo needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
Low market penetration in new markets
– Outside its home market of Brazil, FII Caixa Rio Bravo needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
Need for greater diversity
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Interest costs
– Compare to the competition, FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative at FII Caixa Rio Bravo, in the dynamic environment of NA industry it has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. FII Caixa Rio Bravo has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, FII Caixa Rio Bravo has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the NA industry over the last five years. FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 NA industry using digital technology.
High bargaining power of channel partners in NA industry
– because of the regulatory requirements in Brazil, FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 NA industry.
FII Caixa Rio Bravo Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities of FII Caixa Rio Bravo are -
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects FII Caixa Rio Bravo can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 NA industry.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– consumer behavior has changed in the NA industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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. FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Identify volunteer opportunities
– Covid-19 has impacted working population in two ways – it has led to people soul searching about their professional choices, resulting in mass resignation. Secondly it has encouraged people to do things that they are passionate about. This has opened opportunities for businesses to build volunteer oriented socially driven projects. FII Caixa Rio Bravo can explore opportunities that can attract volunteers and are consistent with its mission and vision.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for FII Caixa Rio Bravo in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the NA industry, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.
Use of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for transactions in NA industry
– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for FII Caixa Rio Bravo in the NA industry. Now FII Caixa Rio Bravo can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Manufacturing automation
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in NA 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.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Buying journey improvements
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo can improve the customer journey of consumers in the NA 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.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Threats FII Caixa Rio Bravo External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats of FII Caixa Rio Bravo are -
Consumer confidence and its impact on FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 NA industry and other sectors.
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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, FII Caixa Rio Bravo may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of NA sector.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo prominent markets.
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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo.
Regulatory challenges
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 NA industry regulations.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 NA industry.
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. FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for FII Caixa Rio Bravo in NA industry. The NA 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.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in NA industry will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. FII Caixa Rio Bravo can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Environmental challenges
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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. FII Caixa Rio Bravo can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the NA industry.
Increasing wage structure of FII Caixa Rio Bravo
– 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of FII Caixa Rio Bravo Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo 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 FII Caixa Rio Bravo needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.