Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, wage bills are increasing, technology disruption, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , geopolitical disruptions, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion,
talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, increasing transportation and logistics costs, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR
2. Improving business portfolio management of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in United States
4. Making a Communications Services sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR
Strengths of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR are -
Ability to recruit top talent
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is one of the leading players in the Communications Services industry in United States. It is in a position to attract the best talent available in United States. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Training and development
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has one of the best training and development program in Services industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in – employees retention, in-house promotion, loyalty, new venture initiation, lack of conflict, and high level of both employees and customer engagement.
Strong track record of project management in the Communications Services industry
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is known for sticking to its project targets. This enables the firm to manage – time, project costs, and have sustainable margins on the projects.
Innovation driven organization
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is one of the most innovative firm in Communications Services sector.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR in the Services sector have low bargaining power. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Effective Research and Development (R&D)
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has innovation driven culture where significant part of the revenues are spent on the research and development activities. This has resulted in – Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR staying ahead in the Communications Services industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive Communications Services industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Successful track record of launching new products
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
High brand equity
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Digital Transformation in Communications Services industry
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Ability to lead change in Communications Services
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is one of the leading players in the Communications Services industry in United States. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in the Communications Services industry in United States but also across the existing markets. The ability to lead change has enabled Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Weaknesses of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR are -
Increasing silos among functional specialists
– The organizational structure of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Communications Services industry, but Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR to focus more on services in the Communications Services industry rather than just following the product oriented approach.
High dependence on Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR ‘s star products
– The top 2 products and services of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR still accounts for major business revenue. This dependence on star products in Communications Services industry has resulted into insufficient focus on developing new products, even though Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
High bargaining power of channel partners in Communications Services industry
– because of the regulatory requirements in United States, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Communications Services industry.
Lack of clear differentiation of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 United States, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
High operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has high operating costs in the Communications Services industry. This can be harder to sustain given the new emerging competition from nimble players who are using technology to attract Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR lucrative customers.
Interest costs
– Compare to the competition, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Products dominated business model
– Even though Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has some of the most successful models in the Communications Services industry, this business model has made each new product launch extremely critical for continuous financial growth of the organization. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR should strive to include more intangible value offerings along with its core products and services.
High dependence on existing supply chain
– The disruption in the global supply chains because of the Covid-19 pandemic and blockage of the Suez Canal illustrated the fragile nature of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.
Need for greater diversity
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Employees’ less understanding of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR strategy
– From the outside it seems that the employees of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR are -
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can utilize new technology in the field of Communications Services industry to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.
Buying journey improvements
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can improve the customer journey of consumers in the Communications 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.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– consumer behavior has changed in the Communications Services industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Communications Services industry, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.
Manufacturing automation
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in Communications Services sector. It can use CAD and 3D printing to build a quick prototype and pilot testing products. It can leverage automation using machine learning and artificial intelligence to do faster production at lowers costs, and it can leverage the growth in satellite and tracking technologies to improve inventory management, transportation, and shipping.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Communications Services sector.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Communications Services industry.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Communications Services industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Threats Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR are -
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
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. Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Communications Services industry.
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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR in the Communications Services sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Communications Services industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Communications 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.
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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR is facing in Communications Services sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
Consumer confidence and its impact on Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Communications Services industry and other sectors.
Regulatory challenges
– Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Communications Services industry regulations.
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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR.
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Communications Services sector.
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.
Increasing wage structure of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR
– 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR 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 Mobil’nye Telesistemy ADR needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.