operations and performance on a consolidated basis. In the business parlance ‚ Strategic Business Unit (SBU ) means “an independent work unit within an organization that thrives on its distinctive business capabilities in a competitive market place The case study of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) has been presented here to highlight the strategies followed in its fast growing FMCG division as a SBU I. A brief study of the economy and FMCG market in India The Indian economy grew at a much slower
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The following diagram depicts the BCG Matrix where the main brands of the Estee Lauder Company are depicted as stars‚ cash cows‚ dogs or question marks. As the diagram shows that the company has a significant number of big brands in the question mark category the future prospective growth for the company can be very good. BCG MATRIX | STARS | QUESTION MARKS | Good Skin Labs | American Beauty | Grass Roots Research Labs | Estee Lauder | Sean John | Flirt! | Clinique | MAC Cosmetics |
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Placing products in the BCG matrix results in 4 categories in a portfolio of a company: BCG STARS (high growth‚ high market share) - Stars are defined by having high market share in a growing market. - Stars are the leaders in the business but still need a lot of support for promotion a placement. - If market share is kept‚ Stars are likely to grow into cash cows. BCG QUESTION MARKS (high growth‚ low market share) - These products are in growing markets but have low market share. - Question
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Question 1 1.1 The BCG Matrix is still viable and usable in today’s world and is still a significant tool used by businesses. The BCG Matrix looks at the impact an investment will have on the company. The BCG Matrix works on two axis‚ Namely the vertical and horizontal axis. The vertical axis will indicate the growth rate and the horizontal represents the market share. The matrix assumes that a company must focus on its mature markets and form a strong competitive position in the market ultimately
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As a leader in food industry‚ Frito-Lay developed many strategic business units (SBUs) for its succeed. Each SBU has its own individual managers‚ resources‚ mission statement‚ target market and competitors. A good SBU should respond customers’ demand quickly and effectively‚ while big organization has the lag of decision making. The following factors which I believe that make Frito-Lay as a successful snacks provider. First‚ Frito-Lay has lots of brands‚ however‚ none of them produce similar products
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BCG Matrix of Amul Products: What is a BCG matrix: In the early 1970s Bruce Henderson of Boston Consulting Group developed a technique by which businesses were classified as low or high performers based on their market share and relative growth rate. The matrix has four classifications: 1) Star Leaders in market. Consumes a lot of cash and generates a lot of revenue 2) Cash cows Generates a lot of revenue for the company. Strong product line of the company in a mature environment which is not
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BCG Matrix of Hindustan Unilever regarding its Products with proper reasons for the same BCG Matrix of Hindustan Unilever [pic] BCG analysis is mainly used for Multi Category / Multi Product companies. All categories and products together are said to be Business portfolio. Thus‚ the various entities of your business portfolio may move forward by a different pace and with a different strategy. The BCG analysis actually helps you in deciding which entities in your business portfolio are actually
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BCG Matrix of KFC The need for strategy‚ in order to expand its existing product in very promising markets for KFC is very essential. KFC‚ along with McDonalds‚ and other major fast food chains have dominated the American continent as well as else where. Since the1950’s when the founder of KFC had a dream‚ of building an empire in the fast foodmarket‚ the company has undergone lots of changes. The company has changedownership; it has taken over from Pepsi and passed over to Tricon‚ which owns
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Limitations of the BCG model. The BCG model is criticised for having a number of limitations (Kotler 2003; McDonald 2003): ➢ There are other reasons other than relative market share and market growth that could influence the allocation of resources to a product or SBU: reasons such as the need for strong brand name and product positioning could compel resource allocation to an SBU or product (Drummond & Ensor 2004). ➢ What is more‚ the model rests on net cash consumption or generation as the
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DEFINITION BCG MATRIX Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix is defined by the following authors as follows: Table 1 Definition of BCG Matrix Pearce (2013) David (2012) BCG Matrix is an approach pioneered by the Boston Consulting Group that attempted to help managers “balance” the flow of cash resources among their various businesses while also identifying their basic strategic purpose within the overall portfolio. It is also known as “portfolio techniques”. BCG Matrix graphically portrays
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