Section 6 Lecture Notes for Chapter 5 369 Chapter Chapter Summary 5 The Five Generic Competitive Strategies Chapter Five describes the five basic competitive strategy options – which of the five to employ is a company’s first and foremost choice in crafting overall strategy and beginning its quest for competitive advantage. Lecture Outline I. Introduction 1. There are several basic approaches to competing successfully and gaining a competitive advantage‚ but they all involve giving buyers what
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Generic strategy The three generic strategies identified by Michael Porter‚ namely cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus are all options available to small businesses. cost leadership requires a tight set of interrelated tactics that include aggressive construction of efficient-scale facilities; vigorous pursuit of cost reductions from experience; tight cost and overhead control; avoidances of marginal customer accounts; cost minimization in all activities in the firms value chain. Differentiation
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any differences between them: (a) Porter’s Generic Strategies (b) The Strategy Clock Purpose of Porter’s Generic Strategies and Bowman’s Strategic Clock are both aimed to help companies understand how they compete in the marketplace. Base on the different combinations of price and perceived value‚ companies should know how to choose a position of competitive advantage that understanding the company’s competencies. Application of Generic Strategies is focus on three ways in which a company could
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Company Overview – ALDI: Aldi Group has been highlighted as a leading grocery chain store with more than 7‚500 stores across the globe[1]. The company has its roots in Germany that has remained its strongest market over the years with 40% market share in food retail segment‚ while aggressive expansion has been undertaken into other European countries and the US[2]. Aldi is a privately held company that operates as Aldi North and Aldi South‚ with its headquarter in Essen‚ Germany. PESTEL Analysis:
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retailer industry is a high competitive market. More than ever‚ discount supermarkets need to offer customers value for money. ALDI – the budget food supermarket chain based in Germany understands that its customer wants to buy everyday groceries of the highest possible quality at guaranteed low price. (ALDI Australia‚ 2013) As stated in its “Spend a little Live a lot” message‚ ALDI operate in a no-frills concept. And in company’s initial international expanding stage‚ it mainly focus on attract low-earning
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Business Generic A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argues that a firm’s strengths ultimately fall into one of two headings: cost advantage and differentiation which are applied at the business unit level. The two basic types of competitive advantage combined with the scope of activities for which a firm seeks to achieve them‚ lead to three generic strategies for achieving above average performance in an industry: cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus
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A Case Study on Aldi I. Introduction The retail industry is a very competitive market. Organizations need to offer customers value for money. Customers want to pay for low priced but high quality products. With such hard competition it is necessary for organizations to know what their customers want. Aldi recognizes that its customers want value for money but do not want to compromise on quality. This case study will show how Aldi’s strategy led them to a competitive advantage. It will
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Aldi’s business strategy? Be specific as to what they are doing that sets them apart from competition and WHY this is different than their competitors? The core elements to Aldi’s business strategy are to offer top quality and extremely low prices. One article states that in the Midwest‚ Aldi’s prices are “15% and 20% less than Wal-Mart and 30% to 40% cheaper than regional chains.” The company also focuses on selling goods that have a high turnover such as food and beverages. Aldi receives shipments
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Communication Methods Used By ALDI 4 Aldi’s Integrated Marketing Communication Wheel – Fig. 1.1 4 Segment of Consumer Market Aldi is Seeking to Attract 6 Proposed Integrated Marketing Communication Wheel for Aldi– Fig. 1.2 8 Poster for conveying the essential messages of ALDI’s campaign – Fig. 1.3 9 Alternative Marketing Communication Methods – Aldi 11 Aldi’s Alternative Marketing Communication Wheel – Fig. 1.4 12 Changes Aldi are Making in the Marketing
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Building Customer Loyalty Customer loyalty matters because selling more to existing customer is much easier‚ and cheaper‚ than looking for and selling to new customers. On the other hand‚ it is significant to obtain new customers. Nevertheless‚ new customer requires more investment to make them loyal. This briefing covers: • Understanding who are T-mobile’s most valuable customers • How to achieve a high standard of T-mobile customer care for all customers • How to turn
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