WOOLWORTHS LTD. [pic] ❖ Financial Planning Cycle at Woolworths o Woolworths supermarkets experience a cyclical flow of funds in accordance with predictable consumer and retail cycles o It: - assesses current performance prior to planning - records transactions to summarise trading data - analyses the data so that actual financial performance is assessed against targeted performance ❖ Financial Markets Relevant to Woolworths o Woolworths Ltd. Is a publicly listed
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Porter’s Five Forces A competitive strategy must meet the opportunities and threats inherent in the external environment; it should be based on an understanding of industry and economic change. Porter identifies five forces that shape every industry and which determine the intensity and direction of competition and therefore the profitability of an industry. The objective of strategic planning is to modify these competitive forces such that the organization’s position is improved. Management
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Reading 32 – The Five Competitive Forces That Share Strategy ------------------------------------------------- Date: April 6‚ 2013 Porter’s Five Forces Forces | Description | Notes | Threat of New Entrants | - Likelihood of new entrants emerging to alter the competitive landscape- Depend on size of barriers to entry- Higher the barrier‚ weaker the threat‚ and greater the pricing power of existing participants | - Econ of scale- product differences an brand identify that will deter customers
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Rogers Chocolate: Five Force Analysis Feedback A graphic portrayal of the five-forces model for the chocolate industry is shown in below. At the end of the analysis‚ always state a conclusion: Rivalry Among Competing Premium Chocolate Producers—a Moderately Strong Competitive Force In the discussion of the five competitive forces that follows‚ we use a + sign to indicate factors acting to strengthen rivalry and a – sign to indicate factors acting to weaken rivalry. The +/– signs are shown
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the Automobile Industry Porter’s Five Forces‚ also known as P5F‚ is a way of examining the attractiveness of an industry. It does so by looking at five forces which act on that industry. These forces are determinants of that industry’s profitability. The 5 forces are: 1. The threat of new entrants In the auto manufacturing industry‚ this is generally a very low threat. Factors to examine for this threat include all barriers to entry such as upfront capital requirements
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Making Business Decisions I: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 1. There are several things to look at with Buyer Power: bargaining leverage‚ buyer volume‚ substitute’s available‚ buyer’s incentives and price sensitivity are just a few things that encourage buyers to purchase. Buyer power is high when the buyers have many choices of where and who to buy from and low when there are few choices. Broadway Café is located in downtown along with at least five other coffee shops. This means buyer power
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4.3.5 Strategies to match product uncertainty As described in the previous sections uncertainty can have a huge impact on supply chain processes and its performance. Lee brought Fishers and his findings together and developed a framework that provides four strategies which considers uncertainties on demand and supply side (Lee‚ 2002): Figure 1: Product uncertainty (Source: Lee‚ 2002) For products with low demand and low supply uncertainties companies should focus on improving the efficiency
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Porters 5 forces Threat of New Entry: Obesity is a big problem in the United States which is becoming a government and healthcare issue. Weight Watchers has played a role in the development of a new national awareness of healthful eating‚ lifestyles changes‚ and weight control. Weight Watchers International had experienced it biggest threat mostly because of new competition and changes in technology. When the over the counter weightless drug launched it had a drastic effect on their market. Switching
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Porter five forces. Potential new entrants. The home furnishing market is a big market with many players. IKEA is one of the biggest players in the market especially in Europe. The threats of new entrants is reduced by the tremendous amount of money needed to start up a home furnishing shop. IKEA has a big advantage to other home furnishing shops‚ they don’t just sell furnish but also kitchen and home accessories. But IKEA doesn’t reach small town and villages‚ here is a change for new entrants
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Porters Five Forces Current Competitive Force Porter ’s first force that Porter describes is current rivalry among existing firms. In the specialty eateries industry‚ Starbucks ’ current and direct U.S competitors are Diedrich Coffee‚ Seattle ’s Best Coffee‚ and Einstein/Noah Bagel Corporation (hoovers.com). The competition‚ however‚ is not equally balanced. Diedrich Coffee operates 370 coffeehouses in 37 states and 11 countries (hoovers.com). Seattle ’s Best Coffee operates 160 coffee cafes
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