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Operating Profit
Turnover (sales revenue) Operating costs Operating profit Operating Profit Margin Operating profit Sales revenue
Competitive Positioning
Source of advantage
Low cost Broad Market scope Broad low cost player Differentiation Broad differentiator
Narrow
Which one or two forces are key drivers? Future financial performance of the industry? How attractive is the industry as a whole?
Capital requirements Economies of scale Knowledge, limited skill labour Access to distribution channels Escalation of competition Government intervention or incentives Brand loyalty
Porter, 1980
There is a concentration of buyers There are many small suppliers in the industry There are alternative sources of supply High costs encourage the buyers to shop around Switching costs are low There is a threat of backward integration
Porter, 1980
There is a concentration of suppliers Switching costs are high The supplier brand is powerful Forward integration by the supplier is possible Customers are fragmented and bargaining power low
Porter, 1980
Porter, 1980
S a l e s
Users/ buyers
Trial by innovators
Early majority Growing selectivity of purchase Shake-out of weakest Failures, mergers/acquisiti on Excess capacity
Replacement purchase Fight to maintain market share Price competition Gaining/taking market share at expense of competitors
Laggards dropoff
Competitive conditions
Few competitors
What are the implications for sales growth rate and profit? How fast is the LC moving to the next stage? What are the competitive and strategic implications?
Attractiveness (profitability) of the industry now and in the future, Evidence? Can the forces be pushed back?
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Competitor Analysis
MOST - objectives, strategies and tactics e.g...aggressive Competitive Scope - segments and products focused on
12 Likely
Competitor Analysis
Competitor A VMOST Competitor B
Competitive scope
Unique assets and resources Distinctive capabilities Weaknesses and vulnerabilities Past and current performance Overall strategic position Strong, tenable, weak? Likely future direction
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Customer Segmentation
Geographic: country, region, density, and climate
benefits sought, purchase occasion, usage rate, loyalty status age, gender, social class lifestyle and personality
The key challenge is to identify profitable market segments with unfulfilled needs and wants which match our distinctive capabilities
Revenue growth External Customer Customer service satisfaction loyalty value Profitability
retention repeat business referral service designed & delivered to meet target customers needs
Workplace design job design employee selection & development employee rewards & recognition tools for serving customers
Source: Heskett et al, Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work, Harvard Business Review, March - April, 1994
DRIVES
DRIVES
* The rectangles represent survey information, the ovals, hard data. The measurements in blue are collected and distributed as performance indicators.
Source: Rucci et al., (1998)The Employee-Customer-Profit Chain at Sears, HBR, Jan-Feb
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Exercise 3 - Customers
Identify the main market segments in the airline industry, along with their customer expectations How successful is BestJet in winning and retaining customers? What is key challenge regarding customer focus in the future?
Not essential 1
KEY: