Name : Ereny wassim boshra
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The First question :
Strengths
1- wendy’s international are considered the third largest fast-food hamburger business in the world, although it reported higher revenues in 2002 than did Burger King.
2- The company as a whole generated $2.73 billion in revenues in 2002, up 14.2 percent from the previous year. With headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, the corporation operated over 9,000 restaurants in 33 countries worldwide.
3- One very important innovation contributed by Wendy’s was a special value menu that consisted of about 10 items that could be purchased for 99 cents. 4- in 1976 had its first public offering of 1 million shares at dollar 28 per share. By 1981 the company had been listed on
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so,I can analysis this organisation by using a swot framework . The SOWT framework is acronymic of strength , weakness , threats and opportunities . these acronym consists of two types , strength and weakness are internal environment but opportunities and threats are external environment of it’s business . Firstly , with the strengths of wendy’s international are considered the third largest fast-food hamburger business in the world, although it reported higher revenues in 2002 than did Burger King. The company as a whole generated $2.73 billion in revenues in 2002, up 14.2 percent from the previous year. With headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, the corporation operated over 9,000 restaurants in 33 countries worldwide. One very important innovation contributed by Wendy’s was a special value menu that consisted of about 10 items that could be purchased for 99 cents. in 1976 had its first public offering of 1 million shares at dollar 28 per share. By 1981 the company had been listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had built its 2,000th …show more content…
The forword integration strategy is that whider activites are expanded to include control of the direct distribution of it’s product as such as when a framer sells his crops at local market rather than to a distribution . But the backward vertical integration can be a part of company’s strategy due to the competitive benefits it provides , such as an ice cream company that buys a dairy farm . The company need milk to make ice cream and either can buy milk from a dairy farm or other milk suppliers or could own the dairy farm itself . This guarantee that it will have a credible supply of milk at it’s providence and it will pay logistic price , so this can protect the ice cream maker that there are several other buyers emulation for the same milk supply
They have a high brand awareness, history of product excellence, high contribution margin, and customer loyalty. They hold 50% of the market share on steak sauce as well as 10% of the market share on marinades after only one year. Their downfalls as a product are that they are a small niche market, meaning they are limited to only steak. The steak sauce market division is mature, and there is an operating loss from marinades.
1) Andrew Carnegie used vertical integration, controlling every step in the process of manufacturing a product, dominating the market. Vertical integration is when the company owns all means of distribution from beginning to end, this makes supplies more reliable and improved efficiency. It controlled the quality of the product at all stages of production. Horizontal integration was used by John D. Rockefeller and is an act of joining or consolidating with one’s competitors to create a monopoly. In Ohio in 1870 he organized the Standard Oil Company.
This paper will conduct a full and detailed SWOT Analysis on the franchise known as Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A started its establishment in Georgia by Truett Cathy and has since, grown into one of the biggest fast food businesses in America. Their success can be accredited to their strengths of having friendly customer service that makes customers feel good and constant leadership that builds trust and loyalty between the company's workers. Along with Chick-Fil-A's strengths they also have a few weaknesses, two of them being their lack of service on Sundays contributing to a loss of profit and their decision to incorporate cows as their mascots causes controversy. One possible threat for the franchise could be the LGBT community because the community
Introduction and Case Study The purpose of this research is to study the organization of the Texas Rangers. The strategies used to study this organization will the SWOT analysis. These concepts are important because it shows where the organization is doing well, where the organization is weak so that they can improve, profits where they can improve or succeed (The Case Study as a Research Method). Finally, The SWOT Analysis shows where the organizations threats are, threats that can end the organized or severely limit it.
Thus, Wendy’s is comparable to Chipotle in terms of commitment to food quality and geographical presence. • Yum! Brands: It is the parent company of Taco Bell, which is a Mexican fast food chain that offers value meals at low prices. As 2016, there were 6,604 Taco Bell restaurants in operations, located primarily in the U.S (Yum!
In today’s market, Walmart and Target are two of the top competing companies within the market system. According to Loudenback and Lee (2015) research on Walmart and Target stated, “We just released a list of the 50 most powerful companies in America, and Walmart came out on top as the most powerful company in the nation with Target a close second”. Walmart was founded 60 years after Target was founded. The two companies have found different ways and techniques to stay a top of their competitors. Within my SWOT analysis, I plan on pointing out each company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Sam’s Club aspect to enhance its amenities in a competitive market using three outline focuses implemented by John Furner, the CEO, of Sam's Club. By focusing on streamlining the corporate and rationalizing in diverse ways, Furner believes with hard work and innovative opportunities that collectively all Sam’s Club associate will help in getting us there. The change in leadership brings new focuses, for instance, people, product, and digital; with people Sam’s Club must involve every person, at every stage of the business, putting our members first with everyone pushing in the same direction. The Products they sell have to be the focal points of the company because consumers come for great items, and digitally Sam’s Club as to be dedicated
The concept of vertical integration received an immense
Given its importance, there is a great emphasis on diversity at Wendy’s and McDonald’s. McDonald’s has numerous options at their restaurants across America. They possess a large selection of items for consumers to choose from. These options can range from chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, salads, and nuggets. The restaurants also include a wide array of drinks which can range from sodas to iced coffee.
The Pantry’s use of forward integration contributes to this bargaining power. They receive much of their in-store goods from Budweiser, Frito Lay, and Coca-Cola, who in turn provides delivery services directly to stores. Bargaining Power of Buyers Low brand loyalty and minimal switching costs make the bargaining power of buyers high. Buyers make the decision to patronize other businesses when the opportunity to pay lower prices, presents itself.
Corporate Strategies Vertical Integration Verizon implements a value chain analysis to understand the parts of the daily operations that create value, and those parts that do not. The value chain analysis is used to determine the level of competition, the type of products and services the consumer needs, and to figure out the ways that Verizon can stay sustainable and remain the market leader in the industry. This is vital because if done correctly Verizon will be able to gain high returns within the telecommunications industry by creating greater value to the customer. Verizon breaks their value chain into primary and support activities. The primary activities are research and development, infrastructure, marketing and sales, and customer
Disney pursues vertical integration by increasing its distribution channels for its products in house. This allows Disney to not only have control over the entire product my beginning to end consumer, but it also allows for Disney to increase its profits by cutting costs. An example of this in the case is that Disney creates its own content in-house for its channels like ABC. When Disney first acquired ABC, ABC had deals with Dreamworks, which was a rival company created by a former Disney employee, to finance jointly the cost of developing new TV shows. For Disney, this deal made no sense for them once they purchased ABC because Disney has their own production studio.
A SWOT analysis is a tool used by organisations to identify its internal strengths and weaknesses, but also the external opportunities and threats. Therefore, this allows the organisation to assess what can be used to aid in achieving their objectives, i.e., strengths and opportunities, as well as aspects that can be improved on or potential problems that can be faced, i.e., weaknesses and threats, as they pursue on achieving business objectives and/or decision making. Explained S.W.O.T. Analysis: a) Strengths Caterpillar Inc. holds a very strong brand image worldwide that directly associates it with high quality products that they provide. In 2014, Caterpillar ranked as the number one brand in heavy equipment followed by a strong competitor,
As of September 30, 2016, Burger King reported it had 15,243 outlets in 100 countries. Of these, 47.5% are in the United States and 99.5% are privately owned and operated, with its new owners moving to an almost entirely franchised model in 2013. While it may be tempting for big food
This is a huge market since the U.S. and the world revolved around convenience. Although McDonald’s is very popular right now you never know if one day it will become a shadow to another company. Next, since there are so many competitors each company is trying to be unique and bring new things to the market. Whether it is McDonald’s McPick 2 or Wendy’s 4 for 4 competitors are trying to out shine each other, making it hard to compete and keep prices down sometimes. With a quick google search I found that there are over 50,000 different fast food chains in the United States alone.