P&G Strategic Analysis
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Strategic Analysis
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Procter & Gamble:
The Beauty/Feminine Care Segment of the
Consumer Goods Industry
Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Company Overview 4 Mandate 4 Stakeholders 5 Internal Analysis 5 External Analysis 7 Competitive Forces 8 Macro Environment 8 Strategic Options 10 Strategy 1: Market Penetration 10 Strategy 2: Product Innovation and New Product Development 10 Strategy 3: Status Quo 11
Executive Summary
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a world-leading producer of consumer goods. Today, it consists of over 20 million dollar brands (like Gillette) and operates in 42 countries (Wikipedia, 2012).
The company has achieved success by creating high quality brand recognized products that are sold on multinational level. It has found the necessary efficiencies to be able to satisfy its consumers better than the competition.
Despite its success, the future of P&G as an industry leader will depend on strategies they adopt. The industry having matured, rivalry among the existing competitors getting more intense and the cost of raw materials continually rising makes it imperative that P&G adopt practices that will maintain their competitive advantage.
Introduction
This strategic analysis of Procter & Gamble (P&G) will focus on the Beauty/Feminine care segment of the Consumer Goods industry in which P&G operates. The aim of this analysis is to develop strategic options for P&G focusing on the resolution of how to differentiate the company from its competitors within intensely competitive, rapidly changing immediate, intermediate, and long-term time frames.
With 130 manufacturing facilities in over 40 countries, P&G’s world headquarter is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. P&G has a large scale of product differentiation in a way to make a better life for people. P&G
Strategic Analysis
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Procter & Gamble:
The Beauty/Feminine Care Segment of the
Consumer Goods Industry
Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Company Overview 4 Mandate 4 Stakeholders 5 Internal Analysis 5 External Analysis 7 Competitive Forces 8 Macro Environment 8 Strategic Options 10 Strategy 1: Market Penetration 10 Strategy 2: Product Innovation and New Product Development 10 Strategy 3: Status Quo 11
Executive Summary
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a world-leading producer of consumer goods. Today, it consists of over 20 million dollar brands (like Gillette) and operates in 42 countries (Wikipedia, 2012).
The company has achieved success by creating high quality brand recognized products that are sold on multinational level. It has found the necessary efficiencies to be able to satisfy its consumers better than the competition.
Despite its success, the future of P&G as an industry leader will depend on strategies they adopt. The industry having matured, rivalry among the existing competitors getting more intense and the cost of raw materials continually rising makes it imperative that P&G adopt practices that will maintain their competitive advantage.
Introduction
This strategic analysis of Procter & Gamble (P&G) will focus on the Beauty/Feminine care segment of the Consumer Goods industry in which P&G operates. The aim of this analysis is to develop strategic options for P&G focusing on the resolution of how to differentiate the company from its competitors within intensely competitive, rapidly changing immediate, intermediate, and long-term time frames.
With 130 manufacturing facilities in over 40 countries, P&G’s world headquarter is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. P&G has a large scale of product differentiation in a way to make a better life for people. P&G
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