MGT680 Unit 3 Portfolio Analysis Matrices

SWOT analysis (or SWOT matrix) is a strategic planning technique used to help a person or organization identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to business competition or project planning. It is designed for use in the preliminary stages of decision-making processes and can be used as a tool for evaluation of the strategic position of a city or organization. Critically examine these statement and provide an example in the context of the South Pacific

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TRADEKINGS is a soft drink manufacturer in Zambia. Although it has a commandingshare of the soft drink market in Zambia, it is facing increasing competition from asoft drink known as Atia from Kenya and the Coca-Cola line of soft drinks.Required:Use a Product Portfolio (SWOT) Analysis to:A. Identify the opportunity OR threat to the company.B. Identify the company’s strength OR weakness of the company.C. Recommend an appropriate strategy

The purpose of the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) is to achieve which of the following?   It is a charter government association for the county.   It is an organization that receives state funds for county projects.   It is a group that meets to collaborate on project ideas.   It is the largest Council of Government (COG) in Arizona and is a regional planning agency for funds received from the federal government.

The type of operational planning may cover the medium-term needs of the business including budgeting, the purchasing and supply methods, negotiation and development of human resources. Choose the correct answer 1 strategic level planning 2 tactical or middle- management planning 3 operations level planning 4 operational planning 4 short- term planning

The table lists several goals that might be set by a restaurant chain. Indicate the level of each goal, with level 1 being the highest and level 4 being the lowest. We seek to expand by opening 150 new restaurant locations in the next 10 years. We seek to operate a chain of restaurants that prepares high-quality food on a timely basis for a reasonable price. We seek to provide a 14% or greater annualized return of investment for our shareholders. We seek to improve efficiency by implementing a new computerized payment system. Level 1 O O OO Level 2 O O O O Level 3 O O OO Level 4 O O O O

XYZ Co. has provided the following data seeking your advice on the optimum investment strategy: Investment at the beginning of the year Net return data of selected investments Amount P Q R S available (£) 1 95 80 70 60 70 2 75 65 60 50 40 3 70 45 50 40 90 4 60 40 40 30 30 Maximum Investment (£) 40 50 60 60 The following additional information is also provided: o P, Q, R and S represent the selected investments o The company has decided to have four years investment plan o The policy of the company is that the amount invested in any year will remain so until the end of the fourth year o The values in the table represent net returns on investment of £1 till the end of the planning horizon Determine the optimal investment strategy. You may use the transportation technique

Feasibility Analysis for Dragon Karate Sports A feasibility analysis is critical in determining a business initiative's viability and possible success. It entails assessing several elements that can impact the viability and profitability of a company proposal. A feasibility analysis is critical for Santosh Kshirsagar and his karate academy, Dragon Karate Sports. To determine the venture's sustainability and make educated decisions, Santosh needs to follow these four feasibility analysis processes; 1 - Industry market analysis - Santosh needs to assess the demand for karate classes in Kolhapur. He should analyze the target market, competition, and potential growth prospects. Understanding the market dynamics will help him identify opportunities and challenges. 2 - Product/service analysis - To ascertain the demand for karate instruction in the region where Santosh plans to open his Academy; and should do a thorough market analysis. He may start by interviewing prospective customers like…

TRADEKINGS is a soft drink manufacturer in Zambia. Although it has a commanding share of the soft drink market in Zambia, it is facing increasing competition from a soft drink known as Atia from Kenya and the Coca-Cola line of soft drinks. Required: Use a Product Portfolio (SWOT) Analysis to: Identify the opportunity OR threat to the  Identify the company’s strength OR weakness of the company Recommend an appropriate strategy

Suppose you are a  Marketing Manager of a 5-star Hotel located in Baguio City, Philippines. You are tasked to perform a SWOT analysis to know what are factors expected to affect the company's operations. Examine each situation and identify whether it is a Strength, a Weaknesses, an Opportunity, or a Threat to your company.  Answer: S. If the situation refers to a Strength W. If the situation refers to a Weakness O. If the situation refers to an Opportunity T. If the situation refers to a Threat ___1. Excellent staff who are highly trained and very customer attentive. ___2. Business taxes will increase by 3% next year. ___3. The present promotional activities have a great appeal to customers. ___4. Some employees have problems dealing with arrogant customers who give out unfavorable comments. ___5. Sometimes overlook financial issuances of check and deposited cash. ___6. hotel rates are high which contradicts to the company's positioning of "Premium Quality Services at an Affordable…

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complete the following table to determine what are the total costs to account for if a company's beginning inventory had $231,432 in materials, $186,450 in conversion costs, and added direct material costs ($4,231,392), direct labor ($2,313,392), and manufacturing overhead ($1,156,696)? PLEASE NOTE: All dollar amounts are rounded to whole dollars and shown with "$" and commas as needed (i.e. $12,345). If no dollar amount is needed for that space, please enter "$0" with no quotation marks. Material Costs Conversion Costs Total Costs Beginning work in process 4 Added: Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Total Costs

Peruse the business group listings for 3M Company shown as follows and listed at its investor relations site (investors.3m.com). How would you characterize the company’s corporate strategy? Related diversification, unrelated diversification, or a combination related-unrelated diversification strategy? Explain your answer. Consumer Products—for the home and office including Post-it (R) and Scotch (R) Transportation and Electronics—automotive and aerospace films and tapes; electronics assembly solutions Health Care—filtration systems, wound care products, dentistry products, health care software solutions Safety and Industrial—abrasives, adhesives, specialty materials, and filtration systems, safety and security products

State management decision problems for which the following research problems might provide useful information. Estimate the sales and market share of department stores in a certain metropolitan area. Determine the design features for a new product that would result in maximum market share. Evaluate the effectiveness of alternative TV commercials. Assess current and proposed sales territories with respect to their sales potential and workload. Determine the prices for each item in a product line so as to maximize total sales for the product line

The flotation cost valuation is significantly affect the accuracy of the investment decision valuation. analyze the extent to which you agree with the statement.

Somerset Inc. has finished a new video game, Snowboard Challenge. Management is now considering its marketing strategies. The following information is available:     Two managers, James Hamilton and Thomas Seymour, had the following discussion of ways to increase the profitability of this new offering: James: I think we need to think of some way to increase our profitability. Do you have any ideas? Thomas: Well, I think the best strategy would be to become aggressive on price. James: How aggressive? Thomas: If we drop the price to $60 per unit and maintain our advertising budget at $15,000,000, I think we will generate total sales of 2,000,000 units. James: I think that's the wrong way to go. You're giving up too much on price. Instead, I think we need to follow an aggressive advertising strategy. Thomas: How aggressive? James: If we increase our advertising to a total of $25,000,000, we should be able to increase sales volume to 1,400,000 units without any change…

“Mickey Limited is a manufacturing business that uses a standard costing system. The company’s flexed budget for April 20X9 is:   Sales £173,340 Costs   Direct materials (£22,500) Direct labour (£37,684) Variable production overheads (£15,520) Fixed production overheads (£49,400) Profit            48,236                                              The company’s directors are presented with the following standard cost operating statement for the month:”         Total Original budgeted net profit     £44,540   Favourable (Adverse)   Sales profit volume variance £3,696     Sales price variance £424     Direct materials price variance £1,372     Direct materials quantity variance   £2,560   Direct labour rate variance                    -                       -     Direct labour efficiency variance   £480   Production overhead variance £240…

(b) Consider a M/s XYZ company, which is developing its annual plans in terms of three objectives: (1) Increased profits, (2) Increased market share and (3) increased sales. M/S XYZ has formulated three different strategies for achieving the stated objectives. The table below gives relative weightage of objectives and scores project the strategy. Find the optimal strategy that yields maximum weighted or composite utility. Measure of Performance of Three objectives Weights Strategy S₁ S₂ S3 ROI (Profit) 0.2 7 3 5 % Increase (Market share) 0.5 4 6 5 % Increase (Sales growth) Required: Find the optimal strategy that yields maximum weighted or composite utility. 0.3 9 7 10

During the Decision Stage of the Strategy Formulation framework, the focus is upon generating feasible alternative strategies by aligning key external and internal factors. True or False? Select one: True False

Discuss how scenario planning can be used to assist in decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and carry out a scenario planning exercise from the point of view of Caroria Local Authority.

The Gotham City News is moving to a paywall subscription service rather than a free news website with unlimited access. If Subscribers would like to access more than ten articles per month, they will need to pay a monthly subscription fee of $21. However, if they are also weekly subscribers of the print edition of the newspaper, they receive a 60% discount on the on-line subscription rate. The monthly rate for the print edition of the newspaper is $28. Based on the market research, the Times believes that 24% of the households that order the print edition will also order the website subscription. While there are basically no variable costs to the website version, the print edition does cost $21 per month to print and dekiver to households.   Market research indicates that the average length a current print edition subscriber will continue subscribing is only 16 months if they choose to also purchase the on-line subscription. Under these assumptions, what is the expected 3 year CLV for…

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Determining Margin Potential Finding the maximum amount of profit you can generate from one unit of a product is called Margin Potential. This is useful for a company when making a decision about whether to go into production or not. In its simplest form, you can calculate Margin Potential as: Margin Potential = Maximum Price - Minimum Unit Costs Price Use the information table below to find the maximum price that customers deem acceptable. You can find this in the Customer Buying Criteria for each segment. Minimum Material Cost Calculate the minimum Material Cost per segment using the following equation and table below: Minimum Material Cost = [(Lowest Acceptable MTBF * 0.30) / 1000] + Trailing Edge Material Cost Minimum Labor Cost Calculate the minimum Labor Cost for each segment. Assume a base labor cost of $11.20 ($11.20 is a rough estimate of labor cost used solely to illustrate the Margin Potential Concept). Minimum Labor Cost = [$11.20 - (1.12 * Automation Ratings Below)] + 1.12…

It is Monday morning and you are browsing the website of your competing firm FAZ, suddenly you noticed that FAZ hired a new director of sales. Presumably, this person will be responsible, among other things, for taking your competitor's sales team to the next level. As long as this person is halfway decent to his job, it won't be long before your sales reps find themselves in an increasing number of competitive deals. This scenario is best related to: Strategic and competitive intelligence professionals O Customers intelligence O Competitive intelligence Competitors' research and development

Mirabel Manufacturing is a small but growing company that manufactures and sells marine sonar equipment. They employ a national sales force and their primary customers are marine retailers and boat dealerships. The company has expanded over the last 5 years and Paul Mirabel, the founder, and CEO has become concerned that he no longer has a clear picture of their cost structure. He calls his CFO, Mary Jane Montgomery in for a meeting. “Mary Jane, I am concerned that I am not current on our cost structure and how that is impacting our bottom line,” Paul begins. “Well, Paul, the company has grown considerably over the past 5 years, so I’m not surprised that you feel a little disconnected with how things are going,” Mary Jane replied. She continued “In fact, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about a couple of big items such as increasing the sales commission to 15%. We’ve lost two of our best account managers in the last 9 months. It seems like we are behind the curve paying only 12% on…

Mohammad is the owner of a gourmet ice cream shop in Durban. For the 2020 December holidays, Mohammad has designed a brand-new marketing and promotion campaign. Which budget would Mohammad use to measure the marketing and sales effectiveness of his December campaign? Select one: a. Manufacturing-cost budget b. Income budget c. Profit budget d. Discretionary-cost budget

Construct a decision tree for this problem. What is the recommended decision if the agency opinion is not used? What is the expected value? What is the expected value of perfect information? What is Hale’s optimal decision strategy assuming the agency’s information is used? What is the expected value of the agency’s information? Is the agency’s information worth the $5000 fee? What is the maximum that Hale should be willing to pay for the information? What is the recommended decision?

The following strategic objectives have been derived from a strategy that seeks to improve asset utilization by more careful development and use of its human assets and internal processes: Increase revenue from new products. Increase implementation of employee suggestions. Decrease operating expenses. Decrease cycle time for the development of new products. Decrease rework. Increase employee morale. Increase customer satisfaction. Increase access of key employees to customer and product information. Increase customer acquisition. Increase return on investment (ROI). Increase employee productivity. Decrease the collection period for accounts receivable. Increase employee skills. The heart of the strategy is developing the company’s human resources. Management is convinced that empowering employees will lead to an increase in economic returns. Studies have shown that there is a positive relationship between employee morale and customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the more satisfied…

In the strategic management process, step 4 (formulating strategies) requires that strategies be established for the A) corporate level B) business level C) functional level D) corporate and business levels E) corporate, business and functional levels