I. CASE TITLE: Sammy’s Motor Repair Shop: In the Beginning CASE FACTS: At age 26, Sammy Bugarin established his motor repair shop along the highway, one kilometer away from the commercial district of his town. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and just after graduation; he started working as an apprentice in his uncle’s motor repair shop. He prodded his uncle to expand his business but his advice was not heeded. He thinks that the motor repair business is growing steadily. He noticed that the new car models are operated with electronic systems installed in them. Sammy believes that repair and maintenance of the new car models cannot be served adequately by repair shops existing in the area. Sammy immersed himself into …show more content…
WEAKNESSES: * No clear strategies as to how to drive out competition. * Lack of management depth OPPORTUNITIES: * Explore emerging technologies to meet broader range of customer’s needs. THREATS: * Slow down in market growth due to competitors. * Likely entry of competitor to emerging technologies too. VII. ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTIONS (ACAs) a) Extending services offered as to adding car wash, installation of carbon fibers, tinting of car windows and wind shield etc. Advantage: Expanding of target market, acquiring new clients. Disadvantage: Additional manpower and capitalization needed; may also require expanding of shop area. b) Offering promos, membership cards and discounts. e.g: (free car wash, change oil and tune up, and free car check-up) Advantage: Attract customers and maintain loyalists because of freebies and promos. A very effective attraction to clients. Disadvantage: May incur little to fair increase in overhead expenses and additional work for manpower. c) Advertise. This can be done through radio commercials at local radio stations of the city, give away pamphlets and post tarpaulins at locations that are usually congested with people. Advantage: Will give awareness to other possible customers therefore adding to his market. Disadvantage: Additional overhead costs will be incurred. d) Acquire loan and put up the second branch sooner rather than waiting for 3-5years more. Advantage: In such
However, this move is not always a wise one because when an enterprise has fewer workers it would reduce its productivity which would mean more
Attracts customers with other preferences and may compete broadly in the industry by branching out in new locations
2. New bank credit facility, 600 million cash on hand to take advantage of opportunities that may arise
There will be a disadvantage. There will always be areas in your work where you experience conflict
* The company would drop present dealers in their markets and not add new dealers.
Companies may hire less temporary workers, choosing instead to make workers work longer hours or
The third advantage is being able to outsource work when the need for production rises. Instead of having to hire additional employees to augment the increase in labor, a company will have a set staff and then when the need arises, they will hire out for the additional work to be completed.
The most obvious benefits is gained by economies of scale, reduced headcount, factories, and/or branches.
* Well exposed and advertised in the local community (TV channel, flyers, local newspaper, sporting events, etc.)
Your answer all the customers questions and concerns in a very tactful manner. You also keep your vehicle clean and organized.
Conduct phone interviews with community leaders to determine their level of knowledge on the issue and the best way to activate communities (speeches, events, etc.)
For most people driving a vehicle is a normal and every day process. On any given day driving in city or town traffic one can experience a number of noises by either their own of somebody else’s vehicle. Car repair can be very expensive, and lately, do-it-yourself projects are very popular. In today’s Internet world, the driver has an option to explore the World Wide Web for information on symptoms, problems, and, depending on the service, the repair procedure.
I chose this industry because we do not have many local distributions. For that I chose this industry. The meaning of motor dealership is a firm that sells and buys cars, and it has different brands of cars. As well, the industry is local distribution they do many things like selling different kinds of cars like: Toyota, Hino, Lexus and GMC, Jeep, Nissan and others brands in the world. Motor dealership sells new cars and used cars for the customers. Motor dealership is dealing with the variance brand of cars then they sell it to the customers. They also do other things like maintenance services for cars and automobile parts. Moreover, they are appoint technicians and experts people to stock and sell spare parts of cars and warranty operation
The disadvantage would be the locally the community would loose certain jobs and the country
companies and investments in financial instruments. Fourth, the currency turmoil affects U.S. imports and exports as well as capital flows and the value of the U.S. dollar; the U.S. deficit on trade was rising as these countries import less and export more. Fifth, the crisis is causing economic turmoil that is exposing weaknesses in many financial institutions in Asia; some have gone bankrupt. The economic problems of the troubled Asian economies are adversely affecting the United States, Japan, and others.