Introduction “Cargill is an international marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural, food, financial and industrial products and services.” (Kneen, 2002, p. 1) Cargill is one of the leading global companies today in the food and agricultural industries (MarketWatch, 2010). Cargill was established in 1865 and has since grown to employe 142,000 employees in 67 countries and is currently the largest privately held company in the US (Cargill: Our History, 2014). Because Cargill is such a massive company this paper will focus of the food ingredients systems platform better known as FIS (pronounced fizz) within the company. According to Armstrong (2012), a SWOT analysis is one of the most analytical used tools. He explains that this …show more content…
4. Strong R&D department. Cargill had a very strong research and development department. A shining example of the fruits that have emerged from Cargill’s R&D is Truvia. Truvia was the world's first available “no-calorie sugar substitute” that had origins from a plant (Paynter, 2011). Cargill is the company that first came out with this product made from the stevia plant. The company employes 1,3000 R&D professionals that includes chemists, microbiologists to nutritionists (Cargill: R&D People, 2014). 5. Privately held company. Cargill, being a privately held company only answers to the family shareholders who own it. In a public company there are typically hundreds of shareholders all whom get to vote, Cargill only has the family members and ESOP shares to contend with. Having a long-term vision is also much easier when a company is privately held. 6.Customized solutions. Cargill offers customized solutions to its’ customers. Because there is such a high focus on R&D Cargill is able to develop “differentiated and customized products” for customers. By offering these solutions Cargill have a competitive advantage which can be seen through customer loyalty and satisfaction (SWOT Analysis, 2007). 7. Supply chain efficiency. Cargill’s supply chain shows a highly efficient performance. There are few other companies in the world
The SWOT analysis is commonly known as a tool for business analysis. Its main use is for looking at strengths and weaknesses to do with the organisation, current or future opportunities and possible internal and external threats. These can then be dealt with to make them into a positive.
This can be conducted through a detailed SWOT analysis and environmental scanning to detect any influential elements or factors.
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Although financial information is not available for all competitors, the top 3 competitors show a discrepancy in production efficiency. This would lead the analysis to support the existence of other significant factors influencing the value chain outside of production. These could be the cost of supplies, distribution and marketing.
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An organizational analysis is an important tool to become familiar with how medical businesses and organizations are able to meet standards of care, provide services for the community and provide employment to health care providers. There are many different aspects to evaluate in an organizational analysis. This paper will describe these many aspects and apply the categories to the University Medical Center (UMC) as the organization being analyzed.
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He will need to communicate to them all as to how the restructuring will be done so that they all understand. They will need to know how this will affect the jobs they are doing.