Mondi: An International Packaging and Paper Group

Opportunities usually emerge from changes; therefore you need to pay attention to what could possibly change in the near future and how your company could benefit from that. This is where the marketing team comes in. It’s their job to plan for this type of thing and to keep the company ahead of the game.

OPPORTUNITIES: In addition to new or significant trends, other external opportunities exist and how can we best exploit or benefit from each. Examples might include: * a market vacated by a competitor * availability of new communication technology * younger generation with a disdain for placing family members in nursing homes * lack of dominant competition * new market segment * niche market is growing throughout the states

When a certain point is reached regarding a company’s success, a set of different opportunities arise and partnerships may unfold. However, with every possible strategy available, risks and benefits also come into play; without discarding any of them beforehand, every option is a strong candidate until a final decision is made. In this case study we will analyze the current business strategy pertaining

opportunities is the excellent climate and new items. Major threat is competition and the other is the

Discuss the strategic decisions that firms in this sector may be facing. What future strategies can firms pursue to try to secure their competitive advantage and long term survival?

* Weaknesses - Weaknesses are the assets which would prevent the sandwich/snack bar from accomplishing their specific mission and achieving their full potential. These weaknesses decline influences on the organisations success and growth in the economy. Weaknesses in an organization may be a criticizing machinery, insufficient research and development facilities, narrow product range, poor decision-making, etc. However these are controllable which must be eliminated. An example of The sandwich/snack bars organisational weaknesses are huge debts, high employee turnover, complex decision making process, narrow product range, large wastage of raw materials, etc. The business must ensure that prices of sandwiches and other products are reasonable and affordable in order to ensure consistency in sales and to meet costs.

Growth opportunities for the firm will be identified for the company. I will show by looking at each growth opportunity which one will affect the profit or loss for the Cato Corporation.

It lacks thorough understanding of its target market (the needs of the present and future customers).

Opportunities include huge market, no competition for at least three years, potential huge margin, good marketing strategy.

Weaknesses would be a lack of a way to measure or determine whether the organization is meeting its goals. (Lack of Criteria #3)

In the area of weakness – There is a Lack of parental support at home. Many parents are on section 8 and they stay home, however, students do not get their academic activities completed, such as homework. So there is a lack of accountability for parents.

Weaknesses: Negative Image, low credibility, poor management decision, to big of a organization to make noticeable mistakes

One of the industries main weaknesses is the fact that they have a low industry ratio. Furthermore, one of their issues in past years was being geographically impotent in their retail locations, but as mentioned before, this issue is declining due to the fact that more locations are being opened worldwide.

* The company has to suffer economical loss due to its cyclic nature of production. The production does not run at full efficiency every time. This leads to the waste of energy, money and resources.

In order to find out its success strategies or factors, the following shows its Strengths and opportunities. In addition, its weaknesses and threats could reflect considerations on this future forward.