Wal-Mart SWOT分析

Strengths.

• Wal-Mart is a powerful retail brand. It has a reputation for value for money, convenience and a wide range of products all in one store.
• Wal-Mart has grown substantially over recent years, and has experienced global expansion (for example its purchase of the United Kingdom based retailer ASDA).
• The company has a core competence involving its use of information technology to support its international logistics system. For example, it can see how individual products are performing country-wide, store-by-store at a glance. IT also supports Wal-Mart's efficient procurement.
• A focused strategy is in place for human resource management and development. People are key to Wal-Mart's business and it invests time and money in training people, and retaining a developing them.

Weaknesses.

• Wal-Mart is the World's largest grocery retailer and control of its empire, despite its IT advantages, could leave it weak in some areas due to the huge span of control.
• Since Wal-Mart sell products across many sectors (such as clothing, food, or stationary), it may not have the flexibility of some of its more focused competitors.
• The company is global, but has has a presence in relatively few countries Worldwide.

Opportunities.

• To take over, merge with, or form strategic alliances with other global retailers, focusing on specific markets such as Europe or the Greater China Region.
• The stores are currently only trade in a relatively small number of countries. Therefore there are tremendous opportunities for future business in expanding consumer markets, such as China and India.
• New locations and store types offer Wal-Mart opportunities to exploit market development. They diversified from large super centres, to local and mall-based sites.
• Opportunities exist for Wal-Mart to continue with its current strategy of large, super centres.

Threats.

• Being number one means that you are the target of competition, locally and globally.
• Being a global retailer means that you are exposed to political problems in the countries that you operate in.
• The cost of producing many consumer products tends to have fallen because of lower manufacturing costs. Manufacturing cost have fallen due to outsourcing to low-cost regions of the World. This has lead to price competition, resulting in price deflation in some ranges. Intense price competition is a threat.

　　Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the world's largest retailer, with $256.3 billion in sales in the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2004. The company employs 1.6 million associates worldwide through more than 3,600 facilities in the United States and more than 1,570 units . . .more? Go to Wal-Mart Facts

Disclaimer: This case study has been compiled from information freely available from public sources. It is merely intended to be used for educational purposes only.

参考资料

• 高级SWOT分析法
• 初级SWOT分析
• PEST分析模型
• 波特五力分析模型
• SWOT-CLPV理论这一模型是在SWOT模型的基础上稍作修改而成的一个模型。
• TOWS分析法
• OTSW分析法也被称为倒SWOT分析法，其分析顺序与SWOT分析法恰好相反，首先分析市场的机会和危险，再分析企业的优势和劣势。SWOT分析法首先分析自己，关注企业的优势和劣势，再分析市场是否有机会或者危险。而事实上，人们在制定竞争策略的时候首先看到的往往不是自己，而是市场，所以先确认市场机会，然后根据企业的优势判断企业是否能够把握机会，以及是否能够避免市场上存在的威胁，往往更具有实用性。

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