Samsung Strategic Analysis
1. SWOT analysis
1.1 Strengths
Innovative Designs
Samsung offers a lot of handsets with various kinds of designs,
not at all like its major rival Apple iPhone. The company’s management is
currently progressing in the direction of changing Samsung's way of supervision
and system to be delegated an inventive organization and change its notoriety.
With this new-fangled vision, Samsung obligation is to encourage its networks
by utilizing its key quality, inventive arrangements, creative items, and new
technology, as they keep on advancing its new qualities for Samsung center
systems (Madani et al., 2014).
Product Diversity
Samsung has an immense number of product varieties in its item
portfolio; it offers distinctive kinds of products to its clients. Samsung
selects to enhance its portfolio so as to continue improving and making items
that reflect the consumer’s desires. Samsung's has built up itself as the
follower to apple when cell phones are concerned. Samsung trusts that the
market will be built up and put it all on the line vigorously (Madani et al.,
2014).
Largest Market Share
Samsung has a decent market position; the company keeps on
expanding share of the overall industry. Company’s asset under direction has
been expanded by $11.9bn in the last fiscal year, even in the tough market
conditions (Rahman, 2015).
1.2 Weaknesses
Lack of own Operating System
Samsung doesn't have its very own operating system Like Apple
iPhone in its portable system. Samsung needs their own Operating Systems in the
event that they need quality to be under their control and ensure that their
item really contrasts from others in the marketplace (Fautrero and Gueguen,
2013).
Increasing costs
Rising manufacturing costs made their operating benefits decline,
giving the consumer the best service sounds great; however, this comes at an
expanded price for plan, advancement, materials, support, producing, stock, coordination,
and overall supervision (Pon, Seppälä and Kenney, 2014).
1.3 Opportunities
The growth of the tablet market
The cell phone marketplace has a more grounded development in the
course of recent years, developing the selection of tablet in industry, for
example, IT, medicinal services, education, retail, and media are additionally
expected to aid in the development of the marketplace amid the estimated period
(Anon, 2019).
Strong financial position for future
As Samsung has been running for an extensive period of time, it
has had the capacity to prove a concrete economic position in the marketplace.
Thus, it will almost certainly make greater investment later on. Additionally,
Samsung needs to move the world and make a manageable situation for a superior
future prospect (Sustainability Report, 2018).
1.4 Threats
A large number of competitors
The Samsung facing many competitors in the marketplace, the number
is furthermore developing. Competition in the electronics business will turn
always furious as development keeps on abating in main products showcases.
Samsung has challenges from competitors like Apple, Xiaomi Mobile HTC, and
Lenovo. These companies are the greatest threat to Samsung (annual-report,
2014).
Chinese products
As the Chinese organizations offering the product at a low cost
and they are also producing superior quality, individuals are accepting those
brands precipitously. Samsung gave lower specifications at a more expensive
rate in the Chinese marketplace. Chinese merchants began to give premium
apparatus at moderate costs utilizing improved technology and with the less
expensive supply chain of segments. Subsequently, Chinese customers began to
pick higher particulars. Samsung is endeavoring to recuperate its piece of the
pie by propelling mid-evaluated cell phones Jeremiah et al., 2019).
2. Porter’s Five Forces
2.1 Industry Rivalry
The electronics business sees extraordinary competition in light
of the vast number of contending brands and their size and monetary
superiority. Samsung comes out on top with a 32 percent share of the
marketplace, followed by Apple and Huawei at 16 percent and 5 percent,
individually. With the market being ruled by a couple of firms, these
organizations must do everything without exception to remain on stage in front
of their competitors.
2.2 Power of supplier
Working with Samsung relies upon a particular kind of supplier.
Samsung has 579 suppliers worldwide and the organization's supply chain
incorporates more than 2,700 suppliers in different ventures over the globe.
Additionally, Samsung keeps up a broad correspondence with its suppliers inside
the extent of different projects and activities, for example, Shared Growth
Day, Hot Line and Supplier Dialog Fair. Furthermore, Samsung makes its very own
processors, memory and capacity part. Furthermore, the company supplies its own
crude materials (Jeremiah et al., 2019).
2.3 Threat of Substitute
The risk of substitutes is high a result of the number of
customers who are utilizing laptops, tablets and different tools to watch
distinctive projects. Be that as it may, Samsung Group knows about this and has
enhanced its items to incorporate any contraptions that enable customers to get
to the web, sit in front of the Television considerably more advanced applications.
It has created intelligent Television models that offer consistent combinations
with outer gadgets and web applications (Brostoff, Levin and Bowers, 2019).
2.4 Power of Buyers
Samsung customers can switch to items from different organizations
including Motorola, Nokia, Apple Inc HTC, LG, and Blackberry. They can do as
such at no additional expense and it altogether expands their bargaining power
(Brostoff, Levin and Bowers, 2019).
2.5 New entrants
The
risk of new contestants is low for Samsung. Producing such a quality brand
isn't simple. There is a ton of monetary venture in addition to advertising and
a requirement for exceptionally skilled HR management(Pratap, 2017)
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