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AYESHA SADAQAT
TOOBA SHOQAT
SALEEM KHAN
HAREEM
RAFAY
ABDULLAH SAEED
THE COMPANY
World’s leading non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer with 500
brands
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=PD-UFKY9MP8
PEST ANALYSIS
POLITICAL ANALYSIS:
Covers laws, regulations taxations policies and trade barriers side of the market
POLITICAL INSTABILTIY AND STRIKES:
warehouses stores cokes suffice to meet the demand in case of series of strikes
and political disruption for 1-3 months
EFFECT OF LABOR LAWS:
labors with no eye-wears in the glass bottling area
The noise was too much to bear
It can be said that the management is nearly failed to attempt its procedural
obligations
CONSUMER LAWS:
It’s consumer law that a company should let its consumer know the content and
nutritional information of their product
The Coca Cola Company doesn’t reveal the composition of the concentrate it imports from
USA and hence, is in vulnerable position in this regard
JOB CREATION:
Though its value cycle, Coca-Cola claims to boost job creation. It acts as a responsible organization by
contributing to the society by paying taxes, hiring local individuals, paying suppliers on time and
engaging in community welfare projects.
SOCIAL ANALYSIS:
Covers aspects like life change in lifestyle, impact on demand, consumption of company’s product and
willingness of people to consume
PACKAGING DESIGN:
As the cans and plastic bottles were introduced, the sales volume increased with a great margin for the
company because of the ease in carrying and disposing the containers
NEW EQUIPMENT:
Because the technology is continuously advancing, new equipment is constantly being introduced by
CCBPL. Because of these new technologies, Coca-Cola's production volume has increased sharply
compared to that of a few years ago
The soft drink industry has low threat of new entrants because the cost of
production
The existing bottlers are forbidden to captivate on new entrants in the soft
drink industry because they have made agreements with the Coca-Cola and
PepsiCo
The Coca-Cola and PepsiCo offered retailers the major margin of 15% to
20% to place their product in the front shelf
Also the Coca-Cola and PepsiCo invests heavily in advertising from
decades, so this is nearly impossible for a new entrant to advertise such
heavily
STRONG THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES:
PepsiCo is the main competitor for Coca-Cola and these two brands have
been in a power struggle for more than a century
PepsiCo dominated North America with sales of US$22billion, while
Coca-Cola only had about US$7billion
If we consider brand loyalty, Pepsi has more loyal customers than Coca-
Cola
Diet Pepsi has highest ranking in diet soft drinks
coke which is the highest ranking brand of Coca-Cola has very low
ranking as compare to Pepsi
SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGHTS
It is the number one beverage in terms of distribution and sales and value
($77,389 billion).
Its portfolio comprises of famous brands like Coca-Cola, Kinley, Fanta,
Minute Maid, Limca, Maaza, etc.
Globally present and has reach in almost 200 countries.
It has more than 500 brands to offer
Employees almost more than 150,000 people globally
Financially strong
Maintains strong brand recall by associating their brands with brand
ambassadors and celebrities through advertising and marketing.
Socially responsible: Taken CSR initiatives in the avenues of
education, recycling and water conservation, health, etc.
Gives emphasis recycling and reusing through its efficient and
effective packaging and disposing techniques.
The brand has long been associated with scholarships, donations and
international sports.
Customer Loyalty
Bargaining power over suppliers
WEAKNESS
Traces
of pesticides found in the cola beverages had
damaged the image of the brand.
PepsiCo is a strong competitor in the fizzy drinks industry
and thus constant competition runs between them for market
share.
Absence in the food and snacks industry.
Negative publicity
THREATS
Coca cola can make a healthier product which is more appealing, which will also
help them with the threat of competition.
They can buy local products to help break into the Middle East market and also
minimize exchange rates.
Coca cola can build a more sustainable bottle that doesn’t use Fossil Fuels and is
also more recyclable to help with Global warming
OPPORTUNITIES AND WEAKNESSES
Coca cola need to make their product healthier so they can get a better image and also target
the rising demand for healthier products.
They need to use to use the rise in technological advances so they can build a more
sustainable bottle and not use Fossil Fuel.
They can try to target a different market in the Middle East. The growing population has
opened a lot more markets everywhere and they can try to target a different one to become
more popular in the Middle East.
THREATS AND STRENGHTS
Coca cola have strong customer loyalty so they can afford to increase the cost of their product
in order to tackle the different exchange rates.
Coca cola have strong advertisement campaign. If they come up with better and smarter ways
to advertise they can easy compete with other brands.
Coca cola have a large market share. Because of this they are more popular than other brands
and they can try to make partnership with other organizations and together try to battle Global
Warming.
STRENGHTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES
The rise in population has opened up more markets which Coca cola can target to increase
their market share.
They can take advantage to technological advances to create better advertisement
campaign.
They can make a healthier product to meet the demand for healthier products which in turn
will also increase their customer loyalty.
SPACE Matrix:
A tool used by the strategic management to formulate its strategies
Coca Cola’s SPACE Matrix:
As we can see coca cola’s directional vector is positioned in the
aggressive vector which is upper right quadrant. This shows that
an organization is in outstanding position to utilize its internal
strengths in order to overcome weaknesses. It can also obtain
the advantage of external opportunities and avoid external
threats. In this way market development, market penetration,
product development, forward, backward and horizontal
integration or strategies mix can be used according to the
specific environment that the company is performing at the
time.
RECOMMENDATIONS
For the product like diet coke, pulpy orange, etc. is better to stop
manufacturing these products.
Invest profits for future growths and for earning more of market share and
profits.
Invest heavily into products like Fanta and Sprite in order to push the
product to star status.
For Coca-Cola cost management, product differentiation and marketing
have become more important as growth slows and market share become
the key determined of profitability.
The organization has to carefully study external moves and accordingly
devise strategies to gain competitive advantage.
Coca-Cola has to make every possible moves to ensure that its image remain that often
FMCG giant that would never compromise on the quality front.
New advanced technology should be utilized for overall operations.
The organization must provide training opportunities to its workers and officers to
minimize the factor of human error.
The concept of Green should be clear to all the employees of every department and each
level.
More attention should be given to small outlets.
Other than coke, other products with less demand should also be considered for the
promotional strategies.
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