Hello, everyone. I have to prepare a PowerPoint presentation about the company Procter & Gamble, for the course called Strategic Management. Thank you in advance and I would really appreciate your help. Here is the structure I need to follow:
Structure Introduction Business Summary Company Structures (Subsidiaries) Product/ Services Revenue, Operating Incomes and Net Profits (10 years) Business Analysis Competitive Advantages PEST, Porters Five Forces Analysis Market Share per products / regions Competitor Analysis BCG Matrix SWOT Find the Current Problem Suggestion Solution /New Business Strategies
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Procter & Gamble
Introduction:
- Procter and Gamble is the multinational manufacturer of product ranges including family, personal and household care products.
- The company finds big potential in life’s little moments.
- P&G make the products that are related to basic necessity of life.
Company Structure (Subsidiaries)
- P&G is one of the largest and amongst the fastest growing consumer goods companies in the world.
- The roots of the company were planted in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble later the company was incorporated in Ohio in 1905.
- There organization structure is comprised of Global Business Units (GBUs), Global Operations, Global Business Services (GBS) and Corporate Functions (CF).
- The Company is having about 445 registered subsidiaries.
- With theses registered subsidiaries P&G sell their products in more than 180countries and territories
Product/Services
- Under GBU’s comes five segments namely Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric Care and Home Care; and Baby Care and Family Care.
- Global operations is comprised of Market Development Organization (MDO), i.e. responsible for developing market plans at the local level.
- Global Business Services provides technology, processes and standard data tools for enabling the GBUs and the MDO.
- Corporate Functions deals with company-level strategy and portfolio analysis, external relations, tax, corporate accounting, treasury, human resources and legal, governance, and other centralized functional support.
- P&G is comprises of many individual brands in different categories for different segment of market. each serving customers in different ways.
- Some of its top brands are Ambipur, Ariel, Bold 2in1, Bounty, Vicks, Swiffer, Tide, Rejoice, Gillette, Pampers, Oral-B, Olay, Old Spice Luvs, Head & shoulders etc.
Revenue, Operating Incomes and Net profits:
Annual Rates (per share) | 10 yrs | 5 yrs |
Revenue Growth (%) | -0.10 | -3.80 |
Operating Income Growth (%) | -0.70 | 1.40 |
Gross-Profit-to-Asset % | 26.10 |
Business Analysis
Competitive Advantages:
- In a rapidly changing market place, building an innovative culture enabled Procter & Gamble to maintain its competitive advantage.
- The brand name that organization has created also gives it added advantage
- Go-to-Market Capabilities is another strengths that creates competitive advantage.
- Understanding consumer behavior
- Maintaining high quality of products.
PEST Analysis:
- It is used to determine that how the external environment affects the business.
- Political environment:
- The P&G Political Action Committee (P&G PAC) is registered with the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Its operations are transparent and compliant with all applicable laws.
- It is governed by set of by laws.
- Environment
- P&G supports the goals of Climate R.E.S.O.L.V.E. (Responsible Environmental Steps, Opportunities to Lead by Voluntary Efforts).