growth strategies
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You know how to market your products and services. But do you know how to beat your competitors without going into the proce war or compromising quality? Growing your business is a challenging task. This presentation shows how growing companies are accomplishing it and how you can adopt these tactics for your business growth.TRANSCRIPT
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Growth Strategies – Beat the Unbeatable
―There, there it is again—the invisible hand of the marketplace giving us the finger.‖
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Business is somewhat like
Driving…
Open Roads, Fast Traffic
does it matter if you are driving a new fast or an old modest car?
Just like driving, best business strategy is to be in an industry that is growing fast
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Unfortunately most of us drive
with the traffic …
Congested Roads, Slow Traffic
does it matter if you are driving a new fast or an old modest car
Just like congested roads, we are in slow growing industries with many competitors.
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In congested roads, how will you reach your destination quickly?
• Be an aggressive driver and maneuver through the traffic• Drive in the car pool • Drive on the shoulder• Drive in an ambulance or a police car• Use a different route
OR• Use helicopter
For our businesses we also need an helicopter strategy that make our competition irrelevant.
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The best business strategy is to be in a fast growing industry!
Just like driving against the traffic.
Unfortunately, most of us are driving our business with the traffic. To beat the traffic and grow our businesses
we need a ―Helicopter Strategy‖
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What is your understanding of the growth strategy?
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We believe Growth Strategies is about:
• Increase Sales or Revenue
• Capture Market share
• Beat the competition
• Exploit the existing demand
Find the new Pot of Gold!
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Size of the market pie is fixedWe have to snatch competitor‘s share to increase our market?
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How to capture the market share?
Low Price Differentiation
or
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Low Cost Strategy
There could be only one price leader !
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Low Cost Strategy
You might be able to capture the market share but it will erode your profit margins
Only way to make money with the Low Cost Strategy is by doing volume!
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Differentiation Strategy
Differentiation means higher cost!
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Differentiation Strategy
and/or
Customers Products
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Differentiation Strategy – Customer
The WorldMARKET
• Original Market
• By Region
• By Ethnicity
• By Gender
• By Age
• Etc. etc.
My RegionCaliforniaSpanish
SpeakingFemale20 - 35
Higher the segmentation, smaller the market size
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Differentiation Strategy – Product
• Quality
• Features
• Technology
Does your product innovation create buyer value?
In today‗s world, there is no way to stop imitators.
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Both Low Cost and Differentiation Strategies have their pro and cons but they don‘t completely fit the bill of the
growth strategy because they are about war.
―The real purpose of any growth
strategy should be to create an
uncontested market place and
growth opportunities.”
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Introduction Growth Maturity Decline
Low Price ORDifferentiation Strategy
Low Price Strategy
Differentiation Strategy
Differentiation ANDLow Price Strategy
Where each strategy fits . . .
Product Life Cycle
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We Believe:
―Any business with less than
1%of the market share is in
Introduction state of life-cycle.”
The best growth strategy for such businesses is Differentiation & Low cost
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Cost Reduce Cost• Production
• Material
• Marketing
• Layoffs, etc.
Pursuing Differentiation & Low Cost Strategy
Product Features
Differentiate by• Introducing new Product Features
• Customer Service, etc.
Product Innovation is offsetting Cost ReductionDo you really know where to cut cost and where to improve buyer value?
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Cost
Strategically reduce cost that results in more value for customers
Buyer Value
Differentiation & Low Cost Strategy is about Value Innovation
This is the corner stone of
―Helicopter Strategy‖
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How ?
• Conduct a detailed marketing research, highlighting
• Industry Conditions
• Competitive Situations
• Benchmark your operations
• Identify New Market Segments
• Define Detailed Budgets
Focus on the big picture, Not Numbers. . .
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Strategy Canvas – A Diagnostic and Communication Tool
Factors the industry competes on
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Strategy Canvas is a structured way to define your Value Proposition
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Strategy Canvas – Grocery Stores
Factors the industry competes on
Price National
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Strategy Canvas – What it ShowsCompany Caught In Fierce Competition
Factors the industry competes on
Price National
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YouValue curve converges with competitor. Company‘s strategy is to outdo the competitors
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Strategy Canvas – What it ShowsOver Delivering Without Payback
Factors the industry competes on
Price National
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Delivering high level across all factors. Do you have highest market share? If not, profitability will be extremely low
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Strategy Canvas – What it ShowsIncoherent Strategy
Factors the industry competes on
Price National
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There is no strategy, things are done on ad-hoc basis which individually make sense and keep everyone busy, but do not help company to standout against competitors
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Strategy Canvas – What it ShowsStrategic Contradiction
Factors the industry competes on
Price National
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YouCompany is asking high price and offer bigger area, but offer few national brands, and low package sizes
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How the Strategy Canvas Looks for a Company that is pursuing Differentiation and Low Cost
Strategy ?
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Strategy Canvas – Trader‘s Joe
Factors the industry competes on
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Trader Joe‘s Strategy Canvas
• Focus– Friendly Staff
– Exclusive International Food
– Fun place to shop
• Divergence– Value Curve diverge from
industry Standards
• Compelling Tag Line– Fun Place to get Exotic Food!
This curve clearly showswhere to cut cost that will deliver higher value for customers
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We know how to create Strategy Canvas.
But
How to define a New Value Curve?
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Four Action FrameworkAnswer Four Simple Questions
1 Identify factors that you can eliminate
2 Identify factors that you can reduce, well below the industry standard
3 Identify factors that you can increase well above industry standard
Strategically Reduce Cost
4 Identify new factors that do not exist in industry
Strategically Invest in
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Strategy Canvas – Trader‘s Joe
Factors the industry competes on
Price National
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Example:Our Client – An Interior Design Firm
• Industry Annual Revenue: $7.0b
• 11,000+ Interior Design firms, major Companies are units of big architectural firms
• Industry is extremely fragmented. Big 50 companies account for only 10% of the revenue.
• Product Sales contribute to 60% of Revenue, Design Fee 35% and Sub-contracting 5%
• Gross Profit Margin is 35 – 40%
• Account Receivables are about 15% of gross assets
• Collection Period is 15 – 20 days
• Inventory is 5 – 10% of gross assets, and
• Inventory turn is about 10 times a year
Industry Landscape: Extremely Competitive and Fragmented Market with low barriers to entry
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Strategy Canvas – Interior Design Firm
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Traditional Approach
• Segment MarketLet‘s define the market segment e.g. Home owners, Builders, Other Architect firms
• Cost-Payback tradeoffSince we have limited resources, let‘s see where we can get best bank for the buck
• Customize Offering to selected Market
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Strategy Canvas – Interior Design Firm
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Recommended Growth Strategy
• Focus– Clear focus to create a
nationwide brand that signifies their Style
• Divergence
• Compelling Tagline– Leading Brand for
celebrities that reach mass audience through retailers
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Value Curve Validation
• The litmus test i.e. – Focus
– Divergence, and
– Compelling Tagline
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What to Reduce, what to Add
Think About:
• Non-Customers, and
• Alternatives
Reconstruct Industry Boundaries
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Market
Tier 3: ―Unexplored‖ non-customers who are in the market distant from yours e.g. Retail Stores
Market
Tier 2: ―Refusing‖ non-customers They have consciously chosen against your markete.g. corporate housing and hospitality industryMarket
Three Tier of Non-Customers
Customers
Tier 1: ―Soon to be‖ non-customersThey are on the edge of market, waiting to jump shipe.g. Individual Home Owners
What are the common needs among largest cross-section of customers
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How to Fulfill the needs of Non-Customers
Look Across
• Alternative Industries
• Strategic Group Within Industries
• Chain of Buyers
• Complementary Service Offering
• Functional and/or Emotional Appeal
• Time
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Next Step
Identify Initiative• Does your product
offer exceptional Buyer utility?
• Use Buyer Utility Map
Strategic Pricing• Set the price which
is easily accessible to mass of buyers
• Use Pricing Corridor Tool
Align Operations• Set Target Profit• Come up with
Target Cost• Streamline Cost
Innovation
Adoption• Create a consensus • Address adoption
hurdles in actualizing the strategy
• Balance Scorecard
Operation ExcellenceOctober 4th , 2007 Name of the game is ―Profit‖. Learn techniques for streamlining your operations that results in positive bottom line for your growing business.
Measuring Business SuccessNovember 1st , 2007 It is a given fact; whatever you measure, it improves. Learn how to define an operating plan for your business and what to measure
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Results
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