Table of Contents
Industry Profile 3
Company Profile 4
Mission Vision 5
SWOT Analysis 8
Corporate Strategy 16
Space Matrix 18
BCG Matrix 20
I-E Matrix 21
TOWS Matrix 22
Implementation Stage 26
Conclusion 27
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Acknowledgment
We are very grateful to Allah who blessed us the strength and courage to stand by the difficulties
that came in the way and who enabled us to complete this project effectively.As plants cannot
grow without seeds, birds cannot fly without wings.Similarly knowledge cannot be attained
without proper direction and supervision. We are, therefore, also thankful to our respected Maam
Quratulein Muqarab, because of whose generous co-operation and help, the accomplishment of
Executive Summary
In this project we have analyzed the companys mission and vision and also proposed a new
mission statement for the company. On the basis of secondary research we have identified the
SWOT analysis of the company and also prepared the five different matrices to identify the
strategies which governed by coca cola and we also give some recommendations about the
strategies which coca cola can use in order to compete in the market.
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Industry Profile
The beverage industry in Pakistan has grown over the time. The industry produces soft drinks,
juices, syrups, milk, and squashes. With about 170 units currently in operation throughout the
country, both upstream and downstream industries have grown and are flourishing.
There are 34 beverage plants in the country and this is one industry, which is very well organized.
Job oriented in nature, the beverage industry employees over 500,000 people directly and
indirectly and also supports many other up/down stream industries such as crown corks, glass
bottles, plastic shells, sugar, transport, advertising and media, P.E.T bottles, concentrates etc. due
to this industry a huge number of outlets/shops are supported to generate wide-spread economic
activity in the country.
Soft drinks market in Pakistan is growing rapidly. And the carbonated category is the leader in the
soft drink market with a share of 63.7 %. This reflects such a huge market to cater. The beverage
industry in Pakistan has a lot of potential and room for growth and development. There exist a lot
of opportunities for new entrants and local players to exploit the untapped facets of the market, for
instance the energy drink market or juices, by strategically positioning their products and by
resorting to innovative and effective marketing strategies.
According to a recent report on Pakistani Food and Beverage Industry, dated January 20th 2014,
the two primary threats to this industry are; political instability and continuous militant activity,
which have the tendency to obstruct foreign direct investment in this industry. Challenges faced
by beverage industry are the high prices and unavailability of sugar and also the taxes, excise duty,
and sales tax at the rate of 15 percent on the retail price. This is the reason that beverage industry
at the moment has very low per capita consumption of 20 serves whereas in other countries of our
region it varies from120-250 on the basis of single serve of 250 ml.
Based upon the aforementioned facts, on can conclude that the beverage industry is Pakistan has
gained momentum and is more likely to continue the growth in coming years as well. Although,
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certain macroeconomics factors certainly do have the potential to corrode this industrys
profitability
Company Profile
The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) was first introduced by John Syth Pemberton, a pharmacist, in
the year 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia when he concocted caramel-colored syrup in a three-legged brass
kettle in his backyard. He first distributed the product by carrying it in a jug down the street to
Jacobs Pharmacy and customers bought the drink for five cents at the soda fountain. Carbonated
water was teamed with the new syrup, whether by accident or otherwise, producing a drink that
was proclaimed delicious and refreshing, a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca-
Cola is enjoyed.
Dr. Pembertons partner and book-keeper, Frank M. Robinson, suggested the name and penned
Coca-Cola in the unique flowing script that is famous worldwide even today.
By the year 1886, sales of Coca-Cola averaged nine drinks per day. The first year, Dr. Pemberton
sold 25 gallons of syrup, shipped in bright red wooden kegs. Candler, an entrepreneur from
Atlanta. By the year 1891, Mr. Candler proceeded to buy additional rights and acquire complete
ownership and control of the Coca-Cola business. Within four years, his merchandising flair had
helped expand consumption of Coca-Cola to every state and territory after which he liquidate.
The business continued to grow, and in 1894, the first syrup manufacturing plant outside Atlanta
was opened in Dallas, Texas. Others were opened in Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles,
California, the following year. In 1895, three years after The Coca-Cola Companys incorporation,
Mr. Asa G. Candler announced in his annual report to share owners that Coca-Cola is now drunk
in every state and territory in the United States.As demand for Coca-Cola increased, the Company
quickly outgrew its facilities. A new building erected in 1898 was the first headquarters building
devoted exclusively to the production of syrup and the management of the business. In the year
1919, the Coca-Cola Company was sold to a group of investors for $25 million. Robert W.
Woodruff became the President of the
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Company in the year 1923 and his more than sixty years of leadership took the business to
unsurpassed heights of commercial success, making Coca-Cola one of the most recognized and
valued brands around the World.
Vision
Be the outstanding beverage company leading the market, inspiring people, adding value
through excellence.
Mission
Build a sustainable and profitable business through refreshing consumers, partnering with
customers, delivering superior value to shareholders and being trusted by communities.
Customer No
Product/services No
Market yes
Technology No
Concern for survival No
philosophy yes
Self concept No
Concern for public No
Concern for employees No
Values
Mission:
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Our mission is to bring consumers quality refreshments that anticipate and satisfy their desires and
needs through modern technology and inspiring employees to be the best that they can continue to
provide the best products on the market.
Vision:
We are dedicated to upholding standards, while maintaining the leadership position in the
beverages category when delivering superior customer service in a highly efficient and profitable
manner.
Our Goals
People and Organizational Leadership: Build a highly capable organization and be the
employer of choice.
Commercial Leadership: Profitably deliver superior value to consumers & customers at
the optimal cost to serve.
Supply Chain: To be the best in class consumer demand fulfillment organization that exceeds customer
expectations highest in quality, lowest in cost, in a sustainable, socially responsible manner.
Micro-environment
Entry barriers are relatively low for beverage industry: there is almost 0 consumer switching cost
and very low capital requirement. There are more and more new brands appearing in the market
with usually lower price than Coke products. However Coca-Cola is seen not only as a beverage
but also as a brand. It has a very significant market share for a long time and loyal customers are
not very likely to try a new brand beverage. To analyze the micro-environment and its factors, we
use the Porter's five forces model to identify the existing industrial factors, which include the
following:
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Threat of new entrant is the result of new competitors joining in the industry, causing the company
to develop competitive advantage and maintain the market share. Hence, competition within the
industry becomes higher. However, to reduce the threat of new entrants, Coca-Cola would need to
create a strong brand image. By creating brand image, customers would be more likely to stay with
the product and therefore the threat is reduced.
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The main ingredients for soft drink include carbonated water, phosphoric acid, sweetener, and
caffeine. Any supplier would not want to lose a huge customer like Coca-Cola
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SWOT analysis
Strenghts
1: Financially strong Weaknesses
2: Loyal Customers 1: Less Focus on Small Cities
3: Most extensive beverage 2: Utilization of Resources
distribution channel 3: Brand failures
4: Hi tech & up-to date 4: Undiversified product
Technology portfolio
5: Sustained Quality & Brand 5: Significant focus on
name carbonated drinks
6: Working Environment
Threats
1: Changes in consumer tastes
Opportunities 2: Legal requirements to disclose
1: Bottled water consumption negative information on product
growth labels
2: Increasing demand for 3: Competition from PepsiCo.
healthy food and beverages 4: Saturated carbonated drinks
market
3: Enter into new market
5: Local Manufacturers
4: Availability of Products 6: Rumors of Coke being Un-
Healthy
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Strengths
Financially strong
One of the main strengths of CCBPL is the financial strength of the company because it is
supported and controlled by Coca Cola International. Therefore, unlike past, now they can
start any long term project without concerning too much about finances available.
According to Interbred, The Coca Cola Company is the most valued
($77,839 billion) brand in the world. So, there is no issue of finance in CCBPL.
Loyal Customers
The firm enjoys having one of the most loyal consumer groups. Coca Cola is enjoying a
positive image in the minds of the consumers. They normally think that it is better in quality
as compare to other competitors available in the market. .
Most extensive beverage distribution channel
Coca Cola serves more than 200 countries and more than 1.7 billion servings a day. CCBPL
Established Nation-wide infrastructure is helping the organization to increase the sales
volume of the company.
Hi tech & up-to date Technology
CCBPL has up to date technology in its production. As Coca-Cola company claims that
they are very sensitive about hygienic conditions, so thats why they using up to date
technology to achieve this objective.
Sustained Quality & Brand name
They have sustained Quality assurance of the brand that they are offering to customers.
Working Environment
Another important strength of CCBPL is the working environment that they are offering to
their employees. Due to this environment, the employees that are working here are loyal to
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the organization and it is resulting in improving the motivation level of the employees,
which in the end results in high productivity and better performance.
Weaknesses
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emerging economies but it will prove weak as the world is fighting obesity and is moving
towards consuming healthier food and drinks.
Opportunities
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PepsiCo is fiercely competing with Coca Cola over market share in Pakistan and
neighboring Countries. High production capacity of the main competitor PepsiCo is a
threat for Coke, because they are having a better chance to increase the production and
availability of the products and further increase the market share.
Coca-Cola Pepsi
Critical Weight Rating Weighte Rating Weighted
Success Factors d Score Score
Market Share 0.15 4 0.60 3 0.45
Price Comp 0.10 3 0.30 3 0.30
Financial Position 0.12 4 0.48 4 0.48
Product Quality 0.15 3 0.45 3 0.45
Product Lines 0.15 4 0.60 4 0.60
Customer Loyalty 0.15 4 0.60 4 0.60
Employees 0.11 3 0.33 3 0.33
Marketing 0.07 3 0.21 3 0.21
Total 1.00 3.71 3.56
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Threats
Changes in consumer tastes 0.05 4 0.2
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Based on the above calculations it has been concluded that the companys Total Weighted Score
is 3.2 which shows that the company is hugely successful in utilizing its opportunities and
minimizing the threats around it
Weaknesses
Less Focus on Small Cities 0.05 4 0.2
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Based on the above calculations it has been concluded that the companys Total Weighted Score
is 3.55 which shows that the company is hugely successful in utilizing its strength and minimizing
the weakness around it
CORPORATE STRATEGIES
Vertical Integration
Vertical integration is the process of combining several steps in the distribution chain either the
inputs or outputs of the organizational controls.
Backward integration
In this case, Coca-Cola started Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) and positioned it as an independent
bottling subsidiary of Coca-Cola. The parent company would buy other struggling bottlers and
resell them to CCE.
Diversification Strategy
Diversification strategy refers to seeking unfamiliar products or markets to develop and exploit. It
is a strategy to eliminate the potential risk of a current product or market orientation does not seem
to provide further opportunities for growth.
Related diversification
Coca-Cola uses this strategy to explore new drink categories continuously, and it is keeping the
tradition of expanding on their current portfolio of brands and products. Coca-Cola has more than
3000 products in over 200 countries of the beverage brands with core focus on brand of Coca-
Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite and Fanta.
INTENSIVE STRATEGIES
Market penetration:
Coke seeking to increased market share for their present product in present market through greater
market efforts. Coke do market penetration through increase advertisement expenditures, offering
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sales promotion and also increasing publicity. Coke in 2009/2010 spent million on its new slogan
Open Happiness, which replaced The Coke Side of Life.
Product development
Coca-Cola has long been committed to a product development strategy. This allows Coca-Cola to
penetrate existing markets with new products due to their high brand awareness. This strategy
capitalizes on Coca-Colas favorable trademark reputation
Strategic Alliance
The distribution of Coca-Cola has reached all around the globe; it has a huge and wide customer
base. Therefore, Coca-Cola highly focuses on enabling their customers to reach their products
more regularly. Thus, all partners of Coca-Cola work closely with customers for example they
have strategic alliance with McDonald many others.
Global Strategy
Globalization is the key concern of Coca-Cola. The company has a total control in cost pressure,
so the cost pressure is low. Therefore, Coca-Cola can operate under the Multi domestic Strategy.
Thus, by running the local responsiveness of Coca-Cola is high.
However, the features of multi domestic strategy for Coca-Cola are that they mutually extensive
customize both their product offering and marketing strategies in different place with different
national conditions. In addition, they are operating in seven regional operating groups such as,
North America Group, Latin America Group, Europe Group, Eurasia & Africa Group, Pacific
Group, Bottling Investments Group and McDonald's Division. The reason is that they are trying
to create their value innovation activities by doing the market and product research in different
potential national market.
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Coca-Cola is seen to have employed these two competitive strategies: Focused Low Cost and
Broad Differentiation.
The company has chosen to serve the consumer drink market and achieved cost savings by means
of:
1. Achieving economies of scale in the mass production of all Coca-Cola products lowers
its unit cost.
2. Long learning, knowledge and experience in production and process, as the company
existed more than a century.
4. Sharing of research and development, advertising and promotions cost among the
brands carried by Coca-Cola has enabled to achieve economies of scope.
Broad Differentiation
1. Offering of wide range of its drink products are currently being offered in the global
market.
2. High brand image and recognition have resulted in superior product perception among
consumers.
3. Packaging and bottling, the use of contoured shape bottle and the slim curly font have made
Coca-Cola an easily recognized symbol.
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NOTE:
Revenues of Pepsi were 85 Billion in 2013. And Pepsi is a market leader in Pakistan.
BCG MATRIX
Coca Cola
By making the analysis of BCG matrix we come to know the Coca Cola is the star product of the
Cola industry in carbonated drinks because they have captured the reasonable market share and
making growth by utilization of resources and making strategies according to the situation. Further
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Coca Cola can make growth because there is a potential in the market and more growth and market
share can be captured by making further strategies such as market penetration.
Quadrant II Quadrant I
Weak Strong
Competitive Competitive
Position Position
As per the figure above Coca Cola comes in the first quadrant. The company must focus on the current market and
achieve growth by adopting product development and market penetration strategies. The company has abundant
resources and competitive advantage through which it can achieve growth by adopting the backward and forward
integration strategies. Coca Cola can also adopt the related diversification strategy to reduce its risk with broad
portfolio or product line. Coca Cola can afford to take benefits of external opportunities in many areas. It can take
risk being aggressive when necessary.
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According to the graph studied above Coca Cola is lying in the 1st cell which means that it is using
the build and grow strategy in order to achieve the maximum market share and growth. In this
regard Coca Cola can use the certain strategies such as product development, market penetration
and related diversification.
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SPACE Matrix
FS
Conservative Aggressive
6
CA IS
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
Defensive Competitive
ES
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Financial Strength (FS) Average 5.4 Environmental Stability (ES) Average -3.2
Competitive Advantage (CA) Average -1.4 Industry Strength (IS) Average 5.0
Explanation
According to the graph above, it is noticed that company is falling in the aggressive quadrant of
space matrix. It is located at the coordinates of 3.6 on x-axis and 2.2 on the y-Axis. It shows that
company has admirable position to use its IS in order to take advantage of external opportunities,
overcome weaknesses and avoid threats. So, in this position Coca-cola company has set of possible
strategies such as market penetration, product development, market penetration, forward
integration and backward integration, horizontal diversification depending upon the detailed
conditions that are faced by the companies.
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Opportunities Threats
1: Bottled water 1: Changes in consumer
consumption growth tastes
2: Increasing demand 2: Legal requirements to
for healthy food and disclose negative
beverages information on product
3: Enter into new labels
market 3: Competition from
4: Availability of PepsiCo.
Products 4: Saturated carbonated
drinks market
5: Local Manufacturers
6: Rumors of Coke being
Un-Healthy
Strengths SO ST
1: Financially strong 1.Increasing the
2: Loyal Customers marketing campaigns to 1-Market penetration
3: Most extensive capture the maximum through which further
beverage distribution share in the emerging efforts will be made to
channel economies S1,O2 increase market share of
4: Hi tech & up-to date products.S1,T4
Technology 2. Making alliances with
5: Sustained Quality & emerging fast-food 2-Making the unrelated
Brand name chains S4,O2 diversification such as
6: Working entering in snacks
Environment 3. Entering in rural areas division.S1T1
which will ensure the
availability of the product 3-Increasing the marketing
in the whole country. budget in order to fight with
S2,04 competitor. S1,T3
4-Introducing reward
schemes to make further
growth.S3,T5
Weaknesses WO WT
1: Less Focus on Small 1. Allocation of budget 1-Product development by
Cities on failed brands to cater using best market
2: Utilization of new markets w3, 03 techniques in order to cater
Resources 2. Market the products to rumors w4,T6
3: Brand failures rural areas in all countries 2-market penetration in
4: Undiversified like the way its marketed rural areas through which
product portfolio in Pakistan w1,O4 loyalty will be increased in
5: Significant focus on order to beat the local
carbonated drinks manufacturers.w1,T5
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The strategies which can be used are market penetration or product development
Strategic Alternatives
Increasing the Introducing the
Key Internal Factors Weight advertisement / energy drinks
Marketing Budget
Strengths TAS AS TAS
AS
1: Financially strong 0.1 3 0.3 2 0.2
2: Loyal Customers 0.05 2 0.1 4 0.2
3: Most extensive beverage distribution 0.1 2 0.2 3 0.3
channel
4: Hi tech & up-to date Technology 0.1 2 0.2 3 0.3
5: Sustained Quality & Brand name 0.1 3 0.3 2 0.2
6: Working Environment 0.1 --- --- --- ---
Weaknesses
1: Less Focus on Small Cities 0.05 2 0.10 1 0.05
2: Utilization of Resources 0.05 --- --- --- ---
3: Brand failures 0.1 --- --- --- ---
4: Undiversified product portfolio 0.15 2 0.3 3 0.45
5: Significant focus on carbonated drinks 0.1 4 0.4 3 0.3
SUBTOTAL 1.00 1.9 2
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As we look upon the results of QSPM we observe that the strategy which got highest score is
related diversification .we will be following this strategy and introducing energy drinks .for this
purpose we will do the following.
Firstly the company has to do the research on the consumer preferences the R&D team have to
find out the consumers taste, price they are willing to pay and which category they prefer in energy
drinks .research can include both
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Secondary research
Primary research
After conducting the research company will come to know that which product they have to
develop .once the product is developed sampling will be sent to the different markets for testation
purpose.
Coca-Cola can outsource their research team as they have no related experience in this field .so
its better off to out source this department
After the research has been finalized and the company knows what to produce they can build a
team which will work on this project. For this purpose the y can use
Matrix structure
Matrix structure is said to be the best structure as it has less disadvantages compare to the other
structures. Here Coca-Cola can bring together the creative heads to work on this project .people
from different department like finance department .marketing department, production department
can together to further proceed with this project.
After the team have put together we will develop certain objectives which each department has to
follow to achieve long term goal.
To successfully launch the energy drinks into market and gain a market share 10% at the end of
financial year.
Company will further break this goal into small chunks for each department.
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Production department
To produce to that limit where they can generate the revenues to gain share in the market
Marketing department
It is responsibility of the marketing department to sale those product which are produced by the
production department.
Resource allocation
Financial resources
Physical resources
Human resources
Technology resources
Example
It is understood that for production department they will need new technology in the form of new
machinery as they are moving into new line of energy drinks.
Conclusion
The Coca-Cola Company is a very effective company that remains loyal to its customers, while
continuing to meet the ultimate goal of every company, to maximize its profits. Coca-Cola could
do a better job with the marketing techniques of its company. Additionally, it can always improve
its products to meet the demands of more consumers, especially in the untapped market where
tastes vary. The target marketing and management group could work on satisfying more races,
cultures, age groups, and people that are in less developed areas. Every company always has room
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for improvements, but the Coca-Cola Company is not far from perfection. This empire will
continue to be prosperous as long as it continues to put its customers at the top of its priorities list.
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