31. EFE 3.5 1 Totals 0.8 4 0.2 A solution to breaking the monopoly Wal-Mart has created 0.42 3 0.14 Target 0.45 3 0.15 “ Buy American” policy Threats 0 0.33 3 0.11 Ron Brown Corporate Leadership Award 0.64 4 0.16 World’s largest private satellite communication systems 0.56 4 0.14 Fortune’s number one Most Admired Company and largest company in nation 0.3 3 0.1 Agreement with Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. acquired McLane Company, Inc. Opportunities 1 to 4 0.0 to 1.0 Weighted Score Rating Weights Key External Factors
34. IFE 3.14 1 Totals 0 0.3 3 0.1 Growth for employees only in its division 0.16 2 0.08 Hiring illegal minorities 0.39 3 0.13 Management resisted putting women on board of directors 0.3 3 0.1 No formal mission statement Internal Weaknesses 0 0.27 3 0.09 Great Employee Benefits 0.52 4 0.13 Point-of-sale bar code scanning 0.24 3 0.08 Nationally advertised merchandise 0.3 3 0.1 Wide variety of merchandise 0.3 3 0.1 New Concepts - Hypermarkets, supermarkets 0.36 4 0.09 Stores in all 50 states Internal Strengths 1 to 4 0.0 to 1.0 Weighted Score Rating Weights Key Internal Factors
35. SWOT Find a solution to the monopoly that has been created and come up with a new concept to beat the problem. (S2, T3) Offer more merchandise that is not apart of the "Buy American" policy to attract more customers (S3, T1) Use point-of-sale bar code scanning as leverage over competitors like Target (S5, T2) Increase minority sales through buying minority products and selling them in discount stores (T1, W3) Use the Buy American policy to advertise nationally how American Wal-Mart is (S3, T1) Use the Most Admired Company award as leverage to advertise the wide variety of merchandise (S3, O2) Create mission statements for all of the acquired companies and the different divisions of Wal-Mart (O1, W1) Increase the amount of hypermarkets, supermarkets in 50 states as well as connect to the private satellite systems(S2, SO)
42. QSPM 5.26 6 6.78 1 total should be 1.0 0.3 3 0.3 3 0.3 3 0.1 Growth for employees only in its division 0.16 2 0.16 2 0.16 2 0.08 Hiring illegal minorities 0.39 3 0.39 3 0.39 3 0.13 Management resisted putting women on board of directors 0.3 3 0.3 3 0.3 3 0.1 No formal mission statement 0.18 2 0.27 3 0.27 3 0.09 Great Employee Benefits 0.39 3 0.52 4 0.52 4 0.13 Point-of-sale bar code scanning 0.24 3 0.32 4 0.24 3 0.08 Nationally advertised merchandise 0.3 3 0.4 4 0.3 3 0.1 Wide variety of merchandise 0.3 3 0.4 4 0.3 3 0.1 New Concepts - hypermarkets and supermarkets 0.36 4 0.36 4 0.36 4 0.09 Stores in all 50 states 1 to 4 1 to 4 1 to 4 Internal 1 total should be 1.0 0 N/A 0 N/A 0.8 4 0.2 A solution to breaking the monopoly that Wal-Mart has created 0.42 3 0.56 4 0.56 4 0.14 Target 0.6 4 0.45 3 0.45 3 0.15 "Buy American" policy 0.22 2 0.33 3 0.33 3 0.11 Ron Brown Corporate Leadership Award 0.48 3 0.48 3 0.64 4 0.16 World largest private satellight communication systems 0.42 3 0.56 4 0.56 4 0.14 Fortune's number one Most Admired Company and largest company in nation 0.2 2 0.2 2 0.3 3 0.1 Agreement with Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. acquired McLane's Company, Inc. 1 to 4 1 to 4 1 to 4 External TAS AS TAS AS TAS AS Weight Key factors Buy American More hypermarkets/ supermarket Wal-Mart