7. 5FORCESPorterMicro
Buyers
Potential new entrants
Suppliers
Companies don’t have a lot
of control.
One major supplier, high
switching costs
Dependency on satellites.
Subsitutes
Many substituting products and
applications that provide a similar
experience. Reduces industry
attractiveness
STRONG
WEAK STRONG
Rivalry among
competing sellers
%
STRONG
WEAK
8. THREATS/OPPORTUNITIES
O T
The Green movement amongst consumers
provide TOMTOM with an opportunity to use their
strong R&D for creating more environmental.
Increased global mobility
Rapid growth of middle class in developed
countries creates a new market opportunities
Smartphones and other substitutes pose a threat
but also creates an opportunity for Tom Tom
expand to those markets and for example form
alliances
Threat of substitutes is high due to the fast
technological advancements
Growing use of multifunction devices
Emergence of navigation applications
The government restrictions posed on GPS
devices and protectionism for sensitive
information of countries
People using more public transportation, car
share
Law enforcement against abuse of PNDs.
Economic volatility
14. CompanyprofileProfile
OBJECTIVES POLICIES HUMANRESOURCES
- Better Maps -
- Better Routing -
- Better traffic -
- Information -
Corporate Social Responsibility
- Community giving -
- Environmental impact -
- Supply chain management -
To do business efficiently and
profitability as well as responsible.
Success for TomTom as a business
is also a success for the individual
employee.
Young Talent Development
Program
Personal navigation plan
22. Product diversification
Moving from the PND market to mapping
services and applications.
Product development
Improving product attributes in order to sustain
the market position.
RecommendationsLong -
23. Market development
Entering new markets (BRIC countries with
expanding middle class: Brazil, Russia, India,
and China, newly industrialised and
industrialising countries such as Malaysia,
Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico, South
Africa, and Indonesia.) .
Forming strategic alliances
Forming a partnership or a service agreement for
example with a smartphone operator or
manufacturer. This would allow TomTom an
opportunity to expand to the emerging market of
smartphones. Another possibility is to increase
strategic alliances within the automobile industry
Long
24. Tools for assessment
Pros & Cons diagram and SWOT analysis were
used to analyze the various options.
Long
26. Long TOWSAnalysis
- Brand recognition
- Reliable technology
- Know how
- Sales rely on PND
devices
- High Liabilities-Less
financial resources
- Sales highly concentrated
in Europe
- Maturity of the market
- Substituting products
- Government restrictions
- Increased global mobility
- Rapid growth of middle
class
- New opportunities to
expand with smartphones
S
W
O
T
SO
OW
ST
OT
Diversification of product lines
Expand geographically
Product development
Forming strategic alliances
29. ImplementationPlan
Consumers
B2C
Automotive
B2B
Licensing
B2B2C
Telematics
B2B
Product Diversification Launch new categories of products
such as: watches, cellphones,
applications.
Making new products such as maps,
traffic and navigation software for
cars.
Geographical Expansion Having point of sales in developing
countries.
Having partnerships with
wholesalers and retailers
companies of developing countries.
-Getting recognized in the B2B
sector in emerging markets.
-Sending employees to look for
contacts
At the moment they are only
focusing on Europe. Therefore
they should develop deeper their
activities in North America and
focus on developing countries.
Product Development -Customization of products.
-Updating data base periodically
-After sales services
-New designs features
-After sales service
-Improving design
-Improving product features and
developing cloud services
-Offer more tools for the customers
-Provide security information
-Make the product easy to use.
Strategic Alliances
-Making alliances with cellphones
manufacturers
-Alliances with apps developers to
give a new experience to the
customers.
-Forming alliances with car
manufacturers.
-Make strategic alliances with
cellphones manufacturers
-Work together with start-ups
interesting in developing apps
-Forming alliances with
computing companies in order to
acquire expertise.