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Procter & Gamble Case Analysis

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Vision

“Touching lives, improving life”.

Mission Statement

We will provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world's consumers. As a result, consumers will reward us with leadership sales, profit, and value creation, allowing our people, our shareholders, and the communities in which we live and work to prosper.

History
William Procter, a candle maker, and James Gamble, a soap maker, immigrants from England and Ireland, respectively, formed the company initially. Alexander Norris, their father-in law, called a meeting in which he persuaded his new sons-in-law to become business partners. On October 31, 1837, as a result of the suggestion, Procter & Gamble was born.
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Today, Procter & Gamble is one of the best-known consumer goods companies in the world. It owned several well-known brands that were sold in over 160 countries to nearly 6 billion consumers.
P&G's dominance in many categories of consumer products makes its brand management decisions worthy of study. For example, P&G's corporate strategists must account for the likelihood of one of their products cannibalizing the sales of another.

I. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES

General Objective: To achieve growth in the consumer goods industry through dominance in market position.

II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

General Problem: How will P&G drive growth with the already-dominant market positions in mature markets?

Specific Problems:
1. How to increase Procter & Gamble’s net sales?
2. How to boost Procter & Gamble’s profits?

III. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION
SWOT Matrix STRENGTHS
• Leading Market Position
• Diversified product Portfolio
• Billion-dollar Brands
• Global geographic coverage
• Established company name
• Increasing free cash flow WEAKNESSES
• Maturity of the company’s established brands in the market.
• Inferior product innovation capabilities.
• Low employee morale
• Low Product Differentiation

OPPORTUNITIES
• Growing demand from emerging markets.
• P&G’s takeover of markets due to rivals’ divestiture.
• Imbalance markets share in different region

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