Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The reason to choose the research topic:. The object and scope of research:. The purpose of the research topic:.
The report’s structure.1 The concept of strategy.1 The concept of strategy, business strategy and strategic management.2 The role of business strategy.3 The classification of business strategy.2 Analysis for business strategy development.1 Analysis of business environment:.2 External Factor Evaluation Matrix (EFE).3 The model of five competitive forces.2 Analyzing the internal environment:.2 Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix (IFE).3 Strength-Weakness-Opportunity-Threat Matrix (SWOT).4 Internal - External Matrix.5 Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM).16 ANALYSIS OF TRAPHACO COMPANY’S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.1 Introduction about TRAPHACO Company.2 Analyzing the external environment.3 Assessing the direct competitors.29 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2.4 Assessment of opportunities and threats.3 Analysis of internal environment.5 Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the company.47 CHAPTER 3 DEVELOPING BUSINESS STRATEGY OF TRAPHACO COMPANY IN THE PERIOD 2011 - 2015.1 Selection of business strategy.1 External Factor Evaluation Matrix.2 Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix.3 SWOT matrix analysis.4 Internal - External Matrix.5 Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix.3 Planning and production of medicinal herb plant.70 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ LIST OF FIGURES Figure Content Page Figure 2.1 - Organizational chart of the company.2 - GDP forecast of Vietnam.3 - Forecast on Vietnam’s population growth.4 - Drug expenditure forecast per capita and drug spending per GDP.27 LIST OF TABLES Table Content Page Table 2.1 List of suppliers of raw materials. Assessment of the direct competitor. Evaluation summary table. Opportunities and risks of TRAPHACO.
Financial situation of TRAPHACO. Strengths and weaknesses TRAPHACO.1 - External Factor Evaluation Matrix.2 - Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix.4 - Planning and criteria for recruitment to 2015.5 - Plan on capital source and costs for the years.67 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, our group would like to deeply thank Global Advanced Master Training Program in Business Administration, Griggs University that has successfully organized courses for our GaMBA. The courses have been provided and completed us with the knowledge and experience in all important areas of business administration. Especially via the course of Strategic Management we have been receiving a lot of tools to analyze and develop the strategies for enterprise as well as the management trend of modern international strategy.
These tools and knowledge are really useful in our work. We would like to express our sincere thanks to Professor Tony Sanichara and Professor Associate - Dr. Ngo Kim Thanh who directly guided and taught us enthusiastically and responsibly. In addition, we also would like to thank TRAPHACO Joint Stock Company that has provided materials for our research as well as has helped arrange interviews with key managers and officials of the company.
Also, great thanks should be sent to the class managers, class management board that have helped and coordinated during preparation and approval of the capstone outline of the group and have always encouraged the group in the process of writing this capstone project report. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION 1. The reason to choose the research topic: Pharmaceutical industry is highly specific industry which has direct impact on people's health, labor force of society and under the strict control of the government. In recent years, thanks to economic development, people's living standard has been improved and therefore spending for the health care of the people has also increased significantly.
This is an opportunity for pharmaceutical industry’s development, but simultaneously, it is a challenge for the industry to meet the growing demand. Besides, Vietnam is on the integration process to World Trade Organization (WTO) along with opportunities and challenges. To be able to compete effectively, the companies of the different industries and business areas, including the pharmaceutical industry will need careful preparation in all aspects. TRAPHACO Joint Stock Company is headquartered in Hanoi, was established in 1999, performing the business and production of medicine, food, chemicals and medical equipment, as well as providing technical consultation service.
Over 10 years of operation, the company has built a reputable brand in the pharmaceutical industry and has gained trust among its partners and consumers. However, in the context of increasingly fierce competition in pharmaceutical market, especially when Vietnam joins the WTO, the re-evaluation of the business environment as well as internal resources of the enterprise and the development of an appropriate business strategy is essential for TRAPHACO to survive and develop. That is why the group has decided to choose the topic “Developing the business strategy of TRAPHACO Joint Stock Company for the period 2011 - 2015". The object and scope of research: Studied object: Activities of TRAPHACO JSC.
Scope of research: Research focuses on the company's operations nationwide. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. The purpose of the research topic: The research topic is aimed at re-evaluating the business environment of TRAPHACO Joint Stock Company. Basing on these evaluation and analysis, the business strategy for the company in the new context is developed.
Solutions to implement strategies effectively are also recommended. Research Methodology: To achieve the mentioned objectives, the group has used the following research methodologies: dialectical materialism, analysis and correlative comparison, collection, statistics, theory and practice combination. The report’s structure This report consists of three chapters: - Chapter 1: Theoretical background. - Chapter 2: Analyzing the business environment of TRAPHACO JSC.
- Chapter 3: Developing business strategy of TRAPHACO JSC for the period of 2011 – 2015. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER I THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1.1 The concept of strategy 1.1 The concept of strategy, business strategy and strategic management The initial concept of strategy is associated with military activities. This term is derived from "strategos" in Greek which refers to the role of generals in the army. However, as using in the business, scholars have ascribed that term with new meanings and contents.
Strategy is defined by Chandler (1962) as "the determination of the basic, long-term goals and objectives of an enterprise, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of measures necessary for those goals" Business strategy is "a series of commitments and activities that a company uses to win a competitive advantage by exploiting core competencies in a specific market." Business strategy management according to Wikipedia is science and art on the strategy to develop the business direction and objectives, to implement the short term and long term plans on the basis of available resources with the aim at helping the organization to achieve its long-term goals.2 The role of business strategy Business strategy plays the orientation role for the enterprise’s business activities, identifying the major objectives of the firm and how to achieve that goal. Business strategy gives out development trends, identifying the basic resources and suggestions about how to combine these resources in order to make the maximum exploitation of available resources and of the firm’s potential. The strategy will also help the enterprise be more proactive in dealing with the evolution of the market, seize opportunities as well prepare to overcome the risks based on the enterprise’s resources. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1.3 The classification of business strategy - Based on different criteria, the business strategy is divided into several categories.
In the framework of this writing, the author group only mentions the types of business strategy divided by strategy hierarchy in the enterprise. Accordingly, three are three levels of business strategy as follows: - Corporate level strategy takes a view at the overall scope of a company/organization with the aim at working out its missions and objectives. Corporate level strategy is primarily interested in choosing the types of business which the enterprise should run and in building and coordinating the portfolio of the firm. - Business unit level strategy is positioning strategy.
The purpose of this level strategy is to enhance the value for the firm by increasing the awareness of brand and value received by customers. Business unit here can be a division or a production line that is able to plan independently. At this level, the strategy is mainly concerned with developing and maintaining competitive advantage of products or services of the enterprise. - Operational level strategy is concerned with successful implementing the strategic decisions made at corporate-level strategy and business unit level strategy by the optimizing resources and capabilities of enterprise.
This strategic level mentions the business process and value chain. Operational strategies include marketing strategies, research and development strategies, human resources and financial strategies. This strategy level has an important role for the success of other strategies as they contribute to the development and combination of resources, designing processes and activity network of the firm.2 Analysis for business strategy development 1.1 Analysis of business environment: Analyzing the external environment is always necessary for all enterprises to build business strategy as well to make adjustments when needed. The purpose of business environment analysis is to help the enterprises identify opportunities to grasp as well as the challenges and difficulties to avoid or have solutions.
The tools are commonly used in these analysis are PEST model and EFE matrix. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1.1 PEST Model PEST model is applied for analyzing and evaluating the political, economic, cultural, social and technological factors which have certain impact on the enterprise‘s performance. - Political environment refers to the political stability and policies of the government to intervene in the economy in general and industry/business sector in particular. Political decisions can affect the important areas for the firm such as health, education and infrastructure.
In addition, the enterprise needs to analyze the policies as tax policy, labor law, environmental law, trade barriers. and assesses the impact of these policies on the firm’s activities. - Economic environment is analyzed via the information on interest rates, economic growth, inflation and exchange rates. These factors have a major impact on operations and income of the firm.
Interest rates affect the enterprises' capital costs, exchange rates affect the cost of importing and exporting goods, economic growth reflects changes in customers’ spending and inflation has influence on the stability of the economy through its impact on all the three factors. - Socio-cultural environment is related to aspects such as population, age, social attitudes. Trends in the society may affect the demand on the firm’s products and services as well as available labor force in the fields of the enterprise. Population structure can also increase the demand for these products, while narrowing it for other products.
- Technology reflects advances in technology applied in production and business practices. Technology can help reduce costs, improve quality, and create new products and processes. The role of technology in the enterprises is increasingly larger and its impact could change the competitive structure in any business industry or sector.2 External Factor Evaluation Matrix (EFE) EFE matrix is one of the strategic management tools which are commonly used to assess current business conditions. Via the matrix the opportunities and threats of the external environment which affect the firm can be identified.
The factors evaluated in the EFE matrix are often political, economic, social, legal factors and other external factors. EFE matrix is set as follows: ______________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Global Advanced MBA Program ______________________________________________________________________________________ - Make a list of external factors affecting the firm. These factors are divided into two groups of Opportunities and Threats. - Classification of importance for each factor by assigning a weight for each factor.
The value of each weight is from 0 to 1. Score 0 means that factor is not important and score 1 means the factor has significant impact on the firm. Total weight must be 1. - Assign a rating from 1 to 4 to each factor.
Rating reflects the response of firm for each factor. Rating 1 means poor response, 2 is below average, 3 is above average and 4 is good response. - Multiply the weight of each factor with its rating to get the weighted score for each factor.