Question: Referring to the list below, identify for each factor if it is a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity or Threat. (SWOT Analysis) Company products match customer needs

Referring to the list below, identify for each factor if it is a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity or Threat. (SWOT Analysis)

  1. Company products match customer needs
  2. Economy is expected to grow by 1% next year
  3. Rising raw material prices
  4. New substitutes entering market
  5. Highly skilled workforce
  6. Changing customer product preferences
  7. Increasing tariffs on imports
  8. Low cost structure
  9. Poor customer service
  10. Consolidating raw material supplier chain (fewer but larger raw material suppliers to the industry)
  11. Rising wages in labor market
  12. High entry barriers (for existing firms in market)
  13. Industry-wide product recall
  14. Intense product, price and distribution competition from rivals
  15. Market is in decline stage
  16. Market is under-served by existing rivals
  17. Industry has low degree of rivalry
  18. New technology, that would drive production costs down by 20% is in development
  19. High employee turnover
  20. Market in growth stage of Life Cycle

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