
Nowadays Starbucks is one of the biggest company in coffee industry, it has 8,812 company-owned stores and 7,852 licensed stores in more than 50 countries as of April 2010 and annual sales of about $10 billion. Its products include, ready-to-drink Doubleshot drinks, American coffee, Cappuccino, Latte, Frappuccino, tea, and ice-cream. The Starbucks not only want sell its products in America, but also want to sell its products all over the world. The Starbucks purpose is that let people all over the world know that the coffee of Starbucks’ is the best.
EXTERNAL ANALYSIS
PESTEL analysis
policy
Political factors and how to degree of government intervention in the economy. To be specific, political factors include areas such as tax policy, the labor law, environmental law, trade restrictions, tariffs, and political stability. Political factors may also include the government of goods and services in hope to provide or be offered (merit goods) and those that the government does not want to be provide goods or merit bads deficiency). In addition, the government has great influence on education and health, infrastructure of a country
About starbuck, when it will hold a store in San Francisco. Into the San Francisco prove more troublesome, for San Francisco has a it is strictly prohibited to use conversion stores to restaurant-related in some major town, starbucks can sell drinks and snacks sent in the counter customers standing, but couldn't provide seating in the former stores, used for general retail industry.
Economic
Economic factors including economic growth, interest rates, foreign exchange rates and inflation rates. These factors the main business what effect and make decisions. For example, interest rate of the company cost of capital, so a business development and to what degree and expansion. The exchange rate affect cost of export goods supply and price of imported goods in the economy
Starbucks in 1990 to become profitable. The profit increase every year since 1990 except for fiscal year 2000 (because of a $58.8 million investment in four Internet enterprise write-offs) and 2008 annual (when the sharp downturn in the global economy of the bottom line very hard). Because of the economic recession in 2008-2009, Howard schultz believes the new strategic measures and strategy implementation of vitality in the very great degree need to starbucks.
Social
Social factors including culture, including health awareness, population growth, distribution of age and professional attitude and the emphasis on safety. In the social effects of the requirements of the trend, the products of the company and the operation of the company. For example, the aging population could mean a smaller and less-willing Labour (and thus increase the cost of labor). In addition, the company may be changing management strategy to adapt to these social trend (such as recruiting older workers).
From the case, schultz necessary acclimating his informal dress at starbucks, gain credibility and building trust and colleagues, and making the transition from the high-energy, coatand tie style-New York more optional, lowkey the atmosphere of the Pacific northwest. There are many business is not only sell coffee beans, let people appreciate the fine grinding coffee beans and brewing, to dwell in their tents. Starbucks need do is fresh-brewed coffee service, espressos and cappuccinos in its stores (except for the beans and coffee equipment), work hard to create a U.S. version of the Italian coffee bar culture. Go to starbucks should be a kind of experience, a special kind of enjoyment, a place to meet friends to visit. Authentic Italian coffee to bar culture in the United States may factors identification of starbucks.
technology
Technical factors including technology research and development activities, automation, technology incentive, the rate of technological change. They can determine barriers to entry, the lowest effective production level and outsourcing impact of decisions. In addition, the technical changes can affect cost, quality, lead to innovation.
Chicago-roasted coffee without dark as quickly, schultz had anticipated. The first downtown store opened to the street, and not into the lobby of the building, it is located; In winter, the customers don't want to go out in the wind and cold get a cup of coffee. It is very expensive for fresh coffee shops to Chicago from Seattle warehouse (company solved the problem of fresh and quality assurance fresh coffee beans in particular FlavorLock bag packaging technology and one way by vacuum valve allows carbon dioxide not flee allow air and water).
environment
Environmental factors include: the ecological environment, and other aspects of the weather, climate, such as climate change effects, especially industries such as tourism, breeding, and insurance service. In addition, growing awareness of the potential impacts from climate change affect the operation of the company and product offer, both creating new markets and reduce existing or destroyed.
Every new store is a reflection of the operating environment, it is environmental protection. In 2010, starbucks is to strive to do the high quality leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) certification for all new company's shop. (LEED certification is a program, use of independent third party proof in the establishment of a construction green building design, construction, operation and maintenance plan.) 11 core features include every new store celebrate local materials and technology, a focus on reuse and regeneration elements, exposure, the real root structure integrity, facade's coffee and get rid of unnecessary distraction, storytelling, and customer contact through all the five senses, flexible needs, many customers type.
law
Legal factors including discrimination act, consumer law, antitrust, employment law, health and safety laws. These factors will affect the company management, and its cost and demand for its products.
Into the San Francisco prove more troublesome, for San Francisco has a it is strictly prohibited to use conversion stores to restaurant-related in some major town, starbucks can sell drinks and snacks sent in the counter customers standing, but couldn't provide seating in the former stores, used for general retail industry.
Porter five Force analysis
The new threat to competition
Profitable market will produce the high returns to attract new company. This led to many new entrants, will eventually reduce profitability of all of the manufacturers. Unless the input, the new company can be incumbents, abnormal profit margins will tend to zero (perfect competition).
The power of the threat of new competition is very high. We can see the case. For the first time, we began to see our U.S. stores slow traffic. Strong competitors is into our business. Perhaps, the most trouble in the past has been forward starbucks, flexible decision-making and implementation, like many fast-growing companies in front of us, we let our success that we are content with the status quo.
Instead of threatening products or services
The product exists outside of the public products in the fields of border increased tendency to customers to switch to choose. Note, this should not be confused with competing similar products, but completely different people instead. For example, Pepsi cola not considered instead of but water, tea, coffee, milk.
Replace the ability of the products is high. Because in the modern society, there are more and more kinds of drinks out, maybe one day, people will like a drink, not coffee.
The customer the bargaining power of (buyer)
The customer the bargaining power of also is called market output: can the customer pressure, this will also affect the sensitivity of customers, price changes.
Customer's capacity is low. Because the price of the product is the same, it won't change for a customer.
Supplier's bargaining power
The bargaining power of suppliers also is called market input. Supplier of raw materials, spare parts, labor, and services (such as technology) company can be a source of power in the company, there are some alternatives. Supplier may refuse to work of company, or, for example, cost is high prices for its unique resources.
The capabilities of suppliers is quite high. We can see the case. Baldwin, schultz says, "we don't management, in order to maximize anything other than the quality of the coffee." A company to buy the best arabica coffee, just give them carefully dark-roasting process, and they all taste. Thus, we can see, only a few of the suppliers to provide this kind of coffee. So the capabilities of suppliers is quite high.
The strength of the competition
For most industries and strength of the competition is the major determinant of industrial competitiveness.
The power of the competition is very high. In the modern society, more and more people like drinking coffee, every day. Because there are many company in this industry, they all want to get more profit. They should be competitive each other. So the power of the competition is very high.
Internal analysis
SWOT analysis
The SWOT analysis (or slot analysis) is a kind of strategic planning method is used to evaluate the advantages, disadvantages/limit, opportunities and threats for a project or business management. It involves the specified purpose or project business risk and identify internal and external factors is favorable and unfavorable to achieve this goal. This technology is attributed to Albert Humphrey, leaders meeting at Stanford university in the 1960 s and 1970 s fortune 500 company data.
Set a goal should be done after the SWOT analysis has been performed. This will allow can achieve the goal or purpose to the organization.
Advantages: business characteristics, the project team, it is better than others
Since its founding in 1987 as a modest nine-store operating in Seattle, Washington, starbucks has become the world's first and professional coffee roasting the retailers, in 8812 the company's stores and 7852 licensed stores in more than 50 countries in April 2010, the annual sales of approximately $10 billion. We can from this found that starbucks is one of the biggest companies in the industry. Baldwin, schultz says, "we don't management, in order to maximize anything other than the quality of the coffee." A company to buy the best arabica coffee, just give them carefully dark-roasting process, and they all taste. Thus, we can see, only a few of the suppliers to provide this kind of coffee. Starbucks' quality is very good.
Faults (or limited) : very distinctive, the team at a disadvantage relative to others
Schultz believe that establish a company value and respect for its people, inspired them, share the fruits of success and those that cause the company's long-term value is indispensable, and not just a tempting option. His wish is to become the most respected starbucks coffee and brand company its corporate responsibility with admiration. Schultz to see, in the unity of the starbucks and the morale of the serious deterioration of 20 months Giornale he in Illinois. Some employees is covered with snows of cynicism and don't feel welcome.
Chance: external opportunity to improve performance (such as make more profits) in the environment
Chultz believe that starbucks and a huge potential for growth. In the United States, starbucks only 3% share of about 37 billion cups of coffee drinking coffee served often not at home, only 4% of the share 25 billion cups of coffee service home, only 13% of the share 3.7 billion cups of coffee into restaurants and cafes. 47 internationally, starbucks stock of these same segment, small. According to schultz:
The size of the bonus is still huge. We sell less than 10% of coffee consumption in the United States and less than 1% of the momentum will come from outside the United States international. Slower growth in the us, accelerate the overseas economic growth. Starbucks brand of reaction has been obvious in our international market.
Threat: external factors may cause problems in the environment of business or project
Let us look at the director, says the starbucks' strong competitors is into our business. Perhaps, the most trouble in the past has been forward starbucks, flexible decision-making and implementation, like many fast-growing companies in front of us, we let our success that we are content with the status quo.
CURRENT ‘ISSUES AND CHALLENGES’ DIAGNOSIS
| ISSUES | CHALLENGES |
| Sales at company-owned Starbucks stores open 13 months or longer declined an average of 3 percent in 2008 and another 5 percent in 2009. Company-wide revenues declined from $10.4 billion in fiscal year 2008 to $9.8 billion in fiscal year 2009. During fiscal 2009, Starbucks closed 800 underperforming company-operated stores in the United States and an additional 100 stores in other countries, restructured its entire operations in Australia (including the closure of 61 stores), and reduced the number of planned new store openings by more than 200. Starbucks’ global workforce was trimmed by about 6,700 employees. | The Starbucks should change this thing, if Starbucks keep this situation. Starbucks will be worse. |
| The most troublesome of Starbucks, where in the past Starbucks had always been forward-thinking and nimble in its decision making and execution, like many fast-growing companies before us, we had allowed our success to make us complacent. | Starbucks should improving the state of our business through better training, tools, and products; renewing our attention to store-level economics and operating efficiency; reigniting our emotional attachment with customers; and realigning Starbucks’ organization for the long term. |
Starbucks' social responsibility of the enterprise strategy
Starbucks' social responsibility of the enterprise strategy has four main factors:
1. All of the company's moral purchasing products.
2. Community participation.
3. Environmental management.
4. Farmers loans.
Starbucks coffee purchasing strategy
Starbucks coffee sourcing strategy has three key factors:
1. Ensure that the price paid green starbucks coffee beans (unroasted) enough to ensure that small farmers can cover their production costs, and for their families.
2. Use limited starbucks buy arrangement, exposure to the sudden price jump, because of the weather, economic and political conditions in the growing countries, the new agreement establishing an export quotas and cycle of effort, increase the price of coffee limit supply.
3. Small coffee growers work directly with local coffee-growing cooperatives and other types of coffee suppliers coffee cultivation methods, in order to promote biodiversity protection and environmental sustainable development.
Evaluation of the strategic choice
The first about starbucks coffee procurement strategy, starbucks, usually with a fixed price purchase commitment limit its exposure to the next cycle of coffee price fluctuations, sometimes, buy coffee futures contract price for protection. Over the past few years, many unexpected jump in the price of coffee when the hold his hand onStarbucks profits, forcing a price growth of drinks and soybean retail out. In fiscal 2008, the volume of starbucks has more than doubled the fixedprice purchase commitment, compared the risk of fiscal year 2007 because prices, green coffee beans. Starbucks bought 367 million pounds of green coffee beans in fiscal 2009, the company paid an average of $1.47 a pound. 2009 at the end of the financial year, and the company has promised to buy amount of $238 million, of which, along with existing inventory, is expected to provide an adequate supply of fiscal 2010 coffee bean through. So I think that Starbucks not only ensure quality, and make sure it won't out of stock.
About Starbucks enterprise society responsibility strategy, we can see, Starbucks in 2010 was appointed enterprise responsibility magazine list "100 best enterprise citizen" the 10th. "100 best enterprise citizen" list is based on more than 360 public material in the stronghold number seven categories: environment, climate change, human rights, and charity, and employee relations, financial performance, and governance. In addition, starbucks has received more than 25 awards from a diverse group of the charitable organization, community service and environmental activities.
Describe the strategic choice
Starbucks coffee sourcing strategy is the best strategic choice. From the beginning of it because starbucks, it is proud of its quality confidence. If one day, Starbucks coffee become very cheap, but quality is bad. I think people won't buy it.
Strategy should do:
Ensure that the price paid green starbucks coffee beans (unroasted) enough to ensure that small farmers can cover their production costs, and for their families.
Use limited starbucks buy arrangement, exposure to the sudden price jump, because of the weather, economic and political conditions in the growing countries, the new agreement establishing an export quotas and cycle of effort, increase the price of coffee limit supply.
Small coffee growers work directly with local coffee-growing cooperatives and other types of coffee suppliers coffee cultivation methods, in order to promote biodiversity protection and environmental sustainable development.
CONCLUTION
From this case, we found that starbucks not only has its strength, but also has its weakness. So if Starbuck want sustainable development, it will met many challenges. Like the policy and the legal of the countries, or the people of that countries like drink coffee or not. And when Starbucks join that market, the other competitor will do something for Starbucks. And the economics of the world isn’t good; many people won’t go to Starbucks to drink. So there are many challenges for the Starbucks, if Starbucks want sustainable development.
