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Difficulty; draw- Half of the market is out of ABC’s reach due to its
10 Constraint
back; etc. capital constraints.
Significant and The firm has expanded its footprint in the real
18 Footprint powerful presence estate and social infrastructure construction in
in something synergy with the urban development business.
Completely Delta should become a full-fledged EPC attacker
19 Full-fledged developed or by developing core strengths focusing on 3
established segments
E.g: HR, Finance,
IT systems are vulnerable while HR and Finance
20 Function Operation,
functions also show gaps.
Strategy, etc.
There are key gaps across all critical control
21 Gaps Difference
functions that ABC needs to address.
Leadership & The complicated organization structure of XYZ
22 Governance management creates a multi-layers governance structure with
system large size of total board member.
Our staffs take pride in providing impeccable
23 Impeccable Perfect
service.
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ABC could pursue performance improvement
26 Initiatives Actions initiatives to further strengthen hydro power
generation’s contribution to the Holding.
Taking the
27 Leverage Apple should leverage its strong brand name.
advantage of
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We first need to test this division operational
41 Soundness Goodness
soundness.
The client should develop a holistic urban
Where to play;
development strategy to become the developer-
42 Strategy What to play; How
of-choice for large-scale urban development
to play
projects.
In organized
XYZ’s business support functions are largely over-
43 Streamline system and with
sized, overlapped and can be streamlined.
specializations
Although fragmented and subscale, our plants
44 Subscale Small are geographically well positioned to serve
industries in the North.
Things when
Synergy between different properties (e.g.
combined create
45 Synergy residential, shopping mall complex, office)
greater value than
enhances total land value.
sum of each part
Significantly and The firm tries to become cost leader in existing
46 Transformation massively changing business lines through lean manufacturing
something transformation.
Bringing something
ABC cement is facing serious financial challenges
47 Turnaround from slums to the
and chance for turnaround is small.
surface
Make the best use Low sales volume has kept the capacity
48 Utilization
of something utilization rate low across ABC’s cement plants.
The western European cement market is
Type of breaking fragmented with many players across the value
down business chain. Some focus on raw limestone, some
49 Value chain
activities based on specialize in clinker production, some just do
chronical steps cement grinding, while a few others are best at
retailing.
Value Selling points; what Large scale project offers attractive value
50
proposition customers need proposition for potential foreign partners.
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