File includes 4 templates. We explore the topic of Buyers within the Five Forces Model both through the perspective of your customers and your pipeline. The first form encourages designing a brief sketch of the Distribution Channel so that you don’t forget any part of it, and has a suggested template to determine the top …

S4A1108 – External Analysis: Template for Analyzing Buyers and potential buyers’ Pipeline Read More »

The form encourages you to think about what is really the effort potential entrants have to make to get into your industry and it provides you with several questions that might help you identify potential entrants and that perhaps you have not thought of before. The Strategy4Action framework peruses 23+ areas, including barriers to entry, …

S4A1107 – External Analysis: Template for Analyzing Barriers to Entry / Potential Entrants in an industry Read More »

File includes 5 templates. We explore the topic of Suppliers within the Five Forces Model both through the perspective of Suppliers and that of Inputs. The first form encourages designing a brief sketch of the Supply Chain and has a suggested template to determine the top suppliers and list the most relevant information about them. …

S4A1106 – External Analysis: Template for Analyzing Suppliers and Inputs (Raw Materials) Read More »

Have you ever stopped to think about products that are substitutes to yours? How much are they hurting you?  What are the underlying customer needs you’re not satisfying? On the other hand, could you use them as an opportunity? The Strategy4Action framework peruses 23+ areas, including substitute products, to find new opportunities (as well as …

S4A1105 – External Analysis: Template for Analyzing Substitute Products and Customer Needs through substitute products Read More »

File includes 4 templates. The first builds on the previous work on segmentation and it facilitates identifying the main competitors for each segment you anticipate in or want to participate in. The second contains a suggested list of 30+ topics you should investigate about your competitors and how you can get them; it should be …

S4A1104 – External Analysis:  Template for Analyzing Competitors Read More »

File includes 2 templates. This is one of the most important and unique pieces of the Strategy4Action framework. Doing a customized survey is the only way to get some important information you must master such as:  competitors’ reputation, your reputation, your public awareness and that of your competitors, customer needs and features the customers want …

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