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PGP/20/215 Joji S Pramod
PGP/20/238 Shilpa Agarwal
PGP/20/312 Akhtar Shahi
Qureshi
PGP/20/321 Ashik P Shetty
PGP/20/323 Dilip Kumar L
Entry Barrier for Union Carbide and Johnson and Johnson
Manufacturing
R&D Cost and and
productivity Distribution
cost
Consumer
Advertising
Loyalty
Strategy
towards brand
Private label products Complex process , involve a
were inferiors variety of vehicles
400 regional player but Target hospitals with trial
handle only 7% cloth sample to get new customers
diapers in 1966
P&Gs Defense Strategy
Economics of Scale and High Production rate
More than 80 machine unit in 4 operating plants while K-C have only
20 machines in 5 operating plants
Operate 24 hour a day at 80% efficiency
Through put is 350-400 diapers/min while average machine
generate 100-150 diapers/min
J&J association with healthcare business must be It should start developing a dedicated sales force which
used to prescribe J&J products at hospital levels to could work in a B-C environment not the otherwise B-B
capture initial customers markets
Sales force of other consumer related divisions The company can indulge in aggressive pricing
especially healthcare should be pulled up for equivalent to P&G owing to its strong financials to
marketing J&J capture market
Capital expenditure should be turned to increasing Brand building into a consumer healthcare company
production scale which will lead to lowering of prices will be important if it wants to play as a dominant
due to economies of scale competitor
Exploring alliances with new entrants to grow Production as a private label player would be an easier
inorganically and capture market way to enter the market
Evolution of Diaper Industry
Industry
Private players likely to emerge in local markets. This is likely to cut market
share of incumbents
Major FMCG brands could diversify their portfolio considering the booming
diaper industry
Economies of scope achieved by incumbents act as a barrier to entrants