Business Strategy

Market Share

Strengths
Strong presence in well defined niches(like value added Hair Oil and Ayurvedaspecialties) Core knowledge of Ayurveda as competitive advantage Strong Brand Image Product Development Strength Strong Distribution Network Extensive Supply Chain IT Initiatives R & D - a key strength

Weakness
Seasonal Demand( like chyawanprash in winter and Vatika not in winter) Low Penetration(Chyawanprash) High price(Vatika) Limited differentiation (Vatika) Unbranded players account for the 2/3rd of the total market(Vatika)

Opportunities
Untapped Market(Chyawanprash) Market Development Export opportunities. Innovation Increasing income level of the middle class Creating additional consumption pattern

Threats
Existing Competition( like Himani,baidyanath and Zandu for DaburChyawanprash and Marico,Keo Karpin,HLL and Bajaj for Vatika Hair Oil) New Entrants Threat from substitutes (like Bryllcream for Vatika hair oil)

Strategic Planning
Corporate Level strategy: Focus is on expansion in domestic and foreign market, new product launches and acquisitions, which will increase sales and profits. This strategy has paid rich dividends for Dabur and has delivered sales growth ahead of the consumer non-durable sector average

Strategic Planning
Business Level Strategy Dabur laid down a business strategy called ASTRA to boost rural sales and to achieve a steady growth in retail. Taking help of ACCENTURE to improve the supply chain and distribution network. Dabur also aims at achieving doubled sales by aggressive ACQUSITIONS. The growth strategy for international markets would revolve around EXPANSION. Dabur India has also chalked out its plans to enter the health and beauty RETAIL market in the country.

Strategic Planning
Functional Level Strategy Dabur is targeting sales growth of above 15 per cent after implementing Astra, and expects nearly 40 per cent growth in sales. It runs refresher-training courses every six months. About 75 per cent of the company's sales come form rural areas, hence, it has created the Astra training consultancy module in five vernacular languages - Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Under Astra, Dabur has categorized its sales and distribution channels into finer segments, such as key grocers, mass grocers, chemist, wholesale, small outlet and modern trade.

Dabur SBUs:
Dabur India Limted has 3 major strategic business units: Consumer Care Division Consumer Health Division International Business

Dabur- Their Strategic Intent

Focus on growing our core brands across categories, reaching out to new geographies, within and outside India, and improve operational efficiencies by leveraging technology Be the preferred company to meet the health and personal grooming needs of our target consumers with safe, efficacious, natural solutions by synthesizing our deep knowledge of ayurveda and herbs with modern science Provide our consumers with innovative products within easy reach Build a platform to enable Dabur to become a global ayurvedic leader Be a professionally managed employer of choice, attracting, developing and retaining quality personnel

The Dabur Strategy

Dabur is present in categories ranging from mosquito repellents and juices to face packs and honey, some acquired and some developed in-house Dabur believes in in few power brands that are nurtured to offer huge returns It aims to create a few champion brands to result in sustainable margins

The Dabur Strategy

Dabur leverages under its two power brand i.e. Dabur and Vatika Dabur the strategy for a new brand launch- by the third year, a new brand must contribute to common overheads and by the fifth year, it should make "some profit The company does not intend to be the market leader but aims at growing faster than the market Dabur is consciously entering only those categories that offer a platform for herbal products

Dabur outsources
To build competitive edge, Dabur asked Accenture to help identify specific opportunities that would lead to short-term advantage and long-term growth Accenture recommended a two-pronged strategy: migration to a nimbler outsourcing model that would generate value through agility

support business initiatives and maintenance of its SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system

Measures Taken
Accenture launched a three-phase ERP improve-ment program that involved: Correcting the transactional and management information systems. Conducting change management and synchronizing Daburs business processes with realities in an ERP context. Developing value realization project

 Leveraging IT for business initiatives

By designing a Web-based demand planning and trade promotion forecasting tool, and installed point-of-sale software at select retail and wholesale sites

Outsourcing IT operations New sales and distribution strategy was implemented

Market share and Growth rate for SBUs

BCG matrix as per SBUs

International Business Division

Consumer Healthcare Division

Consumer Care Division

Growth rate and market share of business categories in Dabur IL.

BCG matrix as per business categories

HealthSupplements(Chyawa nprash, Honey, Glucose) Foods(Real, Activ)

HomeCare(Odonil, Odomos, Sanifresh)

Oral Care(Dabur Red, Babool, Meswak) Hair Care(Dabur Amla, Vatika Hair Oil, Vatika Shampoos)

Digestives(Hajmola) Skin Care(Gulabari, Fem)

Porters Five Forces Model

1) The threat of substitute products: threat of generic substitution happens where products and services compete for disposable income sells a lot of varied products in all price range should ensure that it offers quality products for all income groups 2) The threat of the entry of new competitors: Dabur should focus on product differentiation one of the most trusted names in the FMCG sector enjoys a loyal customer base

 as the demand increases, should focus on aggressive marketing strategy should focus on targeting middle aged consumers 3) The intensity of competitive rivalry: players and competitors are Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Tata Tea, Nestle India Ltd., Britannia Industries Ltd., Colgate Palmolive Ltd., Marico Ltd. strategy in order to increase its global dominance If a company doesn't differentiate its products leads to an increased rivalry between competitors

4) The bargaining power of customers: have increased dramatically with Globalisation Improve the quality and reduce the prices over the period 5) The bargaining power of suppliers: very strong bond with the suppliers policy of having good relations This helps in having a good relation with the suppliers being accountable to stakeholders, shareholders

Future Strategies
Focus on growing its core brands - reaching out to new geographies leveraging technology Strive for top recall Become global ayurvedic leader Innovation of Products Be a professionally managed employer Provide superior returns to shareholders & customers

Future Strategies
Stress on making more competitive logistics and inventory management system Advertising strategy for rural markets Retail Stores Implementation of ASTRA