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Charoen Pokphand Group. Group C: Angus Karen Karina Janet Simone. Agenda. Background CP’s strategies Reasons for success Influence of Asian Financial Crisis Recommendations. Background. Begins as animal feed business
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Charoen Pokphand Group Group C: Angus Karen Karina Janet Simone
Agenda • Background • CP’s strategies • Reasons for success • Influence of Asian Financial Crisis • Recommendations
Background • Begins as animal feed business • Based in Thailand, quickly developing Southeast Asia and China
CP GROUP Organization Chart Agriculture Real estate Aquaculture Wholesales & retails Seeds &Fertilizers International Trading Manufacturing Petrochemical
Strategies • Investment • Finance • Operational Management • Marketing • Technology • HR Management • Business Network
Strategies • Investment • Diversification • A) geographical (China, Japan…) • Long term investment • E.g. Rising Populations of rising income, middle-class and working women
Strategies • Long term goal • Not taking profit from country • Develop local talents
Strategies • Industrially • Looking for large and growing markets • Must be important • Analyze internal resources and capabilities • Pioneer of new market
Reinvestment and Commitment Strategies • Overall, If projects developed successfully Invest in small first
Reason for success • Lower the risk of individual business • Geographic • Explore opportunities in new market • Industry • Explore new business opportunities
Strategy • Finance • Keep all private • Recently, publicized more reports to invest by corporate equity
Reason for success Financial • Closed financial position
Strategy • Operation Management • Vertical integration • Backward integration • Seeds & Feeding Chickens • Forward integration • Chickens Food Processing & retails
Reason for success • Vertical integration • Control supply and demand • Facilitate market coordination • Provide leverage • Create new market opportunities • Leading market share
Strategy • Marketing • Sensitive to market needs • Provide different kinds of chicken products • e.g. TV-type dinners, chicken parts • Suit the needs of convenience of customers
Strategy • Technology • Acquire best technology • Improved to suit local needs • World class technology (partnership) • e.g. cooperation with Arbor Acres
Reason for success • Be the pioneer in technological aspect • Acquire the special technology for the agricultural related industry
Strategy • HR management • Each company has own autonomy • Flat Hierarchy • Attract and build good people • Promote personal development • Not family progressive
Reason for success • Effective information flow • Quick response to problem and remedy immediately • High commitment of staff
Strategy • Business network • Good government relationship • Partnership
Reason for success • Obtain a wide range of resource from the partners
Asian Crisis • Interest rate increase • Firms become illiquid • Diminishing markets • Lay off people
Recommendations • Mainly diversification • Spin off losing parts • Develop based on company’s resources
Recommendations - Better coordination between departments and companies within group - Make partnership with world-wide based company to improve global network