![]() ![]() You can identify latent demand in your industry, by conducting customer research focused on the products of your competitors and summarize it in a product SWOT analysis. customers that are buying them, but are dissatisfied, as they do not meet their needs in terms of price, product and service features and/or availability.customers that are not buying the products or services that you and your competitors offers.How should you approach SWOT analysis for a new product?Ĭonducting a SWOT analysis on a new product follows a slightly different methodology, as it predominantly focuses on the identification of the unfulfilled needs of customers (also called latent demand): duties, cost of other input factors) that could materially impact the company’s cost position, know how or service model the impact of technological change (and other context change, e.g.the emerging business models (pursued by start ups), that aim to disrupt the industry.the expected changes in the consumer preferences.threats need to focus on actions by current competition (broad and narrow) that could undermine the product strengths, its USP and its current competitive position. ![]() This will help you decide if the current product can be repositioned or extended to serve some of these needs opportunities need to clearly identify needs of the different customer segments that are not met in full or in part by the current offering.The analysis needs to identify the Unique Selling Proposition of the existing product (or potentially the lack of it) competitors offering substitute products or services that address the same needs, but use a different proposition or business model (for example car rental, long term leasing companies or car hailing operators are broad competitors for car dealers selling new and used cars) competitors offering same or very similar products strengths and weaknesses need to be assessed against. ![]()
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