A Study on Risk and Expense Evaluation of Agility Supply Management of Machinery
Table 3
SWOT matrix.
Strengths (S)
Weaknesses (W)
(S1) innovative capacity
(W1) lake of performance measurement systems
(S2) availability of resources and skills
(W2) nonflexible organizational structure
(S3) quality of the product
(W3) energy costs
(S4) expert management staff
(W4) labour costs
(S5) reliability in marketplace
(W5) lake of accurate forecasting capability, (W6) logistics costs, (W7) lake of well-known own brands
Opportunities (O)
Threats (T)
(O1) rising living standards and increasing modern buildings
(T1) macroeconomic industry
(O2) globalisation and the decreased trade barriers
(T2) competition
(O3) new foreign markets
(T3) political instability and possible problems in regional geographical area, especially Middle East, (T4) different and changing international market mechanisms, (T5) strengthening environmental pressures, (T6) different standardisation requests of international customers, (T7) low income per unit
