Overall, the outcome of the Porter’s 5- forces approach to analyzing a company would be to determine the profit potential of the company in the industry that the company is in. To determine the profitability of Church & Dwight, the author must first establish what type of industry the company is in. Church & Dwight are considered to be a domestic household and personal care product line. However, Church & Dwight faced a challenge in the beginning of the 2000’s. Church & Dwight realized they were a lot smaller than the competitors in the domestic household and personal care products industry. Due to the realization that their company was smaller than the competitors, Church & Dwight acquired several brands. Currently, Church …show more content…
138). Church & Dwight does not define their corporate culture very well. The company gives plenty of examples situations they take very seriously, such as: environmental awareness and environmental cleanliness; however, the company does not have a blanket set of belief, values, and expectations that are accepted by all board of directors and employees. Church & Dwight believe in the consumer and they believe in the consumer spending money to buy the products that they produce. Because Church & Dwight does not have a clear cut mission statement, it deems very difficult to find the core beliefs and values of the company. According to the 2012 sustainability reports, Church & Dwight says “Innovation. Discovering what’s possible. Delivering what’s desirable. Minimizing the impact” (Sustainability report, 2012, pg.1). If this is the mission and belief of the company the corporate governance needs to implement ways for the employees to succeed in the core beliefs that this company has and Church & Dwight needs to lay these core beliefs out plainly for the …show more content…
1). The ‘4 P’s’ of the market mix is price, product, promotion, and place. Church & Dwight own ten brands that are all priced at the consumer level. The average consumer would be able to buy the product that Church & Dwight own and these products would not ‘break the bank’. OxiClean prices range from five dollars to seven dollars, XTRA prices range from one dollar to seven dollars, and ARM & HAMMER price ranges from two dollars to ten