EBI Special Order Analysis

This case study foc go fors on a course opportunity that has recently been offered to the Earth Baby Inc. (EBB). It concerns a furrow aim that allow for increase the associations sales dimensions while alike adding total quality to its value chain through an alliance with a sell discount business, I. E. Great Deal Inc. (GUI).This epitome will take into consideration one or more(prenominal) strategic measures that should perhaps be interpreted by EBB in order to assist in identifying and mainlining luckiness and in order to insure that the proposed business agreement is in the vanquish pastime of the company. Aside from the more familiar finalityal strategy which has always proven to be reliably effective, e. G. , a SOOT Analysis, an examination of the possible benefits arising from the use of an available heuristic approach that utilizes- presentiment and hindsight Judgment parameters-will be discussed.Keywords EBB, GUI, SOOT, availability heuristic, hindsight bias, fo resight knowledge The proposed opportunity that has presented itself to EBB entails increasing the companys market share of baffle food increases through Gelds distribution chain and there resources. The proposed venture will offer EBB an increased profit percentage only if the company agrees to alter its topical food processing formulas as well as turn-over a substantial portion of its stigmatization rights to GUI.It is in the best interest of EBB at this time to conduct a comprehensive risk analysis with regards to the changes that will be made concerning the impact upon Bis new product formula, new business environment and customer base along with branding techniques, marketing strategies and supply chain activities. Risk Analysis Conducting a unadulterated SOOT analysis would be advisable at first in order to assess Bis internal strengths and weaknesses and how they will measure up against the- opportunities which whitethorn inadvertently turn into threats-with respects to the changes that will occur within Bis impertinently adopted business environment.EBB will be challenged to weigh those resources that make up the force behind its competitive advantage(s) because it will be risking the success of its current business strategies against the sum of those changes that will impact it, should the company accept Gelds proposal (Bateman & Snell, 2009). Bis management might consider backing up the information it garnered from a SOOT analysis with another method that examines the potential of risk problematical with regard to opting for a reconfigured or otherwise entirely new and inexperient business strategy.A method that undertakes the available heuristic approach has been shown to provide business decisions makers with unique way -if optimal results are obtained- of incorporating intuitive Judgment-, referred to as-hindsight bias- and integrating the more positive properties of this mind set with more quantifiable intellectual information referred t o as -foresight knowledge- with respects to formulating new strategies under the constraints of various risks.This method gauges the deuce schools of thought by measuring and matching up- and then mapping and mathematically analyzing -the positive relationships between probable outcomes of certain risk factors, as in this case-they may pertain to and/or have- significant bearing on a number of business decisions, their outcomes, and their consequences based primarily upon their -perceived and qualitative- susceptibility to risks.Conclusion Although at this Juncture, Bis decision to employ the use of the availability heuristic may seem precarious, tho the opportunity to identify and neutralize the risks of he proposal while also discovering some new and innovative strategies does present itself. A safer strategic analysis could be provided through the use of one or more of the conventionally known analytical tools, e. G.SOOT or Porters Five Forces. In any resultant it would be with in Bis very best interest to thoroughly check into all the avenues of risks as well as opportunities before making a final decision to accept Gelds business proposal.