Unit 3 – Sandwich Blitz, SWOT
Professor Ness
Dalman and Lei face upcoming challenges in expanding their business. They need to decide if expanding into a large scale business is right for the company and themselves. Dalman and Lei need to look at their long term goals regarding Sandwich Blitz. Dalman and Lei need to make sure Sandwich Blitz is running effectively and efficiently before moving into a large scale company. Dalman and Lei need to consider a few things before committing to expansions.
A strength they have is their business model. They have in place a manager and a supervisor at each location. The manager is responsible for day to day operations, budgets, employee matters, and any customer service issues. They have a compensation incentives based on performance of the location. The supervisor is responsible in assisting the manager for day to day operations and assuring the customer associates are abiding to the Sandwich Blitz motto.
A weakness is Dalman and Lei have not been communicating to the fullest capacity due to Dalman spending a lot of time at all the locations to help managers resolve issues within their locations and Lei is consumed with financial matters of the company. The lack of communication has put a barrier between them to discuss and plan the future of Sandwich Blitz.
An opportunity is the ingredients. Dalman has a few ingredients he considers to be a private brand. Dalman can turn these ingredients into a market for consumers to