A small supermarket chain can only buy a relatively small volume of goods, at greater expense. Other industries Before developing a Porters five forces model consider other industries, from real estate agencies to the bicycle manufacturing industry. This will give you the broadest picture of how Porters five forces can be used...
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Here we'll consider, briefly, two industries outside the supermarket sector. Porters five forces and the auto industry It is obvious that Porters five forces and the auto industry are well suited to each other. Any prospective auto company would do well to consider these forces. The rivalry, barriers to entry might make them think again...
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1. Analyze the five forces acting on BP. Which of them appear to bring the greatest threat to the company? BP is investing huge amounts into developing new technologies. Rivalry (Moderate) Even though there is a strong rate of growth within the industry, rivalry remains moderate due to the switching costs, size of competitors (oil companies) and similarity of those competitors...	2 / 410
porters five forces Threat of substitutes depends on ? Quality. Is a substitute better? ? Buyers' willingness to substitute. ? Relative price and performance of substitutes ? Costs of switching to substitutes...	3 / 576
porters five forces The ability of customers to put the firm under pressure and it also affects the customer's sensitivity to price changes. * buyer concentration to firm concentration ratio * bargaining leverage * buyer volume * buyer switching costs relative to firm switching costs * buyer information availability * ability to backward integrate * availability of existing substitute products * buyer price sensitivity * RFM Analysis The bargaining power of suppliers Also described as market of inputs...	2 / 434
Five forces analysis The idea is that the buyers would have many choices of where to buy the materials they need. Such as the Knitwear industry, if the price of the goods is too high, then customer could easily go to the competitors that would offer the same product for less...	2 / 550