Sustainable Lawn Care Case Study

Sustainable Lawn Care Case Study

1. Define Lawn Care’s current strategic mission, strategy, competitive priorities, value chain, and how it wins customers. What are the order qualifiers and winners? Draw the major stages in its value chain without an application service.

Lawn Care’s current strategic mission is to provide the highest-quality grass seed and fertilizer in the world but just delivered to consumers without an application service. The target markets for Lawn Care are upscale facilities such as parks and golf courses. The company’s strategy is to supply the “right product to the right customer at the right time.”

Competitors in the market identified that there was a need for the application of grass seed and fertilizer and was exploring the possibility of expanding to residential applications. Lawn Care’s competitors offer a hassle free solution to environmental issues of improper applications of their products. The competitors identified that customers would receive a large benefit from the proper application and a hassle free service that could be combined with the sale of the product. Many customers look for the best value for the price.

2. What problems, if any, do you see with Lawn Care’s current strategy, vision, customer benefit package and value chain design, and pre- and post-services?

Lawn Care’s current strategy is limited. The vision is to provide customers with the “right product at the right time” and the strategy must change to meet clienteles’ needs. Their products are not being applied properly which is resulting in damaged or poor results. Pre-service could be included in the value chain to explain to customers the maintenance require to receive the best result and when the best time would be to apply their product. There are environment issues that must be considered and soil compounds that may need additional steps that non-experts may not know. Post-service could have application services such as re-seeding or maintenance, include training of proper maintenance purchasers, or offer bundling packages.

3. Redo questions (1) and (2) provide a new or revised strategy and associated customer benefit package and value chain that is more appropriate for today’s market.

Lawn Care’s strategy should be more closely aligned with what their competitors are doing. If Lawn Care fails to offer an application service for their product they will eventually lose more and more customers. The company must develop a complete pre and post service to retain customers and draw new clientele. It is important for organizations to meet customer needs and provide excellent service. They have to set themselves apart from their competitors and go a step further to ensure the success of the business.

4. What does operations have to be good at to successfully execute your revised strategy?

Operations