ACS Property Services: Analysis

This paper provides an internal and external analysis of ACS Property Services, an Australian washing and cleaning service. It includes market size analysis, SWOT analysis, and competitive advantage.

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Executive Summary
The respective paper is a strategic business unit of the organization ACS Property Services,
which is Australia based washing and cleaning service that provides premium cleaning, washing
and maintenance assistance to private and public properties. The purpose of the paper is to find
out the internal and external analysis of the company with the help of data, information and
reports from authentic website and academic journals. The paper focuses on the company’s
internal analysis including macro and micro analysis, market size analysis and SWOT analysis.
The key outcome of the paper is the internal and external condition and competitive advantage of
the company in Australian market.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Discussion...................................................................................................................................................3
Company Overview.................................................................................................................................3
Internal company analysis.......................................................................................................................4
Competency of the company...............................................................................................................4
Market Structure and Position.............................................................................................................4
VRIO Analysis of the company...................................................................................................................5
Micro Environment Analysis...................................................................................................................6
SWOT Analysis of the Company............................................................................................................7
Porter’s Five forces Analysis of the Company..........................................................................................15
Macro environment analysis..................................................................................................................16
PEST Analysis of the Company............................................................................................................16
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
The respective paper is a strategic business unit of the organization ACS Property
Services, which is Australia based washing and cleaning service that provides premium cleaning,
washing and maintenance assistance to companies, household complexes, warehouses and farms.
Some of the most customary services of ACS property services include ground maintenance, fire
damage repair, graffiti removal, environmental audit, water damage recovery, pest control and
maintenance of parks and recreational places. A strategic business unit of an organization is an
internal and external analysis of the respective organization. Micro environment, macro
environment, SWOT analysis and internal analysis are the parts and phases of a marketing audit
of a particular organization. A marketing audit or a company is a report that talks about the
credibility, threat, strengths and opportunities of the company in the local as well as global
competitive business market. The paper focuses on the company’s marketing audit which
includes internal analysis including macro and micro analysis, market size analysis and SWOT
analysis comprehensively in order to provide a deep introspection about the company and its
credibility and position in the local Australian market as well as in the global international
market.
Discussion
Company Overview
The company ACS Property Services is an Australian company which provides services
such as washing, cleaning, hygiene services, pest control and maintenance of properties which
include buildings, complexes, corporations, parks and recreations, farms and hospitals. The

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company ACS Property Services is committed to improve their services continually and provide
their premium services by updating their staff and employees within as well as outside their
company. The company has newly introduced an online portal which provides the customers and
stakeholders of the company with transparency in the activities of the company that simplifies
reporting, capturing and making every on-site information available to their clients without any
concealment. The company proudly declares its victory of “triple certification” in 2008. The
company is committed to provide premium services with the introduction of the new, latest and
best technologies in their work and performance (Acspropertyservices.com.au.2019).
Internal company analysis
Competency of the company
Throughout Australia, ACS Property Services provides more than 350 corporate sites and
properties with cleaning, washing and maintenance services which vary from size to the specific
requirements of each client. ACS Property Services has a massive and extensive list of long term
clients including Shelford Girl’s Grammar School in Caulfield who has received optimum and
premium services from the respective company and has been satisfied. The other competitors of
ACS Property Services are Orbit Cleaning Services Australia and Clean Australia Service.
However, it has been introspected and found out that even though there are a plethora of cleaning
services in Australia, ACS Property Services provide multilayered and multi-tasking facilities to
their clients with innovations that are appreciated by all (Acspropertyservices.com.au.2019).
Market Structure and Position
The commercial cleaning services of Australia have grown over the past five years
exponentially. The revenue of the respective industry has been speculated to grow annually at

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4.1% over the five years, through 2018-2019 to $12.1billion. The reasons for the growth of such
cleaning services exponentially throughout the country are outsourcing trends and growing
number of businesses and enterprises across the economy with a great boom of industrialization
all over the country. The company ACS Property Services is in a credible position in the
Australian market and the reasons for its success are ability to effectively communicate and
negotiate, compete with production techniques that add to the company’s competitive advantage
(Ibisworld.com.au.2019).
VRIO Analysis of the company
Valuable? Rare? Costly to
imitate?
Exploited by
organization?
Competitive
implication?
Firm
performance?
Technologica
l capabilities
yes yes yes yes Significant
competitive
advantage
Average
Customer
focus
Yes No No Yes Temporary
competitive
advantage
Average
Brand
recognition
Yes No Yes Yes Significant
competitive
advantage
Above
average
Effective
marketing
Yes No Yes Yes Permanent
competitive
advantage
Above
average
Strong Yes No Yes Yes Long term Average

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distribution
capability
competitive
advantage
Micro Environment Analysis
The micro environment of a market all the factors in the respective market that affects
business strategy, decision making and performance. In the decision making process of a
respective organization, it is important to develop a macro and a micro environmental analysis
(McDONALD 2016). Micro environmental factors necessary for the analysis of the respective
company includes customers, suppliers, competitors, employees, shareholders and media which
revolve around the company and can influence the whereabouts and decision making processes
of the respective company. Micro environmental elements of ACS Property Services include:
Customers: The clients and customers of ACS Property Services have been reliable and
consistent towards the services of ACS Property Services. ACS Property Services has proudly
won many new contacts and achieved highly esteemed contract renewals in their operational
duration. Some of the company’s most trusted and consistent clients include Active Display,
Sholem College, Worksafe, Waverly BMW, Independence Australia, Brilliant Lighting and
Shelford Girls’ Grammar school (Acspropertyservices.com.au.2019).
Suppliers: ACS Property Services had appointed a professional test and tag company in order to
deliver their test and tag services in order to meet and minimize risks and casualties of any kind
at the sites of the clients and customers. For instance, the ACS Quality Assurance system had
been appointing the respective mentioned client to ensure full electrical and other safety

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measures to the sites of the clients. Such suppliers have increased the credibility and the
genuineness of the company and have added to competitive advantage of the enterprise.
Employees: The employees of ACS Property services have been performing outstandingly with
proper training sessions, knowledge sharing systems, monetary as well as non-monetary
incentives and other motivational tactics. The company has been successful in producing the
most productive and progressive employees. The online training programs and induction systems
with the help of digital portals and tools have helped not only in saving time and resources, but
also optimizing the talent, dexterity and capabilities of the company
(Acspropertyservices.com.au.2019).
SWOT Analysis of the Company
One of the most important models of micro environmental analysis of a particular
company is SWOT Analysis, which is Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats analysis of
a particular company which focuses on the internal and micro factors of the company and how
can it affect the company in terms of business, revenue, reputation and goodwill (Blockeel et al.
2016). SWOT analysis of ACS Property Services has been provided hereafter.
Strengths
1. Customer centrism: The company ACS
Property Services of Australia is
committed towards customer
experience and satisfaction and is also
committed to provide the customers
and clients with remarkable, premium
Weaknesses
1. Cleaning work means low pay,
compressed schedules and high work
intensity. Such intense physical
pressure on the workers as well as
freelance workers who work under the
company might face troubles, however,

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and ultimate services which is fast,
convenient and sustainable as well as
eco-friendly and client friendly. The
company has its diligent and dedicated
team of quality management and
customer care who toil relentlessly to
bring the best to the customers and is
ready for any kind of assistance or
support to their customers with the help
of digital as well as manual portals. The
company also possesses an emergency
team which works according to the
urgent needs and emergency of the
clients, who are ready to help at any
hour of the day keeping themselves
flexible and open to all kinds of
physical as well as psycho-social
challenges. The company has a phone
support service that helps the customers
receive any kind of assistance via a
phone call which is convenient and
credible. Advocating for the customers
is the central theme and objective of the
such problems are not been noted down
or met with by the respective company,
which can affect the company
performance.
2. Since the industry in the mentioned
sector is highly competitive, therefore,
the company would have been taking
up more competitive strategies and
more powerful financial measures in
order to survive and thrive in the
competitive world of business in
Australia.

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company.
2. The company has been committed to a
continued investment in smarter
technological solutions for their
operations and functions. The company
has introduced a digital portal which is
an online ACS management portal that
helps the customers stay connected
with the company as well as keeping an
up to date news of the functioning and
whereabouts of the company easily and
quickly without much effort. The
company is innovative and its
important priority is investment in their
operations and functions in order to
optimize as well as maximize their
services for the sake of satisfaction of
their customers. The real time system
portal allows the company to view staff
timing and attendance tracking, long
help desk calls and extra service
requests, real time on-the-sight
happening reports and news,

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inspections of quality assurance with
inclusion of different quality
parameters, test and tag audits and on-
sight photographic documentation.
3. The company allows and facilitates
transitions. The company helps or
assists the other property services
companies in the transition process and
has the ability to come out and evaluate
the premises of the other company
using their own proven approach. The
company understands the needs of the
respective contracted company during
the initial stages of the contract. The
company is productive enough to
guarantee their work and performance
in the respective contract.
4. ACS property services is an
environmental friendly and
environmentally informed and
motivated company, often called as
“green company”. The company has
been promoting environmental

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concerns and is committed to reduce
their environmental footprint in their
business functions and operations. The
company has taken the responsibility to
source sustainable and chemical free
environmental friendly products and
also purchasing less power intensive
equipment. In order to reduce carbon
footprint from their functions and
operations, the company has allocated
their suppliers with tasks of identifying
new technologies to execute it
effectively.
5. The company ACS Property Services
Australia is certified three times. The
company is has identified, realized and
recognized the importance of safety,
quality outcomes, the environmental
concerns and sustainability. Such
factors have immensely helped the
customers of the company to be
confident and trust the company. As the
company is committed solemnly and

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strictly to meet and maintain the world
standards while undertaking their
services, the management of their staff
and the surroundings, therefore, the
company has been accredited and
certified as one of the most important
cleaning and Maintenance Company of
Australia. The company is dedicated to
maintain high and premium standards
of service and is in a constant revival,
update and improvement of their
services year in and year out including
internal audit and analysis, customer
feedback and staff allocation.
6. The company has an excellent team
spirit. The company ACS Property
services of Australia believes in the fact
that success is highly based on the team
work and team spirit of an organization.
The unity of the members of the team
of the company is remarkably unique
and is one of the reasons for its
development. The diverse skills of

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diverse employees provide premium
services to the customers. With the help
of training, inclusion and
empowerment, the company believes
that a strong team can be built which
would be responsible for the success of
the company.
7. The clients and customers of ACS
Property Services have been reliable
and consistent towards the services of
ACS Property Services. ACS Property
Services has proudly won many new
contacts and achieved highly esteemed
contract renewals in their operational
duration. Some of the company’s most
trusted and consistent clients include
Active Display, Sholem College,
Worksafe, Waverly BMW,
Independence Australia, Brilliant
Lighting and Shelford Girls’ Grammar
school
(Acspropertyservices.com.au.2019).
Opportunities Threats

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1. Effective team work and high team
spirit within the organizational
departments of the respective company
might be increasing the productivity of
the employees to a greater extent. The
company has been engaging itself into
online training programs and induction
programs that had helped in
enhancement of the employees and
productivity of the company
holistically.
2. The company has been leading in
innovation. The company has
introduced ACS Portal which is an in-
house management system that
provides the clients with simple access
point to view their on-the-job and field
work for evaluation. It has also
introduced unique products electrical
mop or i-mop, an electronic sanitizer
called iClean mini, urethrine coating of
grip guard for the floor and chemical
free cleaners and water sanitizers as
1. Cleaning work means low pay,
compressed schedules and high work
intensity. Such intense physical
pressure on the workers as well as
freelance workers who work under the
company might face. Such problems
are not been noted down or met with by
the respective company, which can
affect the company performance.
2. The respective industry of cleaning and
maintenance in Australian context is
highly competitive and can lead to
riskier consequences in future
(Acspropertyservices.com.au.2019).

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their products apart from services.
Their products are remarkable and
unique which has added to a
competitive advantage from other
adjacent business enterprises
(Acspropertyservices.com.au.2019).
Porter’s Five forces Analysis of the Company
Threat to new entrants: As ACS property services is a “green company”, therefore, it possess
certain competitive advantage over other cleaning and maintenance companies in Australia. It
has invested on innovative technologies; therefore, it has created barriers to new entries in the
market.
Threat of substitutes: The other substitute companies in the Australian market such as CMC
(cleaning maintenance property services), Australian Green Clean, and A cleaner world are
competitive enough to be posing a threat to ACS property services as the respective industry of
cleaning and maintenance in Australian context is highly competitive.
Bargaining power of customers: with the increase in industrialization, urbanization and busy
lifestyle, the need for such cleaning and maintenance has been in fashion in Australia. The
bargaining power of the customers in the context of Australia apparently doesn’t have any
pressure.

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Bargaining power of the supplier: The enterprise has both differentiating as well as concentrating
suppliers. The suppliers of the company are important and the quality of the service they provide
depends upon them. Therefore, the suppliers have possibility to negotiate with them.
Rivalry among existing firms: the existing firms can possess threat to ACS property services.
Macro environment analysis
Environmental analysis is the analysis of major external and uncontrollable factors that
are significant enough to influence the decision making process of an organization and also
affects it polices and strategies. Certain factors of macro environment analysis include economic,
demographical, legal, social and technological factors that affect an organization on broader or
macro level. The most important model of macro environment analysis is PEST Analysis, which
includes Political, Economic, Social and Technological factors in the market (Cadle, Paul and
Turner 2014). The PEST Analysis of the respective company ACS Property Services has been
solved hereafter.
PEST Analysis of the Company
Political factors
1. Australia is a developed country having
a planned, systematic and developed
economy with a systematic boom on
industrialization that has paved way for
the necessity of cleaning and
maintenance companies.
2. According to the Fair Work Act of
Economic factors
Australian economy is developed and also in a
constant endeavor to develop itself in every
sphere with the greatest boom of
industrialization. The commercial cleaning
services of Australia have grown over the past
five years exponentially. The revenue of the
respective industry has been speculated to

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Australia, the company has to comply
by the labor laws put therein for its
employees and professionals, including
casual and temporary workers (Bray
and Stewart 2013).
grow annually at 4.1% over the five years,
through 2018-2019 to $12.1billion. In such
market situation, the company has every
possibility to survive and thrive in the market
(Ibisworld.com.au.2019).
Social factors
1. Australia is collectively diverse and
relatively young society with the
population of the youth being almost
half of the population
(Grattan.edu.au.2014). The population
of Australia is educated with a
multicultural society. In such situation,
the company has the chances to survive
and thrive as it can use the diverse,
highly skilled, educated and optimized
population in its company in order to
develop and enhance the company and
its performance in the market.
Technological factors
1. Australia, as it is known, is considered
to be one of the blessed countries in
terms of technological boom and
development. Australia, in the present
times, is using the best technologies
and internet services at every level,
beginning from schools, colleges,
homes, universities to offices and
industries (Grattan.edu.au.2014).
Therefore, such factors can add to the
positive points for the respective
company ACS Property services in
expanding and enhancing their business
on a large scale.

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Conclusion
Therefore, the paper concludes with the strategic business unit and marketing audit of the
organization ACS Property Services, which is Australia based washing and cleaning service that
provides premium cleaning, washing and maintenance assistance to companies, household
complexes, warehouses and farms. The paper focuses on the company’s marketing audit which
includes internal analysis including macro and micro analysis, market size analysis, PEST
Analyis and SWOT analysis comprehensively in order to provide a deep introspection about the
company and its credibility and position in the Australian business market.

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