UGB335 Strategic Marketing Evaluation Report: BYD Energy Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive strategic marketing evaluation of BYD Energy, a high-tech company specializing in zero-emission energy solutions. The report begins with an introduction to BYD Energy, outlining its mission and vision. Task 1 focuses on a situational analysis, including a critical company analysis, competitive analysis (using the 7Ps model to compare BYD Energy with Tesla and Samsung SDI), and customer analysis. It also examines strategic collaborations and contextual factors. The report then moves to Task 2, which explores strategic marketing options and planning for the future, including innovation strategies, international marketing strategies, and the challenges BYD Energy may face. The Ansoff Growth Matrix is applied to evaluate growth strategies. The report concludes with a summary of findings and recommendations for BYD Energy's marketing strategies. The report is well-structured and includes detailed analyses of BYD's strengths, weaknesses, and competitive position, providing valuable insights into its marketing strategies and future prospects.

Strategic Marketing
Evaluation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1- SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS..........................................................................................3
Critical company analysis of BYD Energy............................................................................3
Critical Competitive Analysis of BYD Energy......................................................................5
Critical Customer Analysis of BYD Energy........................................................................10
Critical Strategic Collaboration & Contextual factors/issues...............................................11
TASK 2- STRATEGIC MARKETING OPTIONS AND PLANNING IN FUTURE..................12
Innovation Strategies for BYD Energy................................................................................12
International Marketing Strategies for BYD Energy............................................................14
The challenges facing BYD Energy in future......................................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Marketing a very critical and one of the most important influential factor which plays a
vital role in revenue, profits and growth of an entity. It is an act of spreading awareness in public
about the goods and Services Company is offering (Chernev, 2018). Moreover, marketing
includes promotional plans and strategies for effective introduction of products and services in
market and for attracting the targeted audiences. Therefore, marketing is considered as a
fundamental activity and most important operational action in an organisation small or large,
public or private. The current report is developed on Build Your Dreams Energy or BYD Energy
a high-tech organisation dealing in technology sector, innovating and developing zero-emission
energy solutions for customers. The company is focused and devoted to technology and
innovation creates best energy products for customers with the aim of rendering better life,
building efficient, safe and sustainable energy storage solutions of renewable energy.
The assignment is developed for thorough evaluation of the strategic marketing options
and plans which includes two segments in the report. The first is situational analysis where a
brief introduced of the organisation will be presented. Moving along customer and competitive
evaluation will be conducted as well with the help of Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
model and Marketing Mix or 7P's tools. At the end, in this part of the report collaborative and
contextual factors are overlooked critically for knowing the marketing trend. In the next, part of
the assignment strategic marketing options are going to be evaluated with the help of models and
theories such as Innovation Strategies or Relationship Strategies or International Marketing
Strategies and many more.
TASK 1- SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
Critical company analysis of BYD Energy
Vision/Mission:
The Vision and Mission statement of BYD Energy reflects upon its aim to develop and
render the best solutions to customers for renewable resources. The company is focused over
innovation and work for developing zero-emission energy solutions for residential and
commercial purposes (Keegan and Rowley, 2017).
Growth Strategies:

Ansoff Growth matrix a tool for strategic planning and effective operational functions
to work in current market amongst competitors and dynamic condition. The models is known as
product or market expansion grid. It has four segments representing separate growth options and
variances along with unique risks. The Ansoff growth matrix is discussed in detail in context of
BYD Energy for evaluating and suggesting the best growth option to the firm.
 Market Penetration- The first option is of market penetration stating to increase and
induce the marketing and promotional activities in the current market for improving the
customer base. Risk associated is very low and so as the success because the market is
already saturated as product offering is old. This is not suitable for BYD Energy as the
firm has enough customer base (Pham and et. al., 2019).
 Product Development- The next option in the matrix is of products development stating
the changes to be made in product portfolio of the company. BYD Energy is suggested to
innovate and develop new more attracting offerings for the existing customers. This
strategy is already being adopted by entity as its vision and mission statement shows the
devotion of firm towards innovation and building best renewable energy storage solution
for the society.
 Market Development- The next strategy of of market development which includes huge
risk. The growth option states that the company should develop new market for its
existing products by entering new regions with their operations and with exiting products
and services. The risk involved is of failure as BYD Energy do not known anything about
the marketplace, its trends either social, cultural etc. which can lead to unsuccessful
strategies and plans being developed and company cannot attain their goals and aims.
 Diversification- The last and the most risky growth option is of diversification which
suggest that the organisations should move into an entirely new market and develop a
new offering for them in order to fulfil their needs and requirements. It involved huge
risk of failure but BYD Energy can easily work upon it company is concentrated over
innovation and their aim is to render better lives to people and societies for which they
innovate and focus over technological advancement for developing the best energy
storage offerings (Coffie, Blankson and Dadzie, 2018). This is the most suitable growth
and expansion strategy for the organisation as the entity have appropriate knowledge and
skills to work upon the requirements and mitigate the risks involved.

Competences:
The slogan of BYD Energy is ‘New Energy Give us new future’ showing the company's
power and efficiencies. The competences of BYD Energy is clear through it, entity believes in
providing best technologies which are updated and developed with zero carbon emission
technology. The entity is competent enough to regularly innovate and invent new offerings that
are evolving according to the revolutions taking place in technology. Another competency of
BYD Energy is its mission statement reflecting upon its aim of providing non-toxic and pollution
free energy to people and to the society.
Competitive Advantage:
The term competitive advantage refers to the ability which is keeping the organisation
stay one step ahead of its competitors or rendering strong competition to for holding sustainable
position in the market (Sahaf, 2019). The company BYD Energy also hold several competitive
factors which keeps the entity running and allow it to be leading in the marketplace. Few
competitive edge of BYD Energy are as follows:
 First two are the innovative power and passion of BYD Energy. The company is
passionate for developing the best innovative and new offerings for consumers for
developing and providing the best energy products which are pollution free.
 Another competitive power of BYD Energy is its excellence and pragmatism while
running its operations. Entity and its management develops plan after thorough
evaluation and by developing appropriate understanding of different risk, power and
other factors associated to it.
Critical Competitive Analysis of BYD Energy
Competitive analysis is a phenomena that is used for knowing the competition existing in
the similar marketplace of the company. Competitive analysis is must for the business as it will
provide an idea to the entity about the rivals existing, their power over the market, competencies
and most importantly their market share. A tool which is helpful in conducting competitive
analysis in relation with marketing is the 7P's model which is also known as Marketing Mix.
The Marketing Mix tool is a framework which has seven element and focusing over
seven tactical areas that are essential to be examined on marketing perspective for developing
most efficient marketing strategies and promotional ideas. The marketing mix of two competitors
of BYD Energy is also presented of comparisons and in-depth examination.

7P's BYG Energy Tesla Samsung SDI
Product The product offering
of the BYD energy 8
items that are energy
solutions developed by
innovative
technologies. The
company generate eco
friendly zero carbon
anything products that
are not at all harmful
to the environment and
provides utmost
benefits to the
customers.
Tesla is one of the
leading brand in the
world in technology
and automobile
industry giving huge
competition to all the
different organisations
the present in domestic
and international
market places. Is one
of the biggest
competitor of BYD
Energy too which
designs, develops,
manufacture and cell
electronic vehicles and
energy storage systems
along which installs,
operates and maintains
solar energy products
as well.
The product offering
of Samsung SDI is
offer specialisation in
renewable Energy and
energy storage
systems. The company
sells battery products
data of different types.
The organisation also
offers automotive and
electronic batteries
that are used in
semiconductors and
display fields (French
and Gordon, 2019).
Price Technology is not
sleep at all the cost of
new technologies are
always higher than the
existing one as they
are revolutionary and
updated. Therefore the
prices of the products
The pricing strategy
for the price of
products that are
offered by Tesla is the
highest amongst all the
competitors still the
brand is profitable and
regulatory growing
The pricing strategy of
Samsung SDI is is
comparatively higher
then BYD Energy as a
parent company
belongs to the Chinese
Market where cost
cutting is easy.

offered by the
biotechnology and not
low and only few
people from the
society can afford it.
because office
competitive edge of
uniqueness.
Place The entity has a huge
distribution channel
offering products to
different stores along
with making use of
online platforms and
technology for
rendering the
customers all the
required services and
products (Shilbury and
et. al., 2020).
The distribution
channels are
aggressively used buy
Tesla to provide
exactly what customer
needs, when the
needed and how they
needed by both
physical and virtual
platforms. The after
sales services of Tesla
also the best amongst
all different
organisations of the
similar industry.
Distribution channel of
Samsung SDI is more
diverse and flexible in
comparison with BYD
Energy as the store has
presence in several
markets and in huge
numbers.
Promotion In case of promoting
and spreading
awareness among the
public about the
offerings and services
of BYD Energy the
organisation have
developed several
advertising and
promotional activities
The Promotional
channels and strategies
that used buy Tesla are
technology driven and
shows the efficient use
of technology.
Marketing strategies
and promotional plans
of Tesla involves
innovation the
Samsung SDI make
use of digital
marketing, graphical
tools and social media
to keep people
attracted. Promotional
strategies of Samsung
SDI involves attractive
advertisements that are
digitally produced and

through which the
educate customers and
targeted audiences
about their goods and
services.
company uses the
technology in every
stage including
marketing while
developing
promotional ideas and
executing all the
strategies.
graphically edited
which are eye catching
and easily remembered
by people keeping
them aware and
remember.
Process The processes that are
used by the entities for
reducing the distance
between them and the
customers the
company makes use of
both online and offline
pathways for
efficiently providing
the products to the
consumers whenever
required and ordered
by them along with
providing them after
Sales Service as well.
Online and offline
processes are used
there are similar to all
the different
businesses in the
industry differentiating
app on the level and
the aggressiveness of
the functions that are
performed by Tesla in
both the segments
(Thrassou, Vrontis and
Bresciani, 2018).
The most common
paths that is used by
all different
organisations in the
current business
scenarios and
industries are online
and offline. Samsung
SDI also make use of
both physical and
virtual platforms to
distribute its offerings
and earn revenues.
People The organisation BYD
Energy as always been
loyal to their
customers as well as to
their employees by
keeping them satisfied
and focus about their
World's best scientist,
engineers, marketers
accountants and other
work force are
engaged with Tesla.
People are attracted
towards the company
Employee base is
referring to the people
of the business.
Samsung SDI have the
world's best employees
and expertise. The
company make sure to

needs and problems. It
enables The entity to
motivate the staff and
keep them happy
while working with
the organisation in the
workplace.
its operations and the
growth they receive
while working with
the organisation which
enthusiastic and retain
them for the longest
period possible which
the brand and which in
the organisation.
bring in the best
talents and to manage
them efficiently by
retaining the experts
for the longest period
possible within the
organisation.
Physical Evidence The promotional
activities, catalogues,
brochures, online
presence and physical
stores are the
evidences that
provided to the public
by the organisation for
or showing their
existence and proof of
their operations.
The Last but not the
least is the physical
presence of Tesla that
is true all the different
activities that is
performed by
organisation for
dealing in the market
and running its
operations in the
industry. The new
product launch has
different stages which
creates hype in the
audience and attracts
the largest customer
base towards the brand
keeping their physical
presence identified
easily by different
globally present
customers and
Physical evidence of
Samsung SDI
existence and
operations is provided
through its very
aggressive and
potential marketing
plans that are executed
efficiently with the
motive of attaining
utmost advantage of it
by the company in
relation with the
objectives and pre-
determined goals
(Burford and Chan,
2017).

investors.
Critical Customer Analysis of BYD Energy
Customer analysis is an important part of critical situation in valuation of the entity in
order to develop efficient marketing plans and programs. Segmentation, targeting and
Positioning or STP is a framework that consists of three marketing stages which simplifies and
summarises the process of market segmentation which is helpful for the business organisation to
increase sales while focusing on the particular targeted audience with are the relevant offerings.
In relation to BYD Energy the model is discussed in detail and underneath where all the three
approaches are evaluated for company's benefits and in relation with Marketing of products and
services.
Segmentation:
The first stage of this marketing phenomenon is to divide the marketplace into small
groups that are known as segments. These groups are divided according to the similarity in their
behaviours, characteristics and features. The first stage of segmentation helps be organisation
BYD Energy to divide the customers and potential buyers into small groups and match their of
rings with the needs as well as characteristics. The company is making use of geographical and
psychographic segmentation method where the company is dividing the market through regions
geographical basis and targets the beliefs of the society related to renewable energy sources
where the myth related to renewable sources of energy being wasted and can't be stored for long
period is reduced (Keshavarz and Jamshidi, 2018).
Targeting:
The targeting method is the next stage of the process where the organisation determined
and identifies different markets and developed different strategies to target the customers that
were divided into groups in the above stage. The higher and elite class families and people from
societies are targeted by BYD Energy. This is because of one particular reason that is technology
is expensive and it is not easily adopted or afforded by people. The product offering of BYD
Energy is huge but involves cost which is not easily borne by all the segments of the society.
Therefore the customer base is restricted to commercial businesses and families in residential
segment.
Positioning:

The third and the last stage of the marketing strategy is Positioning where the entity has
the responsibility to make itself position in the market in such way that the offerings and its
presence is recognised by all the different segments and most specifically by the targeted
audience. Positioning help the company in decreasing the market of its competitors and
increasing the brand image and equity market by positioning the products efficiently and
attaining the goals and objectives that set in advance in the beginning of the operations. BYD
Energy make use of social media channels and other digital marketing tools to establish itself
and its presence in the market and attracting the largest customer base. Social media is
considered to be one of the best gifts that is provided by technology to the marketing industry
that is efficient and cheap to utilise along with attracting the highest consumer base within the
respective targeted audience (Moutinho and Vargas-Sanchez, 2018).
Critical Strategic Collaboration & Contextual factors/issues
There are numerous contextual factors and issues that are related with the strategic
collaboration of business with the market and with the various different operations of the
organisation. These factors and issues are elaborated in relation to BYD Energy below:
 Social trends- The first is the social trends that are referring to words the changes taking
place in the needs and preferences of people and more specifically of the targeted
audience. The battery is provided by BYD Energy are developed with eco friendly
technology that are producing less carbon emission and less pollution to the environment.
But technologies are expensive and cost attractive which is being replaced by less costly
technologies that are more upgraded and potential changing the social trends and dividing
the customer’s attention towards them.
 Other issues- The few other issues that the organisation phased array related with
promotions distribution and other related processes which are associated with the market
structure. the promotional tools and strategies that are developed and utilised by BYD
Energy are not efficient enough and also are not updated as well which caused huge
problem for the brand and affected its marketing strategies and ideas.

TASK 2- STRATEGIC MARKETING OPTIONS AND PLANNING IN
FUTURE
Innovation Strategies for BYD Energy
Innovation is the term that is most flourishing in the world right-now which has potential
impact on business world and all the different types of industries present globally. Innovation is a
phenomena that shows the development of new offerings by making changes and updating the
existing the offerings and changing them into new and advanced products.
The mission statement of BYD Energy outlines over its path towards innovation and
technological development in the automating industry. The company's one of the competency is
its innovative offering and regularly updating technologies in accordance with the revolution and
advancement taking place in technology industry. BYD Energy is developing energy storage
solutions for customer which is ozone-friendly and does not emits carbon emission in the
environment causing more pollution (David and David, 2016).
BYD Energy innovates and develops products which are introduced in markets such as
low and high voltage battery boxes for residential and commercial purpose, have introduced
excellent intelligence connected with D-Link and other E platforms which are now part of
product portfolio of BYD Energy. The innovation strategies are of four types which are
represented in Innovation Matrix enabling leaders to identify the best suitable and the most
productive for their company and solve the problems.