Meiji Holdings SWOT Analysis, Competitors & USP

Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd & Meiji Dairies Corporation

Food Processing

Food & Beverages

Tastiness, Enjoyment, Health and Reassurance

Committing to customer-based ideas and behaviors while providing safe and reassuring high-quality products

Business segments: Confectionery, Dairy, Healthcare & Nutritionals, Pharmaceuticals, Agricultural Chemicals & Veterinary Drugs

Households, chefs & restaurants, farmers, doctors, chemists

Working to widen the world of “Tastiness, Enjoyment, Health and Reassurance” and endeavor to always be there to brighten its customers daily lives

Below are the Strengths in the SWOT Analysis of Meiji Holdings:

1. Foods segment offers extensive product lineup that satisfies all ages: from infants to seniors holding No. 1 position in the milk chocolate & yoghurt industry
2. Pharmaceuticals business realizes high quality, a stable supply, and low-cost operations by optimal use of domestic and overseas production sites
3. Pharmaceuticals business maintains a solid position as Japan’s leading company in rice blast preventatives and insecticides field and livestock and fishery fields in the agricultural chemicals and veterinary drugs area
4. Foods segment features technology and infrastructure enabling the use of virtually all types of distribution channels and distribution temperatures to market a wide range of products

Here are the weaknesses in the Meiji Holdings SWOT Analysis:

1.Marketing capabilities in Agricultural Chemicals & Veterinary Drugs segment
2. High fixed costs in Confectionery business
3.Low sales of livestock drugs and fishery veterinary drugs
4. Limited global penetration and awareness compared to global players

Following are the Opportunities in Meiji Holdings SWOT Analysis:

1.Developing businesses in markets for low-priced pharmaceuticals, primarily in Asia and emerging countries
2.Embarking upon forward-looking strategic investment and endeavor to improve profitability
3.Utilizing knowledge, expertise, and technology to enhance product portfolio of powerful brands even further

The threats in the SWOT Analysis of Meiji Holdings are as mentioned:

1. Japan being an earthquake prone region
2.Impacts from the increasing economic uncertainty in the United States which may cause the global economy to slow down at a higher rate than expected
3.Impact of foreign exchange fluctuations

Below are the top 3 competitors of Meiji Holdings:

1.Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

2. Morinaga & Co., Ltd.

3. Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.