Day Care Swot Analysis Paper

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“For this assignment, I chose to analyze and comment on a Daycare Business Plan for “The Toddler Warehouse” (http://www.bplans.com/child_care_business_plan/executive_summary_fc.cfm). “We will make good use of the SWOT tool (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) for the overall analysis, and later we comment on the veracity and applicability of the plan for a professional daycare center”. “Strengths – The Toddler Warehouse (TW) will be “a full-service childcare, development facility that cares for toddlers from age three to five.” ” This is a clearly a strength since TW places the idea of “full-service” as predominant in its format and summary”. “TW…show more content…
(“Threats come from all sorts of areas within the market.) Depending on the aggressiveness and business acumen of the current ChildCare centers, an advertising, price war could exist”. (“This would tie up time, resources, funding, and focus for TW, yet if their break-even is a certain family makeup and number, then they must fight for that.”) “Threats also include those of an economic nature: TW is planning on utilizing financing at a certain competitive rate, those rates, within an unstable economy, most especially for a new business, may be far higher than expected, and the amount of down-payment and owner contributions greater”. “This could have a very real impact upon the timing and efficacy of the plan”. “Additionally, depending on the community involved, the economic situation will likely have a clear effect upon the disposable income of the family structure in their demographic type, as well as the ability for active and effective advertising and promotion (See: “The Current Economy’s Impact on Child Care,
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