BUS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Michael Williams (Geographer), Swot Analysis, North American Free Trade Agreement
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Weakness: statistics canada says manufacturing sales fell 2. 6 per cent to . 5 billion in july 2017, this language barrier pattern continues to follow. Threat: differences in customer service and communication styles could affect the expectations in turnover issues to meet quality and production target quality. Strength: continuing drug war; border control issues and illegal immigration could rise large workforce: proximity to us-to-mexico, more plants being built, possible nafta changes tilting towards us benefits. Weakness: high labour cost, manufacturing industry declining steadily. Opportunity: advancement in technology for us; high productivity rate, ease of communication due to similar time zones. Mexico low labour costs are an attractive attribute to canada and usa. Strength: manufacturing industry to increase by the end of 2018 t0 billion, government continues to focus on education to increase skilled workers in manufacturing, proximity to usa and canada, growing middle class, increasing workforce.
