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SWOT ANALYSIS ON Colt's Manufacturing Company : Colt's Manufacturing Company (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States firearms manufacturer originally founded in 1836. It is best known for the engineering, production, and marketing of dozens of different firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century. It has made many civilian and military designs used in the United States, as well was many other countries.

Among the most famous colt products are the Walker Colt, used by the United States Mounted Rifles in the Mexican-American War, and the "Colt .45" revolver, the proper name of which is the Single Action Army or Peacemaker. Later well-known CMC revolvers include the Colt Python and Colt Anaconda. John Browning also worked for Colt for a time, and came up with now ubiquitous parallel slide type of design for a pistol, which debuted on the Colt M1900 pistol, leading to numerous pistol designs including the famous Colt M1911 pistol. Though they did not develop it, for a long time Colt was primarily responsible for the M16 rifle production, as well as of many derivative firearms. The most successful and famous of these are numerous M16 carbines, including the Colt Commando family, and the M4 carbine.


Strengths

* Solid product portfolio (aeronautics, electronic & space systems, integrated solutions, others)
* Strong relationship with the US government
* High asset turnover
* Strong financial performance

Weaknesses

* Close to 85% of revenues come from one source: US government
* Softness in aeronautics division
* Revenue per employee significantly lower compared to Boeing, Rolls Royce
* Low price approach achieved at the expense of employee salaries and high turnover

Opportunities

* Order backlog simply needs to be fulfilled
* Recent acquisitions (i.e.,. Aculight Corporation)
* Rising defense spending in the US and worldwide

Threats

* Rising commodity prices
* Government contracts & future regulation
* Potential decreases in US government spending
* Employee retention & availability
 
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SWOT ANALYSIS ON Colt's Manufacturing Company : Colt's Manufacturing Company (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States firearms manufacturer originally founded in 1836. It is best known for the engineering, production, and marketing of dozens of different firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century. It has made many civilian and military designs used in the United States, as well was many other countries.

Among the most famous colt products are the Walker Colt, used by the United States Mounted Rifles in the Mexican-American War, and the "Colt .45" revolver, the proper name of which is the Single Action Army or Peacemaker. Later well-known CMC revolvers include the Colt Python and Colt Anaconda. John Browning also worked for Colt for a time, and came up with now ubiquitous parallel slide type of design for a pistol, which debuted on the Colt M1900 pistol, leading to numerous pistol designs including the famous Colt M1911 pistol. Though they did not develop it, for a long time Colt was primarily responsible for the M16 rifle production, as well as of many derivative firearms. The most successful and famous of these are numerous M16 carbines, including the Colt Commando family, and the M4 carbine.


Strengths

* Solid product portfolio (aeronautics, electronic & space systems, integrated solutions, others)
* Strong relationship with the US government
* High asset turnover
* Strong financial performance

Weaknesses

* Close to 85% of revenues come from one source: US government
* Softness in aeronautics division
* Revenue per employee significantly lower compared to Boeing, Rolls Royce
* Low price approach achieved at the expense of employee salaries and high turnover

Opportunities

* Order backlog simply needs to be fulfilled
* Recent acquisitions (i.e.,. Aculight Corporation)
* Rising defense spending in the US and worldwide

Threats

* Rising commodity prices
* Government contracts & future regulation
* Potential decreases in US government spending
* Employee retention & availability

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