SWOT ANALYSIS ON Unisys Corporation

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Unisys Corporation, headquartered in Blue Bell,[3][4] Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware,[5] is a global provider of information technology services and programs.


Unisys was formed in September 1986 through the merger of the mainframe corporations Sperry and Burroughs, with Burroughs buying Sperry for $4.8 billion. The name was chosen in an internal competition when an intern, Charles Ayoub, came up with the UNISYS acronym from United Information Systems. The merger was the largest in the computer industry at the time and made Unisys the second largest computer company, with annual revenue of $10.5 billion.[6] At the time of the merger, Unisys had approximately 120,000 employees.

In addition to hardware, both Burroughs and Sperry had a history of working on U.S. government contracts. Unisys continues to provide hardware, software, and services to various government agencies


Strengths

* Cost advantage
* Market share leadership
* Strong financial position
* Supply chain
* Pricing
* Reputation management
* Unique products

Weaknesses

* Bad communication
* Diseconomies to scale
* Over leveraged fiancial position
* Low market share
* Poor supply chain
* Weak management team
* Weak real estate

Opportunities

* Acquisitions
* Asset leverage
* Financial markets (raise money through debt, etc)
* Innovation
* Product and services expansion
* Takeovers

Threats

* Competition
* Economic slowdown
* External changes (government, politics, taxes, etc)
* Exchange rate fluctuations
* Lower cost competitors or imports
* Maturing categories, products, or services
* Price wars
* Product substitution
 
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