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STRATEGIC/BUSINESS PLANNING

Attaining World Class Manufacturing status demands planning and understanding the strategic direction for your company. For most companies, the lack of clear, concise strategic plans leads to uncoordinated efforts throughout the organization. Failing to provide this strategic direction yields results that are below the potential and expected levels necessary for maximum long-term growth and profitability. Establishing overall direction statements (mission and vision) and understanding your core competencies, markets and competition are fundamental to achieving this World Class success.

TCA’s proven process helps your leadership team develop the strategic plans necessary to lay the foundation for success, for the entire organization. TCA’s proven methodology can assist your leadership and management team, to clearly identify where future efforts should be placed.

OBJECTIVES

Develop the Strategic Planning process necessary to attain World Class status by:

• Facilitating planning discussions that define direction statements
• Facilitate discussions that define markets, competition and core competencies
• Aligning leadership efforts
• Communicating plans to entire organization
• Detailing steps for implementation

APPROACH

• Define Company’s value/belief system
• Define Company’s mission and vision
• Define Company’s markets, core competencies and competition
• Develop clear, concise summaries of these statements
• Develop overall objectives
• Develop supporting strategies for the business plan
   » Marketing plan
   » Operation plan
   » Sales plan
   » Distribution plan
• Do gap analysis and contingency planning
• Develop one-page plan summary
• Implement strategic plan

TCA CONTRIBUTIONS

To support this approach, TCA will:

• Facilitate leadership discussions
• Assist with preparation of planning documents
• Assist with preparation of output documents
• Coach and assist in process of implementation, throughout the organization

TCA believes the keys to successful strategic planning are understanding and a common belief in overall company objectives. We honor this belief by encouraging full participation of your personnel in all phases. This partnership assists clients with the establishment of clear, concise goals and objectives, necessary for attaining success.

BENEFITS

• The entire organization will develop an understanding of the common goals and objectives of the company
• The development of a planning process, that allows leadership to continually update, monitor and direct the company
• Establishes the process to allow the company to repeat planning activities in subsequent years
• Creates a planning oriented organization
• Makes monitoring of planned activities part of the normal process of doing business
• Creates a clear, concise roadmap of activities
• Institutionalizes one-page planning process
• Establishes the framework for success