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Strategic Planning for the Proactive Business Leader

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Challenge to Win Business Plan/Customer Driven Strategic Planning/Information Manager/BPR/Business Leader/Dynamic Process

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Quick FAQ Proactive Manager/Reference Tool/Business Knowledge/Beat your Competition/Well-organized/CD/Explore

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FAQ Mission Driven/Customer/Data Collection/Rule Driven/Data Analysis/Consultant/Implementation

Answers for the most frequently asked questions.

Introduction Action Plan/Qualitative Data/Quantitative Data/Information Manager/Competitive Edge/Redundancy/Homepage

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Time Schedule Education/Customer Survey/Quality Survey/Data Analysis/Follow-up/Strategic Plan/Promote/Employee/Buy-in

Have your own strategic plan created or improved within 3 months, based on our step by step instructions!

Subjects: A-Z

Acquisitions/Mergers/Diversification/CEO/Well-managed/Attitude/Maximizing/Grass-roots

Shows why 50% of acquisitions fall short and what to do to avoid failure.

Balance Sheet/Prime Objective/Position/Up-to-date/Trade Creditor/Contingent/Liabilities/

The prime objective of balance sheet review is to ascertain the current financial position of the company.

Bankruptcy/Action Step/Work Plan/Prepare/Cash Need/Review/Decline/FundingAssess

Short term action plan to avoid bankruptcy.

Benchmarking/Objectives/Best/Focus/World Class/Speculate/Performance/Stakeholder/Best-of

Learn how to avoid pitfalls of benchmarking.

Best Practice/Best Practices/Business Strategy/Operating Unit/USD/Strategic Goal/Factor/Vision Statement/Vision/Increase/Internal Factor/External Factors

Explains best practices, vision statement, and goals.

BPR/ Business Process Reengineering/Evaluation/Symptoms/In-depth/Financial Restructuring

BPR step by step, using an excellent information manager.

Brainstorming/Improvement/Idea/Target/Group Energy/Flipchart/Vertical/Thinking/Organize

Why, when, how to use brainstorming...

Budget/Budgeting/Administrative Expense/Production/Profit and Loss/Statement/Operational

The master budget and its components.

Business Plan/Milestone/Financial Plan/Synopsis/Venture Capital/Investment Memorandum/Success/Project/Internal/External

A business plan must be complete, thorough, and well supported, learn how to create one.

Cash Budget/Inflow/Outflow/Tax Laws/Dividend Policy/Interest Rate/Investment Plan/Sales Forecast

The goal of cash budget is to calculate cash inflows and outflows.

Cash Flow/Cash Book/Accuracy/Withdrawal/Completeness/PrudentCash Movement/Item

Ensure that the cash flow is consistent with your knowledge of business.

Change Management/Urgency/Measurable Results/Peer Pressure/Compensation/Assemble

Steps in successful change management.

Communication/Communication Structure/Disruptive Competition/Informal/Culture/Capable

Communication between management critically effects the efficiency of the management team.

Competitive Advantage/Cost Leadership/Differentiation/Strategy/Distribution/Manufacturing

Is there a competitive advantage, based on a strategy, available for your company?

Competitive Organization/MSS/Management Support System/Proactive/MIS/Customer Driven

Characteristics of competitive organizations.

Cost Management/Cost Analysis/Direct Labor/Social Assets/Decision-making

Explains what is effective cost management.

Cost Reduction/Distribution Cost/Warehousing/Break-even/Cost Reduction Strategies

Helps to identify areas in which cost reduction can be implemented.

Crisis Management/Legal Framework/Cash Crisis/Debt Collection/Fixed Assets/Workforce

Action steps of crisis management.

Customer Service/Customer Driven Strategic Planning/Customer Need

What is needed to delight your customer?

Debt Restructuring/Refinancing/Debt Moratorium/Payment Plan/Consolidating

Identify and assess debt-restructuring opportunities.

Differentiation/Focus/Brand Image/Product Feature/Dealer Network/Unique/Porter

Describes differentiation, focus strategy.

Discounts/Customer Behavior/Invoice/Incentives/Early Payment/Offer/Result

How discounts can be given to increase sales and cash flow.

Experience Curve/Strategic Concept/BCG/Accumulate/Component Curve/Range

Describes relationships between market share and production.

Financial Accounting/Management Accounting/External Reporting/Internal Reporting

Compares financial and management accounting.

Financial Analysis/Management Turnover/Loss of Customers/Share Price/Top Management

Guide to do cash flow, financial analysis.

Financial Management/Cash Flow Forecast/Budgetary Control/Know How/Economies of Scale

Evaluate symptoms of poor financial management.

Financial Ratios/Analytical Tool/Long-term/Dividends/Key Financial Ratios

Methodologies available for using financial ratios as an analytical tool.

Financial Restructuring/Negative Trends/Lender/Short-term/Cash Requirements/Payment

Key points of financial restructuring.

Flow Chart/Helpful Hints/Business Process/Interrelationships/Sub-process/Document

Flow chart is a tool for understanding the actual and ideal activities that any process follows.

IAS/ International Accounting Standards/GAAP/Income Statement/Tax Authorities

Why International Accounting Standards are essential?

Increasing/Decreasing Signs of Crisis/Leverage/Gross Margin/Creditor/Account Payable

Shows the major increasing, decreasing signs of company crisis.

Information System/Business CD/Responsiveness/Interface/Stand-alone

Learn what an information system is and why it is important.

Information Systems/Data Base/Asset Management/Profitability Analysis/Backlog/Cycle

The information systems must provide management with data.

Inventory Management/Critical Factor/Working Capital Management/Account

Explains why is so important to control inventories.

ISO/ ISO 9000/Quality Management/Quality Assurance/Guarantee/Process Control/Guide

ISO 9000 sets standards to achieve consistency, learn how.

Key Success Factors/Pricing/Product Design/Management/Maintenance/Servicing

Describes success factors in business.

Manufacturing Strategy/Delivery Speed/Coordinate/Company's

Learn how to coordinate manufacturing strategy with marketing strategies.

Market/Seasonal Pattern/Potential Customer/Market Size/Industry Trends/Rebate

A tool to analyze your market.

Marketing and Sales/Organization Structure/Overhead/Cross Functional/Geography

Provides background on the evolution of marketing and sales within the company.

Marketing Mix/Product/Price/Place/Promotion/Image/Packaging

Elements of marketing mix.

Marketing Philosophy/Sales Philosophy/Market Segments/Profit Goals/Sales Volume

Compares different marketing philosophies.

Marketing Planning/Market Share/Successful/Information

Marketing planning will help you to develop workable strategies to increase your company's competitiveness.

Marketing Strategy/Sales Strategy/Segment/Bottom-line

Analyze the marketing strategy to determine areas to improve.

Marketing/ Promotion/Profitable Product/Eliminate/Advertisement

Deepen your marketing knowledge.

Mission Statement/Corporate Values/Europe/Far East/Organizational Structure/Competent

Purpose of a mission statement.

Mc Kinsey7/Framework/Shared Values/Staff/Advertising/Capital Investment

Mc Kinsey 7-s model is used for strategy formulation and implementation.

Overall Cost Leadership/R &D/Research and Development/State of the Art

Basic elements of overall cost leadership.

Performance Measurement/Workshop/Development/Comprehensive Review

Explains the benefits of performance measurement.

PIMS/Profit Impact Marketing Strategies/ROI/Return of Investment

Describes usage of PIMS, profit impact of market strategies.

Planning/Waiting Time/Complexity/Reduce/Demand

Planning enables efficient use of resources.

Process Improvement/Tool/Improve/Competiveness/Teamwork/Redesign/Strategic issue

Process improvement is a tool to make your company more competitive.

Process MappingOverall Process/Scope/Boundaries/Training/Record

How to do company revitalization using process mapping.

Ratio/Liquidity/Efficiency/Profitability/Expense/Asset/Ratios

Ratios to analyze financial situation of companies.

Restructuring/Company Growth/Business Growth Rate/Distress/Industry

Quick reference for use restructuring distressed company.

Revitalization/Tangible Results/Implementation/Enterprise/Methodology

Describes a standardized methodology for companies to revitalize and transform into commercially viable competitive enterprises.

Sales Presentation/Key Customer/Flexibility/Sales Skills/Major Account

Sales presentation, selling points.

Sales/Turnover/Control/Projection

Sales are the key line in any projection.

SWOT/ Strengths/ Weaknesses/ Opportunities/ Threats/Goals/Change/Resource

SWOT analysis

Team/Proactive Business Leader/Inside Customer/Outside Customer

Teamwork is about individuals working together to accomplish more than the individual could alone.

TQM/Total Quality Management/Integrated Effort/Performance/Vision/Technique

TQM is a disciplined management approach to make the company competitive.

Value Chain/Position/Revenue/Margin

Value chain is a way to analyze competitive advantage.

Working Capital/Tax/Wage/Cost/Income

Why does a company need working capital?

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