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Picture this! It's late on Friday and you
have just survived another hectic week. It seems that every
time you turn around, there was another crisis to attend to
or another emergency task to be done. Welcome to the world
of running your own business. You begin to wonder if there
is any way to break out of the cycle. How can you gain control
of your business? Would you ever get to the point where you
control the business, and not the business control you? To answer
succinctly our Management Consultants offer a simple proposition.
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Start thinking like the owner of a successful
company. Reexamine your business by applying philosophies
and practices that are inherent in all successful businesses.
Control your activities and results through visionary thinking
and sound planning. Through our Strategic Planning Program
we will show you how to become proactive in all your business
practice, instead of being reactive to business situations
or problems. Our Strategic Planning Program offers a practical
methodology for incorporating this rethinking process into
your business practices.
Our Strategic Planning Program is delivered
as a group and by individual consultation. Each process offers
your company the opportunity to create a custom module that
fits your industry. The Discovery Session is an introduction
to the process. Provided on a one-to-one basis, a Strategic
Planning Program will be mapped out for your specific company
needs. To book this session or for other consultation needs
E-mail us at vipsos@vipsos.com. We are here to serve you!
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Business Planning Guide |
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| The Business Planning
Guide (BPG) is a specific and written definition of your
vision for your company. This step will relate to and
incorporate any or all of the following elements: customers,
competitors, investors, employees, operations, the future
of the company. The BPG will also provide a means for
developing commitment among management, key personnel
and other individuals and firms associated with your business.
Your company can be successful through this framework
of thinking and vision that guides all decisions in the
company. Moreover, the BPG is your blueprint to help you
develop and maintain a superior competitive advantage
in the marketplace. This advantage is the perception of
the customer with regards to your company, your products
and your services. |
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Market Situation Assessment |
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| Obtain assistance with
analyzing your industry. For effective strategic planning
you must understand the industry forces affecting you
and know your capabilities to deal with these forces.
The ebbs and flows of an industry, the trends and directions
it takes, all affects a company's ability to compete effectively.
Many business owners and executives consider themselves
at worst victims, and at best observers of what goes on
in their industry. Sometimes it is failure to perceive
that understanding your industry directly impacts your
ability to succeed. Understanding your industry and anticipating
its future trends and directions gives you the knowledge
you need to react and control your portion of that industry.
The MSA will help you identify threats and opportunities
that may influence your ability to reach your goals. You
will also learn how to focus on any competitive advantages
available because of your unique ability to react to industry
forces. The MSA consists of 3 components: 1) Industry
forces; 2) Industry attractiveness; 3) Industry success
factors. Within any industry there are five basic forces
at work: 1) Ease of Entry; 2) Supplier Power; 3) Buyer
Power; 4) Product Substitution; 5) Industry Competition. |
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Technology Environment |
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| Be at cutting edge of
technology while implementing STRATEGIC PLANNING AT YOUR
COMPANY. Software solutions can help with making your
efforts even more successful. Our Reengineering Toolkit
will prepare you for the forces that can impact your success.
Anything from implementation of Voice System, on their
own or linked to computer applications; to Databases,
Cash Registers that capture all your customer data and
other marketing information, Bar Code Readers, scanners,
Magnetic Strip readers, Touch Activated Screens and Optical
Character Recognition, to name a few. We recommend solutions
that meet your needs. Our Management team are available
to provide consultation on software solutions for your
company. Our software can be customized for your business. |
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Financial Focus |
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| Know how and what your
company is doing at all times. Strategic Planning will
assist with your ability to keep an eye on your bottomline.
Preparing the master budget. This module will assist with
quality assessment of Budgeting and Budgeting Control
above all. It will also identify the principle budget
factor: usually Sales Demand. Use of this module can also
be reflected with the Business Planning Guide. |
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Product Planning Strategy |
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| This area of consultation
will identify and create descriptions of your products
and services. Strategy will also involve the grouping
of your product and service lines and rating these core
profit drivers for your company. The PPS will cover three
fundamental areas:1)A Background Analysis - Where are
you now; 2)Synthesis - Where do you want to go; 3) Action
Program - How can you get there. You will understand your
corporate and divisional strategic goals from consultation
in the Market Situation Assessment (MSA) module. This
knowledge is required for PPS. Management in your company
must understand the role of products in this vision. Not
only the percentage of profits expected from a new-product
line but also what new markets, new technologies and new
directions should be incorporated into the long-term product
plan. PPS will lead you to 1)Foster a customer mind-set.
You will be come away being able to step back and redefine
the business in terms of customer functions; what does
it mean to satisfy the customer. 2)Understanding past
successes and failures. This is another strategic evaluation
which will enable you to calculate your company's high
rate in new products and services and determine the reasons
for it. 3) Developing product ideas. The number of ideas
generated can affect successful product commercialization
by increasing the likelihood of uncovering the best product
concepts. Although it may be thought that there is no shortage
of ideas per se, it can also be argued that many good
ideas never surface because the available ideas are 'good
enough.' 4)Targeting current, tangential and new markets.
Your products and services will always carry varying levels
of risks and it is wise to have a portfolio of new products
and services to balance the risk/return equation. |
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