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A concise and focused business plan . Together we will create a well defined and accountable plan for starting a business or performing a process. Where are you going? What do you want? Your team will clearly know the objective and the goals required. Your strategy defines how you will get there. The tactics are the action items that make up the strategy. All documented and visible. Our goal is to make this plan in one hour. Kenn
Objective: Statement of overall direction defining what needs to be accomplished.
Goal: In numbers that can be measured – should be reasonable and achievable.
a. Time, date, amounts.
Strategy: Statement of action that will achieve the objective and goal.
Answers “how will you get there”.
Tactics: Multiple action steps for achieving the goal.
Assigns responsibility with a time frame.
Procedures will be needed defining the steps.
EXAMPLE of a process plan.
Objective: Provide the best peeled bananas in out industry.
Goal: 2500 a day
Strategy: Peel bananas better than our competitors and ship them perfectly to customers within two days
Tactics:
1. Quality bananas
Objective - Purchase healthy bananas from the best growers.
Goal - 5000 per order
Strategy - Identify the best growers by visiting their plantation
2. Training the trainer
Objective - Identify the best peelers working over two years
Goal - select two
Strategy - Review the employee list for those over two years and who have a good reference from their manager.
3.Training the peelers
Objective - The banana peelers will be trained by successful peelers
Goal - for a week
Strategy - Become trained before handling the real product
4. Shipping perfectly
Objective - Inspect before shipping
Goal - every banana
Strategy - An inspector stands at the end of the line and visually inspects and throws away any broken bananas.