Strategies in the Business Plans

How to incorporate strategies in the business plans
  1. Analyse past performance for SWOT
  2. Market Positioning / Market Strategies
  3. Strategic Mapping in BSC perspectives
    • Michael Porter
  4. Operating: technologies
  5. HR Strategies: salary policies / training
    • technology intensive
  6. Profit Model: The right sizing
  7. Working capital:  Trading strategies
  8. Fixed Capital: Capacity management
  9. Sources of Capital
  10. Cash flows:  borrowings, timing
  11. ROE objective as per Du Pont
  12. Financial statements: the results expected.
Basically there are only three ways to incorporate strategies
  1. The BSC perspectives where the plan is structured on four layered foundations i.e financial, customers, internal process and learning and growth are structured.
  2. Incorporate the marketing strategies in the plans - 4Ps
  3. The Du Pont Chart where the corporate ROE objectives are structured on three pillars i.e revenue and costs,  asset turnover and gearing
  4. Michael porters alternative strategies could be demonstrated by metrics along the value chain i.e premium product differentiated,  low cost and cheap pricing and the niche marketing.  These strategies appeared to be product strategies.
  5. Business Model is the cost volume profit analysis.
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