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- * OBJECTIV.TXT
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- OBJECTIVES
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- * Where you want to go, What you want to be. . .
- * What do you want for yourselves (personally and financially) 5
- years from now?
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- The primary objectives of our organization are to:
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- A
- B
- C
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- * What you will develop, What you will achieve.
- * One dominant driving force:
- Product/service offered
- Satisfying a market need
- Manufacturing
- Profit & income
- Technology
- Client / customer base
- * Illustrate that you have planned for investors to receive their
- return on investment -- go public in 5 years, be acquired in 4
- years, etc.
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- BUSINESS GOALS
- Profits
- Products Customers
- Quality People
- Growth Management
- Fields of Interest Community
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- * This is an example of a list of business priorities
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- Compared to past performance of XXX (product/service name, type) in the
- XXX industry we intend to
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- * Match your performance expectations to industry realities and/or
- explain how and why your operation will be different.
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- RATIONALE
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- Based on our experience with XXX, we feel that
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- * Show how your company will fit you and your industry.
- * Discuss objectives relative to common practices and procedures in
- your industry.
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- XXX of our managers come from environments where they experienced XXX
- (managing a large organization, a rapid growth high-tech development
- team) and XXX
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- * Relate previous track record of managers to demonstrate
- feasibility of actually achieving your objectives given the
- experience of the people involved.
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- RETURN ON INVESTMENT
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- Based on a XXX% market share for our XXX product/service by 19XX, we
- estimate our return on investment to be XXX%
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- * How much and by when!
- * Investors (and you too) want to know how they will generate a
- return of 35-60+%, and how much the company will be worth in XXX
- years
- * Use the following chart to summarize the basic dollar objectives.
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- FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES
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- Item Last Year This Year Next Year
- $000 % Sales $000 % Sales $000 % Sales
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- Total Category Sales
- Sales
- $ Volume
- Unit Volume
- % Increase/Decrease
- Share of Market
- Gross Profit
- Manufacturing
- Fully Burdened
- Marketing Expenses
- Advertising
- Sales Promotion
- Trade Allowances
- Other
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- POSITION FOR GROWTH
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- 1. Understand customers, competition and industry
- 2. Product/service/channel/customer congruency
- 3. Product/service life cycles
- 4. Growth by fields of interest
- 5. Balance people/management/business goals
- 6. Transition from single-point to distributed management
- 7. Operate at 50 vs. 15 employees
- 8. Develop values and culture
- 9. Hire the best people
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- * This is a list of activities/priorities to consider for planning
- future growth.
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- Other objectives we have set for ourselves include XXX
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- We expect to replace (competitive/existing products or services) by XXX%
- by 19XX
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- We plan to add XXX (retailers, distributors, service centers) per
- month/year and we will have a total of XXX (retailers, distributors) by
- 19XX.
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- * Make sure they fit the criteria set previously.
- NOTE: Objectives should be:
- Appropriate... they "ring true" for what you expect to be doing.
- Acceptable... within industry and political environments.
- Feasible... Achievable given your resources.
- Flexible... permit appropriate responses to contingencies.
- Measurable over time... number of years.
- Motivating... aggressive, yet achievable.
- Understandable... makes sense to others not completely familiar
- with your concept.
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- * Now list the other objectives. (e.g. awareness, distribution,
- competitive preemption, etc.) Make sure they fit the criteria set
- previously.
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- * Test your methodology in setting objectives. Make sure they are...
- Zero-based, not extrapolated from past trends or current budgets.
- Achievable given your resources.
- Consistent with the data in the strategic planning document.