Strategic Planning

Everybody talks about the future, but not everyone plans for it practically. A strategic plan can help companies and other businesses get a clear picture of what the future holds.

Strategic planning relies on collecting the right data and trends from key parts of a private or public business. In addition, getting a firm grasp on what resources are available, the current state of the market, employee production, and a variety of other variables is critical for business planning

Gathering this data and analyzing it correctly requires a team of experts who have experience in strategic planning – and those are the types of people that comprise our strategic planning group.

In addition to having worked in the business sector, our members have worked with hundreds of clients, and each strategic planning interaction has added value to their skillset.

The main goal of strategic planning is growth, which results from mapping out the direction a company needs to follow. Complementing this goal is establishing action items that are clearly defined and assigned to the department heads and managers who are responsible for their execution.

Getting to this part of the strategic planning process requires an accurate inventory of the resources at hand, and projecting how long they will last, as well as the cost of replacing them. Prioritizing these resources results in higher ROIs and increased revenue because they are being used at the right time in the right way.

Strategic Planning Steps

Strategic planning doesn’t produce results unless each step of the plan is completed, and while the process is complicated, the initial guidelines are simple. The strategic planning team you’ll collaborate with at T&H begins by asking three basic questions:

• Where is the company now?
• What is the final destination?
• How can we reach the final goal?

Discovering the company’s current state requires a deep dive into your internal operations and drivers of profitability. We’ll also conduct a comparison to your competitors and see where you match up, and the areas that require improvement. Gathering this data will be a collaboration between our team and a group designated by your company.

By collaborating, we can decide the company’s ultimate destination within an established time frame, and the work which must occur to reach this goal.

This includes a review of the information and data collected in the first step, and how it can be used to advance the stated mission. This step also includes defining what changes need to be made to areas including IT, infrastructure, growth patterns, market trends, and a variety of other important factors.

Deciding how to reach the final goal includes asking which changes need to be made to finance, manufacturing, sales, and related areas. Implementing these changes within established timeframes helps to solidify goals, along with being able to establish proper metrics and secure the right type of financing.

T&H has worked with federal and private concerns in regard to strategy planning. While each client has required different approaches, our knowledge and experience enabled successful strategic planning with positive results.