WK #2 (Strat): Business Strategy Considerations |
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What is the Company Business?
- Sales to what customers with what services.
- Growth, New vs Old Products, Quality, Lead time.
The Cost Structure of Product, Service, Process?
- Labor, Material, Overhead, Transportation.
- Asset requirements – Fixed, Inventory, AR
The Product Mix?
- Volume matrix, Number of products.
Product, Material and Process fungibility?
The Product maturity / technology content?
- Development cycle of Product Lines / Product(s).
- Product IP Considerations
The Company Environment
- What is the competition? Is the competition changing?
- What is the customer environment? How is the customer base changing?
- How does globalization affect the company?
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