Monday, January 30, 2012

Pre 4 Strategic Map

A summary of integrated strategies 






KPIs OF THE FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT
  1. Finance        : ROE =  ROS x ATO x  EM
    • Return on Equity, Return on sales,  Asset turnover, Equity Multiplier
      • ROS growth
        • efficiency driven
      • ATO growth
        • lower assets
      • EM improvement 
        • Gearing
  2. Customers    :   ROS =  np/m% x  quantity 
    • Sales growth
    • Customers retention
    • Customers growth
  3. Operations   :  cost per unit =  labour cost + material + overhead
      • economies of scale
      • efficiency driven lower costs
      • shorter throughput
  4. Personnel     :   productivity ratios,  profitability per worker, growth per worker
      • performance gaps
      • competency gaps
      • best practices

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Pre 3 b -MANAGING CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT



The change could be simple and complex:

  1. Simple could be in communication, motivation, more authority and higher targets to the staff concern.
  2. Complex change could affect systems, more than one staff, training, change in practices new models, new products or innovative systems etc etc.
  3. Best practices are the easiest: copy and paste
  4. Innovation in product development or business model development could be challenging.

IMPROVEMENT CHANGES AT ALL  BUSINESS MODELS.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  1. Selling at the right price, volume, costs and targeting the right profit level. (cost volume profit analysis)   MARKETING STRATEGIES
  2. Adapting the right trading strategies and providing enough working capital. TRADING STRATEGIES
  3. Adopting the right strategies in technology and asset investment CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
  4. Financing the above through balancing credit, loan and equity. SOURCES OF FUNDS
  5. Review and redefine corporate objective in ROE (Du Pont ROE Chart) ULTIMATE BUSINESS GOALS
  6. Linking the targeted with current position through projected cash flows while ensuring liquidity at all times. LIQUIDITY AND FUNDING STRATEGIES
  7. Prepare projected Income statement and Balance Sheet. 
    • Income statement could be drawn from step 1 
    • Balance Sheet could be drawn from Step 2, 3 and 4  ESTIMATE THE RESULTS

Excel templates and models have been pre-prepared to make the training more strategic and less calculation boggling.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Pre 4b - Incorporating strategies in the plans





  1. Michael Porter's business strategies reflected in the ROE
    • Product differentiation and premium  pricing
    • Mass production and cheap pricing strategy
    • Niche marketing through one of the above.
  2. Trading and Marketing Strategies
    • working capital strategies
    • 4 Ps in marketing
  3. Human Resources Strategies
    • training or outsourcing
  4. Outsourcing strategies reflected in CVPA
  5. Capital Strategies through leverage
  6. Fixed Asset Strategies - to own or financed purchase or rent or lease
  7. Strategic Mapping - linking, aligning and cascading the strategies
The following strategies are identified in business planning

  1. Product and pricing strategies
  2. Working capital strategies
  3. Fixed capital leverage strategies
  4. Sources of financing strategies :  Shares or loans
  5. Cash Flow strategies
  6. Summarized strategies in return on equity model.

Step 7 Constructing the financial statements

(From costs, volume profit analysis and the ROE models).
  1. Proforma Income Statements
    • Estimate the size of business i.e volume and value
    • drawn from cost volume profit analysis - step 1
    • Matching of revenue against the right expenses assured
  2. Proforma Balance Sheet
    • drawn from working capital - step 2
    • drawn from fixed assets - step 3
    • drawn from equity - step 4
    • financial leverage if any step 4
  3. Checking the capacity, health, efficiency and balance of the company through ratio analysis.
    • ROE step 5
    • Liquidity
    • Efficiency
    • Gearing
    • Potential
    • Market performance


Step 6 Cash Flow Projection

  1. Cash inflows
    • cash sales
    • credit sales
  2. Cash outflows
    • fixed outflows
    • variable outflows
  3. Total Loan required for the company
  4. Loan repayment -  PMT
    • interest charged - monthly or yearly rest
  5. Cash Balance
If liquidity is affected, revise variables at cost volume profit analysis . Cash flows should preferably be prepared through spreadsheet.

Step 5 Checking the Return on equity objective

THE ROE MODEL IS A GOOD TOOL TO EVALUATE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY.

THE SAME MODEL COULD ALSO BE USED TO CHECK ON THE VIABILITY OF NEW PRODUCTS, PROJECTS OR CHANGES THAT HAS IMPACT ON THE BOTTOM LINE.
  1. Checking the ROE objective
    • ROS x CTO x EM =   ROE
  2. Cascading the ROE to the bottom of the Du Pont Chart
  3. Profit Strategy with costs
  4. Minimizing Capital employment Strategies
  5. The format shows a comprehensive integrated analysis of the business.
  6. It shows the linkage and the balancing   of one strategy with that of another.

Step 4 Financed by Equity and borrowed funds


  1. This step shows the total capital required to run the business.
  2. Working Capital + Fixed Capital  =  Equity and leverage
  3. The shareholdings and the leverage ratio as per the market.
  4. Leverage could be in the form of debentures, preferred shares or Long term bank loans
  5. In Malaysia the ratio can be 1:1 for banks.  1:5 for some other institutions