What We Know- Our Expertise in Smart                               Business Solutions

Successful strategic planning involves more than just strategy - without tactics and implementation, it is little more than an abstract.

LMCI believes that effective strategy is very much an "art of the possible".

Our strategy development process seeks a balance between an organization's ambitious objectives and its capacity to acquire and utilize necessary resources and technologies to achieve desired results.

By focusing on alignment between opportunities, current capacities and growth potential, LMCI's planning process ensures development of S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions as an effective foundation for company growth.

S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions - Our Methodology For Strategic Success

LMCI begins with solid analysis of a company's current situation - its goals / objectives, current markets, existing physical, personnel and financial resources, and technology systems. Throughout the S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions process, we consult with company employees, Boards and stakeholders.

LMCI's objective is to deliver S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions the company can comfortably embrace and work with to achieve its goals and objectives.

 

S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions result from achieving alignment between:

• Strategy that sets out a realistic direction for your company's future
• Markets and market segments that benefit from what your company offers
• Resources that your company currently owns or can reasonably acquire, and
• Technology, systems and processes that are within your company's capacity to utilize.

Working from this analysis, LMCI develops a draft strategy that, once reviewed and accepted by the company, serves as the foundation for the S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions Plan.

LMCI's S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions provides a relevant Strategic Plan by setting out specific actions a company needs to take to achieve their objectives.

The planning process identifies and evaluates:

• "Markets" or other potential opportunities to generate new customers, new revenues and contribute to long-term stability of the organization
• Specific "Market Segments" which offer greatest potential for converting prospects to customers
• "Organizational Resources" needed to support effective operation of the company's as it grows over the long-term
• "Financial Resources" and related financial planning / budgeting required to support effective management of the organization
• "Technology" and related systems of all company processes and functions (from raw material processing, through manufacturing, distribution and logistics, research and development, accounting and finance, sales and customer relationship management) to ensure capacity to meet expanded demand resulting from planned growth

       LMCI's planning process also examines successes and        failures of other similar organizations to discern best        practices and identify potential problem areas.

       Implementation

       LMCI's S.M.A.R.T. Business Solutions process includes        development of an implementation plan that:

• Identifies tasks / activities
• Assigns of responsibility / accountability for completion of each task
• Estimates time / due dates to complete tasks / activities
• Identifies task dependencies
• Schedules project deliverables / milestones
• Estimates costs by deliverable
  

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