Development of Business Plans for Selected Anchor Firms Sample Clauses

Development of Business Plans for Selected Anchor Firms. The 19 participating anchor firms chosen to date were selected based on PRODEL’s assessment that the firms possess the necessary potential for impact and synergy with the producers, and their potential to grow and develop internally. Three to four day onsite workshops are held with participating firms to develop business plans for the firms, where both anchor firm representatives and producers participate. To date, a total of 10 business plans have been completed. The business plans identify goals for business growth and competitiveness as well as major constraints to both the value and production chains. The feedback received from anchor firms and producers regarding these business planning workshops has been quite positive. Participants indicated that the assessments and strategy development sessions, using tools developed through PRODEL, have been helpful in setting a course of direction for firm growth and providing clear guidelines for how to get there. PRODEL technical team expertise has made it possible to effectively incorporate appropriate quantitative analysis tools, including a critical success factor matrix, a product attribute matrix, Xxxxxx’x Forces, a positioning matrix (adapted from the Boston Consulting Group positioning matrix), a quantitative SWOT analysis and a strategic location analysis, among others. To develop strategies, the PRODEL team used the Quality Function Deployment planning matrix that quantitatively measures the relationship between planned objectives and mechanisms. For strategy implementation and monitoring, the team used the balanced scorecard, a methodology developed by the IFC to measure the efficiency of businesses. Access to updated and reliable market and business development information constitutes one of the major obstacles for firms operating in Ecuador. Lack of this information makes it difficult for Ecuadorian firms to study growth trends for products and sectors, carry out market research and identify accurate market shares. For this reason, during the business planning workshops, PRODEL team members developed comparative analyses using quantitative benchmarking that resulted in indicators that have proven quite useful for strategic planning efforts for each firm and their producers. In addition, the business planning process for each anchor firm produced the necessary information to prepare the proposals for their EPF grants. Accordingly, PRODEL team members worked with anchor firms to simultaneously develop...
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