Operations Plans

The Operational Plan is usually an offshoot of the firm's formal Strategic Plan and the Capacity Management Plan in the case of most large organisations. Smaller SME’s on the other hand, give considerable thought to planning at the operational level but rarely formalise them into plans.

Key benefits from formalising Operational Management Plans for all sizes of business are:

1. The financial impact of the ‘cost versus quality’ trade off is visible to the organisation;
2. The capacity management decision (how much capacity is needed) versus how much should be outsourced is quantified;
3. Decisions on whether you should ‘Lease’ or ‘buy’ fixed assets  for new plant and equipment are evaluated to provide the company with the best investment trade-off;
4. The inventory trade off versus acceptable queuing time and/or loss of customer trade off are estimated and managed;
5. Operational risks are identified and their risks on the cash flows of the company managed;
6. Business processes can be enhanced or even re-engineered to reduce cost and increase efficiency; and 
7. Business systems can be overhauled

The Business Farm is specialised in the operation planning for SME's in Australia and New Zealand. We understand the market well as well as the particular needs of SME's,  and will provide you the advice and support on how to optimise your operations in Australia and New Zealand.