Business Planning – Platforming Systems for Growth Part II

Continuing on from the last blog post, Systemizing your Platform.  What are the advantages?

My third image is to show the expected effect on your platform by way of systemizing your existing platform.  We are then achieving the maximum efficiency out of your current people, equipment, procedures etc.

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As you can see this will involve identifying where you are now and tracking the process of improvement with KPI in all areas of your business.

This may seem daunting, however this is where a competent business coach can assist greatly by assisting you in setting up your parameters, making you accountable and by keeping you on track.

As this process evolves, you will see the need to analyse, define and re-implement your systems, calculate the maximum usage of your current resources (equipment, people, premises etc) and to maximize time leverage.

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We then look at the new platform to be created by the systemising including the new 100% capacity (and how much the old unsystemized platform represented) and how to operate at 80-85% of your capacity so things don’t break.

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By identifying these platforms we can then challenge the use of resources, streamline the systems (policies and procedures) and generally start to plan the business growth into the new systemized platform.

In doing this it will become evident that new equipment, premises, training etc will create a new platform for even more growth.

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This example is typical of systemizing the business platform.  The expenses generally are kept to the same or similar level.

The net result is that the business is able to operate more efficiently whilst keeping its expenses to the same level.

The process also clarifies business direction and allows you to make rational decisions (not emotional reactions) with regards to streamlining your systems and focusing the direction of your business.

John B. – Amplio Business Solutions

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