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Strategic Planning

One of the long-term results of companies that have undertaken re-engineering and downsizing programs is the realization that, to be successful in today's business environment, they must be able to employ their resources in the most effective way to achieve both short-term and long-term objectives. To accomplish this, you must carefully analyze the business opportunities available to you, select those opportunities that are most consistent with your capabilities and objectives, determine what additional resources you need to accomplish those objectives, and develop strategic plans for optimal application of all available resources. This process is commonly called strategic planning, and has been an area of particular interest to TFI since 1978.

Clients typically use TFI Strategic Planning to:

  • Analyze changing technical, market, or social factors to uncover emerging business opportunities.
  • Integrate emerging business opportunities into strategic plans.
  • Identify mismatches between a company's projects, resources, and culture and its strategic goals.
  • Initiate programs to correct these mismatches.
  • Analyze possible and probable competitor strategies and actions.

Since planning is always based on projections about the future, TFI's experience in technology, market, financial, and business environment forecasting provides us with a powerful capability to assist you in strategic planning.

Clients who have used TFI Strategic Planning include Compaq, Intel, Motorola , Telebras, Petrobras, Hughes Space and Communications, CIA, NIMA, In-Q-Tel, and Edison Electric Institute.

If you believe TFI can be of assistance to you in the Strategic Planning area, please contact Carrie Vanston by telephone at (512) 258-8898 or (800) TEK-FUTR, by fax at (512) 258-0087, or by e-mail at cvanston@tfi.com. We welcome your inquiries.



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