Planning Guide for Small and Medium Size Wood Products Companies: Keys to Success. (Second Edition)

摘要

Research has shown that a formal planning process is a key to the success of manufacturing companies, especially with regard to developing new products and new markets. Research on wood products companies in Maine and Minnesota demonstrated that wood products firms recognized as industry role models were significantly more likely to have a formal planning process than the industry as a whole (Howe and others 1995). Formal, written plans allow firms to create strategies and programs to implement their ideas, and help them to measure and control their results. Formal planning is not a guarantee of success, but it is a process that facilitates the bringing of skills and abilities to bear on the proper issue, at the proper time.