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Starting and Growing a Business: Monitoring Your Business Checklist | |
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| Growth Management | Administration | Value Chains | Lean Manufacturing | Monitoring Your Business Checklist
Is Your Growth Plan Working?
The following is a checklist to help you assess your business. Although this is not a comprehensive list, consider the following criteria as you monitor your business success and growth. |
 | In order to grow your sales you have considered increasing sales in an existing market, developing new ideas, finding new buyers and/ or changing your product or service. |
 | You have studied market trends and your competition and are aware of existing and potential value chains |
 | In forming a value chain, you have built trust, common objectives and a strong business relationship with the other links in the chain |
 | You have examined the principles of lean manufacturing and identified areas in your operation that should be eliminated in order to increase profits and increases efficiency |
 | You have evaluated the challenges and potential benefits of implementing a lean manufacturing principle to your operation. |
| Congratulations! Your business has survived the start-up and early growth stages. The key to continued success is constant evaluation of your business, ongoing market research, regulatory and operational updates, employee training and recognition, and attaining and resetting your business and life goals. Please refer to these key activities which are highlighted throughout this website along with additional information, tools and resources. |
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Phone the Ag-Info Centre, toll-free in Alberta at 310-FARM (3276), for assistance. |
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This document is maintained by Ordella Knopf.
This information published to the web on August 26, 2008.
Last Reviewed/Revised on July 31, 2018.
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