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I need to create a Strategic Growth Plan for heat exchangers, Any ideas

03/15/2009 11:23 AM

I will be developing a Strategic Growth Plan for heat exchangers for the sales and marketing folks.

I am the product manager for the Shell&Tube and plate& frame heat exchanger line for our company.

The HX's are used in the refining, power or chemical industry. Beyond the Google and some well known manufacturers, anybody else done this before?

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Re: I need to create a Strategic Growth Plan for heat exchangers, Any ideas

03/15/2009 11:32 AM

What brand is it, and where are they manufactured? If you provide me with your contact details, I can forward it to my company MD for him to decide if he wants to be your local distributor.

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03/15/2009 4:17 PM

are you starting from ground 0? Does your company have any numbers or stats, such as industry growth, trends, preferences?

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03/15/2009 6:11 PM

I am not starting from 0.

I do have some competitor sales and marketing info.

I have available the companies own S&M brochures, technical data, performance tables, etc.

I am actually looking for a template or similar outline that could get me started.

I have a sales engineering background. I just did not design the brochures of bulletins.

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03/16/2009 3:51 AM

there are several approaches to sales growth strategic planning.

One of them is LEVERAGE. basically, that means you need to scan your market environment and identify potential strategic alliance partners. Find out who else calls on the same decision makers you want to reach. Look at companies that have related, but not overlapping products or services. Then, talk to your customers to find out which companies & individuals they respect. This will give you a pretty good picture of your target market.

Once you have some names, set up a time to explore the concept of strategic leverage. Be creative! There are so many things you can do together. You can share leads, focus on developing your business at specific firms, bring each other in as trusted resources and more.

The Ansoff model shows you graphically how you can also achieve this.

Another is the "best practices approach" where you scour success stories in business growth for lessons and nuggets of wisdom that are applicable to your business environment, and try them out.

HTH!

Sources:

http://tutor2u.net/business/strategy/mckinsey_pyramid.htm

http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20040801/scalable.html

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03/16/2009 10:32 AM

Corporate Technology Digest is a good source of leads

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Re: I need to create a Strategic Growth Plan for heat exchangers, Any ideas

03/17/2009 2:43 AM

Hi Ibn,

Is this a hard copy publication, or available in the Internet? If so, please indicate where it can be found.

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03/17/2009 8:14 AM

It is a hard copy . Available in most Public libraries but you can find locations for it online

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