Use the “NAB Company Portfolio” (see: Course Required Files in Week 1). Provide the following information below.

1. Operations Plan
Note: Remember to assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find, as you will need these figures for your income statement and cash flow in Week 8.

a. Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 214 Operations Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

b. Provide a rationale for the competitive advantages section using appropriate functional level and business level strategies to explain the competitive advantages.
Note: Much of the research pertaining to the hints provided here can be found in the NAB company portfolio.
Hints: Consider whether you will rent or buy your facilities or outsource production to an existing company.

Hints: One of your biggest expenses as a startup nonalcoholic beverage company will be transitioning from a small batch prototype of your beverage to production on a large scale. Research the equipment you will need (vats, refrigerators, burners, ovens, bottling equipment, and so on), whether you will rent or buy, how you will maintain and clean it, and so forth. Consider how you will ensure quality control. What capacity do you intend to reach?
Hints: Deliberate your inventory control. Where do your supplies come from and what is your turnaround time to produce your beverage once you have received an order?

Hints: Consider your distribution method. Refer back to your notes for the SWOT analysis assignment in Week 2 of class.

Hints: How will you stay abreast of new developments in your industry? What new products do you have in development now, in addition to your flagship product? Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company.

2. Technology Plan

a. Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227| Technology Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

b. Provide a rationale for the personnel needs section by incorporating appropriate functional level strategies.

Hints: Consider the type of technology your company will use to conduct the following activities: manage personnel; take, fulfill, and track orders; manage inventory; communicate with customers and provide customer service; and produce your beverage.

3. Management & Organization
a. Create a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 248 | Management Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

b. Using the flow charts on p. 242 as a guide, outline your company’s management hierarchy. Note: Charts or diagrams must be imported / included in the MS Word document.

c. Provide a rationale for the management structure and style section by incorporating appropriate functional level strategies.

4. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

5. Provide constructive feedback to at least one (1) classmate’s post. Assess the credibility of the student’s rationales.

1. For year one of your NAB company’s Business Plan, complete the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the “Business Plan Financials” MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1). Note: Attach the MS Excel worksheet to the discussion thread.

Hints: Your marketing costs should already be included as you created your Marketing Budget in Week 4 and those will be filled in automatically.

Hints: Use the figures you arrived at in the operations and technology sections of your plan to help fill out your financial forms.

Hints: Work through the worksheets in order. The excel worksheets will automatically enter the numbers into your Income Statement.

2. Develop the following financial sections of your NAB company’s Business Plan. Note:Attach the MS Word document to the discussion thread.
a. Sources and use of funds
b. Plan assumptions
c. Breakeven analysis
3. Provide constructive feedback to at least one (1) classmate’s post.

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a draft of your business plan and an income statement containing your business plan financials. Note: You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.
You must intend to raise money for your startup company. You can start with money from friends and family but at some point you will need funds from outside investors, either angels or venture capitalists, depending on how much money you project you will need to raise. Another possible angle is to develop money through crowdfunding, assuming your product meets the demand of such audiences. Before you can raise money, you must develop a business plan that convinces an investor that your company will succeed.

Section 1: Business Plan (MS Word or equivalent)
Read Chapters 18 and 19 of the course text: Successful Business Plan. Use the Plan Preparation Forms at the end of each chapter of Successful Business Plan as a rough guide.
Write a fifteen to twenty (1520) page draft of your business plan in which you:

1. Revise the components of the following previously submitted sections based on the feedback you have received.

a. Company Description (Mini Project Deliverable 1)

b. Industry Analysis and Trends (Project Deliverable 1)

c. Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Project Deliverable 1)

d. Target Market (Project Deliverable 2)

e. Competition (Project Deliverable 2)

f. Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Project Deliverable 2)

g. Operations Plan (Mini Project Deliverable 2)

h. Technology Plan (Mini Project Deliverable 2)

i. Management & Organization (Mini Project Deliverable 2)

j. Ethics & Social Responsibility (Project Deliverable 3)

2. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

a. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note:There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

b. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

c. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

Section 2: Business Plan Financials (MS Excel worksheets template)
3. For year one, revise and submit the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the “Business Plan Financials” MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
Create a plan to implement a firm’s strategy and manage the change from current operations. Analyze strategies for exerting the internal leadership needed to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives and improve operating excellence.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management. Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.

Use the “NAB Company Portfolio” (see: Course Required Files in Week...