Lofurno Corporation
The Thinker

Overview of Offerings

Our Offerings

Executive Coaching

  • To develop solutions to immediate issues and
  • To educate and train executives in principle-driven, pro-active management
  • Policies, systems and procedures for effective and efficient business management and the counseling to ensure implementation and execution
  • Working solutions to immediate issues
  • “Management Reference Manual” compiled from work done during the sessions
  • Recognition of the executive’s leadership role by the organization
  • Efficient time management through application of consistent policies
  • Consistent corporate direction
  • Working tools for measuring results and adjusting as required
  • More time for growth of the business; less time needed for “maintenance” and problem-solving

Strategic Planning

  • Development of a working business plan with clearly stated path-forward actions needed to accomplish the goal.
  • Development of vision and mission statements
  • Identification of key issues to be addressed in reaching desired state
  • Development of goals, strategies, tactics, actions and tasks necessary to achieve desired result
  • Development of time-line with defined goals, measurable milestones, optional paths-forward and individual accountability

Marketing and Product Management

  • To establish the role of the marketing/product manager and relationship with other groups, both internal and external to the company.
  • To provide the tools needed in managing the product lines.
  • Development of working policies, systems and procedures for increased effectiveness in delivering the offering to market
  • Creating and leading cross-functional teams
  • Understanding of roles and responsibilities
  • Allocation of resources
  • Identification of market needs
  • Allocation of resources to top priority programs
  • Prioritization of opportunities
  • Oversight of product development programs and sales efforts
  • Working tools for measuring results and adjusting as required

Organizational Effectiveness

  • Meeting protocol
  • Company structure
  • Definition of roles and responsibilities
  • Clear goal-setting and availability of appropriate support resources
  • Reporting systems
  • Development and implementation of policies, systems and procedures
  • Clearly defined roles, expectations and measurement methods for a smooth running organization

New Product Development

  • Development of working policies, systems and procedures for increased effectiveness in product development
  • Protocol for program oversight and management
  • Timely development and introduction of new products
  • Effective utilization of resources
  • Working tools for measuring results and adjusting as required

Sales & Account Management

  • Establishment of realistic goals and development of do-able plans with measurable milestones
  • Prioritization of opportunities and definition of required resources
  • Identification of key and target customers
  • Development of account plans
  • Working tools for measuring results and adjusting as required

Competitive Analysis

  • Understand the opportunity and potential for the offering
  • Define the current competitive standing
  • Develop plans for maximizing results of marketing and sales efforts or withdrawing the offering(s) from the market
  • Identifying and profiling key competitors and technologies; both in-kind and not-in-kind
  • Surveying customers, current and potential, for evaluation of performance versus competitors
  • Estimation of current and potential market-size and trends
  • Estimate of current and potential market-share

Problem Solving

  • To establish realistic goals and develop do-able plans with measurable milestones
  • To prioritize efforts and define required resources
  • To define roles and action items and assign accountability
  • Identification of action items necessary to effect desired results
  • Identification of key players
  • Establishment of time-lines and project management protocol

International Business - Operational Guidelines

  • Awareness of issues that impact international operations
  • Suggestions for utilization and/or integration of world-wide resources
  • Overview of issues facing business in other lands and cultures
  • Suggested solutions to issues

37 Shy Creek Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867-5155 U.S.A.
Telephone: +1.908.735.3837     e-mail:info@lofurno.com

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