plan

(noun)

A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

Related Terms

  • allocate
  • strategy

Examples of plan in the following topics:

  • The Marshall Plan and Molotov Plan

  • Purpose of the Marketing Plan

    • A formal marketing plan provides a clear reference point for activities throughout the planning period.
    • Still, what's the point of creating a formal marketing plan?
    • Exactly what purpose does a marketing plan serve?
    • A formal marketing plan provides a clear reference point for activities throughout the planning period.
    • However, perhaps the most important benefit of these plans is the planning process itself.
  • Overview of Types of Strategic Plans

    • The broader overview of strategic plans, as well as the five subgroups within strategic planning, provide businesses with direction.
    • Short-range plans: Short-range plans generally apply to a specific time frame in which a specific series of operations will be carried out, assessed, and measured.
    • Long-range plans are those most closely related to the overall strategic-planning process.
    • Single-use plans:As opposed to standing plans, single-use plans cover a specific operation or process that is an outlier to normal operations.
    • Differentiate between the five general planning frames and recognize considerations that must be made prior to planning
  • Starting a Small Business: Business Planning

  • The Schlieffen Plan

  • The Marketing Plan

    • At other times, a marketing plan is created that drives the company's strategic planning.
    • A marketing plan can be part of an overall business plan.
    • The plan must be:
    • They must endorse the plan.
    • Plans usually target:
  • Advantages of a Marketing Plan

    • A marketing plan has a strong impact on the internal operations of an organization.
    • A marketing plan helps remove the fog and barriers to vision.
    • Marketing plans help organizations to:
    • Thus, a marketing plan can serve as a rallying point for employees.
    • The marketing plan, which is a written document, does the job.
  • Streamlining Distribution

    • It should be mentioned that the scope of the planning of logistics and distribution processes is not limited only to the planning of production, transportation, or distribution.
    • Sales planning can be defined as a process in which demand forecast is converted into a feasible operative plan that can be used by producers and salespersons.
    • Supply chain planning compares the demand forecast with the actual demand in order to develop a "master plan" (schedule), based on the multi-level sources and critical materials.
    • The term production planning means the development of a master plan for single factories (producers).
    • Distribution planning means the development of a feasible and viable plan of distributing end products from the producers (via logistics and distribution centers, warehouses, or crossdocking) to end users.
  • Planning and Decisions

    • In the short run, planning is easy to postpone.
    • A plan helps to, and serves as a way to, measure the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization in accomplishing its strategic plans.
    • Companies often use SWOT analysis when planning.
    • A budget is an example of a financial plan that formalizes strategic plans in monetary terms.
    • Regardless of the level of planning, plans must be re-examined regularly in the light of changing conditions and circumstances.
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act

    • ERISA also does not cover plans maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of nonresident aliens or unfunded excess benefit plans
    • Requires plans to provide participants with plan information including important information about plan features and funding.
    • Requires plans to establish a grievance and appeals process for participants to get benefits from their plans.
    • Kennedy created the President's Committee on Corporate Pension Plans.
    • ERISA does not require employers to establish pension plans.
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