Brains and Brawn
    Direct from Harvard Business School
    Times are changing
    Financial
    External Marketing
    Internal Business Process
    Learning & Growing
    The Galaxy System Balanced Scorecard
 





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Brains and Brawn



Motiva Enterprises LLC is now a formidable competitor in the marketplace with over 3,347 retail facilities, we certainly have "brawn." But we won’t be successful if we simply act like size means everything! We must invest our Capex wisely. With you, our valuable retailer, we have to plan to be "smart" together.

Today, Motiva Enterprises LLC must spend its capital wisely. To do so, Motiva Enterprises LLC must ask you, the retailer, the right questions, and these questions will help make you (our retailer) a better businessperson!

Questions like:

  1. Are your people trained properly to build new business?
  2. How are you planning to promote within your trading area to capture more business?
  3. Is superior customer service a priority to your operation?
  4. Have you forecasted how profitable your facility should be?
All these issues (and a lot more) make up the "Galaxy System Balanced Scorecard" and you will need to develop one before your Motiva Enterprises LLC Sales Consultant can consider Capex funds at your facility.

Motiva Enterprises LLC and the Galaxy System Balanced Scorecard, together we can think smart to stay on top!
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Direct from Harvard Business School . . .



. . . and used by a tidal wave of leading American businesses! A valuable added-value tool from Motiva Enterprises LLC that will strengthen your business. Galaxy’s planning imperative - the Balanced Scorecard is in your hands. Your involvement as a Motiva Enterprises LLC retail operator will determine the success you and Motiva Enterprises LLC may achieve at your leased retail facility.

Conceived by Harvard Professor, Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and Dr. David P. Norton, the Balanced Scorecard is a management framework that leverages all aspects of one’s business. The Balanced Scorecard enables translation of our company’s vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures that can be automated and linked to retailer business productivity. Motiva Enterprises LLC retailers now have a valuable planning and measurement process to help improve their business and to plan for the future.
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Times are changing . . .



It’s not just the condition of the property that determines Capex funding, in today’s competitive environment we must consider how you run your business.

Motiva Enterprises LLC capital expenditures need to get the strongest return on investment possible Ð that’s why starting with our 1999 Capex planning we evaluate the way your business operates, not just the needs of the physical property.

Galaxy’s Balanced Scorecard business planning process helps you put in place some of the elements necessary to allow Motiva Enterprises LLC to develop its own capital investment strategy.

But you need a total plan, not just a financial plan. Your business is a "balanced" operation that involves training, marketing, customer service and more. Motiva Enterprises LLC is investing in you, not just the dirt.

Our advice: Work intelligently with your Sales Consultant to produce the best "Galaxy Balanced Scorecard Plan" possible.
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Financial


                -Business Plan
                -Basic Knowledge of Monthly Financial Statements
                -Long Range Financial Goals
                -Retirement Plan
                -Local and Regional Financing
                -Build Financial Relationships                 -Financial Planner/Accountant
                -Financial Analysis
                -Industry Average Comparisons
                -Trend Analysis                 -Profitability
                -Building a Nest Egg
                -Grow Business as an Asset                 -Develop a Preferred Advisor List
                -Accountants, Attorneys, Bankers, Financial Planners
                -Develop Means for Periodic Review, Analyzing and Interpreting a Financial Statement
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External Marketing


                    -Become the Location (facility) of Choice
                    -New Revenue Streams
                    -Aggressive Local Store Marketing -Survey to Determine Customers’ Needs and Satisfaction 1.  Credit Card Surveys
2.  Focus Groups
-Mystery Shop-Develop Performance Standards
-95% Customer Satisfaction and Retention -In-store Promotions/Customer Service Suggestive Selling -Streetfighter
-Customer Appreciation Days
-Community Involvement - Local and Corporate
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Internal Business Process


-Create a Service Culture Environment
-Become the Premier Employer, Get Employees Involved and Excited
-Measurably Reduce Employee Turnover (site-by-site)
-Involve Stakeholders in the "Service Vision"
-Employee Retention
-Customer Satisfaction Enhancements
-Sales
-Low Employee Turnover Increases Sales
-Happy Work Atmosphere Enhances Customer Satisfaction and Frequency
-Motivated Employees Stay Longer and Produce More
-Pre-hire and Orientation Processes
-Service Ambassadors (peer communicators)
-Image Enhancement Programs
-Motivation Programs
-Quarterly "Internal Marketing" Activities
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-Technology Training 1.  Fax Machines with Separate Phone Lines
2.  E-mail System
3.  Business Software
-Business Training 1.  Equipment Training
2.  Dealer Training
3.  Financial Training
-Celebrity Service Training 1.  Employee Management -Personal Training
-Time Management Courses, Stress Management
-By Attendance, Participation and Mail Survey After Course -100% Participation -Once a quarter Return To The Table Of Contents   The Galaxy System Balanced Scorecard

The Ultimate support tool for Motiva Enterprises LLC retailers. Translating strategy into action!

Vision

Ensure all elements necessary for a successful retail operation are in place.


Strategy

Create a fully integrated plan that enables you, our Motiva Enterprises LLC retailer, to become the starting point with proper planning for you and Motiva Enterprises LLC; including training, equipment and financing and shared goals.
 
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