3 Part assignment
Riordan Industries
Business Plan Outline
By Tim Crosby
Student, IT205
University of Phoenix
May 30, 2014
I. Introduction/Cover
II. Agenda
III. Riordan’s Current Business Operation
1. Company Structure
1. What is the product or service (brief description)?
2. Status of business (start-up, expansion of a going concern, take-over of existing business, franchise, etc.).
2. Current Business Implementations
1. What is the future of the business?
2. What steps have been taken to get there?
3. Current Focus Areas
1. Who are the customers?
2. What are the metrics of Riordan’s goals?
4. Production and Costs
1. Primary income and expenses?
IV. Areas of Opportunity
1. Streamlining processes
1. Human Resources
2. Production
1. Dated Services, Products, Equipment, or Training
2. Tech Barriers
1. Computers
2. End Users
3. Compatibility
V. Next Generation Systems
1. New Needs of the Business
1. The Direction the Company Needs to Move Towards
2. Concerns?
1. Costs
2. Security
3. Education of new and current employees
3. Solutions
1. Mobility
2. Cloud Computing
3. Creating Proficiency
4. Pace of Technology Trends
VI. Results of New System Implementation
1. Costs versus Capital and Efficiency
2. Customer/Employee Influences
3. Summary of Success
1. Impact of New System on Future Business
i. Limited (time) opportunity or timeless?
ii. Why?
VII. Summary of Presentation
VIII. Audience Q & A
IX. References