Business Strategy

The Farm Scorecard can help businesses develop a clear competitive strategy.  Competitive strategy is about being different – creating a unique position that is different from rivals’.

A competitive strategy is also more than just for today but has a time horizon of 5-10 years.  It involves doing many things well, but for most businesses these boil down to its customers, people, production and finance.     

Our Farm Scorecard also deals with performance measurement.  Collecting information on each of the above business areas provides a way of telling whether the business is on course to achieve its strategy. 

The Farm Scorecard takes you through different ways of thinking about strategy development.  It includes a description of these methods and a series of coached questions in the form of Worksheets that help farmers realise their competitive edge.

information & case studies

.: Improving Competitive Advantage - The Farm Scorecard (complete folder)

The material in this folder provides a step by step guide on developing a competitive strategy for your business.

Business areas:	Business Strategy	Sector:	n/a	Region:	n/a

Case Studies

.: Farmer Champions

A series of 16 short film clips illustrating a range of successful farm business strategies from the four main agri-business sectors.  They are ideal support material for lectures, workshops, seminars and conferences focussing on farm business strategy.

Business areas:	Business Strategy	Sector:	Cereals Fresh Produce Dairy Red Meat	Region:	North West North East West Midlands East Midlands East of England South West South East Yorks / Humber