Strtegic Plan Analysis Paper

Contained within the following paper is the evaluation of the author’s organization’s mission, vision goals, and objectives .The author will discuss the pre-determined questions as set forth by Jeffrey Trapp, a certified University of Phoenix instructor. This paper will discuss the differences that a rise between a company that has implemented TQM (Total Quality Management) with that of the authors own organization’s management style.

The organization that which the author is currently an employee is Frito-Lay. Frito-Lay is owned and there for a part of a larger organization known as Pepsico. Frito-Lay’s mission statement is “to be the world’s favorite snack always within arms reach”. Frito-Lay is the largest and fastest growing snack food manufacturer in the United States. Frito-Lay sells 8 of the 10 top snack chip brands and sells 600 pounds of Lay's chips every minute. Frito-Lay holds leading market share in all major snack chip categories. Being such a staple in the snack food industry Frito-Lay must keep the quality of their product held at high standards.

Within the sales division of Frito-Lay the management system runs as a chain of command with the sales representative being the last line of defense between the company and the customer. The sales representative receives his sales plans and product placement orders form the district sales leader who receives his orders from the zone sales manager and so on up the chain. Ultimately the role of increasing sales and product recognition rest on the shoulders of the sales representative.

The company that the author has chosen to compare his own organization with is the Toyota motor company. The Toyota Company has become a renowned leader in the area of quality management. Toyota’s theory of “keep it lean” has kept the company running at a level that eclipses the industry standards.

The management style at Frito-lay tends to involve a lot of needless procedure and personal that proves to make a simple problem complicated. The Toyota company with it’s keep it lean theory keeps the process of doing business as simple as possible. Where at Frito-Lay when there are a problem the sales person has to call the district sales leader who then in part has to get the need information from the people above him. At Toyota if there is a problem then the person who discovered the problem has the freedom to halt the procedure and do what is needed to correct the deficiency.