Operational Plan for Introducing New Recycled Clothing Product

Manage Operational Plan-
case scenario

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
Part A.....................................................................................................................................................3
Develop Objectives & goals of operation plan...................................................................................3
List product or services offered.........................................................................................................3
Develop Key performance indicators.................................................................................................3
Develop how would you consult with other members of the organization.......................................3
When, in planning cycle, should this consultation should be carried out? What outcomes would
you be looking at achieve from this process?....................................................................................4
Develop a contingency plan...............................................................................................................4
Outline your recruitment and selection of staff?...............................................................................5
Identify and list human and physical resources required..................................................................5
Prepare a sample budget- Anticipate financial resources, associated costs, sales or revenue
forecasts............................................................................................................................................6
PART B...................................................................................................................................................6
How do you monitor and review effectiveness of recruitment process for your event/tasks?.........6
Why do budgets need frequent reviews and adjustments?..............................................................7
Who is responsible for ensuring that budgets and other financial documents in relation to
operational plan are accurate?..........................................................................................................7
When creating financial reports/budget, what sources of information need to be analysed for the
process?.............................................................................................................................................7
Specify risk factors associated with the operation plan? In relation to risk factors how do you
manage variations in operational plan?............................................................................................8
In case of variations in operational plan explain how will you gain approval from key stakeholders?
...........................................................................................................................................................9
Explain how will you train new staff/team members for implementing the operational plan?........9
Explain procedure and records associated with documenting staff performance?...........................9
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
And operational plan is a detailed statement that provides a clear view of how the
different teams and departments contribute for achieving the organizational goals. It is
prepared for a short period of time from one week to a year. Operational plan helps in
identifying key focus areas and effective allocation of resources meeting the business
requirements. In this report operational plan is formulated for introducing new recycled
clothing product in the market along with the key steps that are required to be taken for
successful implementation which involves risk assessment, budgeting, review and
monitoring.
Part A
Develop Objectives & goals of operation plan
The goals and objective for introducing new recyclable clothing products for
everyone. The key objective are as follows.
 To sell a clothing for all age groups.
 To make a fair amount of profit in the initial year.
 To achieve the target set for each week.
 To keep the cost of operation in control.
 To increase the market presence.
List product or services offered
This product is made up of old cloths that are not used anymore. These products are
crafted from recycled fabrics. It will be made available at speciality shops. The clothing used
are completely worn out and are unusable.
Develop Key performance indicators
The key performance indicator that can be used to measure the performance of the
business are stated below (Develop operational plan. 2020).
 Increasing the net profit margins
 Customers satisfaction level by evaluating the feedback
 Target sales achieved
 Employee turnover by maintaining the proper record of each employee.
Reference:
Develop operational plan. 2020. [Online]. Available Through:< https://aspire-solidus-
production.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/assets/BXMGT517/samples/
BXMGT517.pdf>.
Develop how would you consult with other members of the organization
To make the plan more effective, the consultation with relevant stakeholders is very
important as they are the ones who will put the plan into action. The relevant stakeholders
include senior level managers, supervisors, employee representatives, different functional

business units (Towbin and et.al, 2018). The consultation process will help in attracting more
contribution from the people in the development and implementation process. Initially,
meeting will be conducted for clearly explaining the plan and after that emails, newsletter and
other sessions will be conducted to analyse the progress.
Reference:
Towbin, A. J. and et.al, 2018. Building and Implementing an Operational
Plan. RadioGraphics. 38(6). pp.1694-1704.
When, in planning cycle, should this consultation should be carried out? What outcomes
would you be looking at achieve from this process?
Timely and in between consultation will help in taking relevant actions as and when
required in order to overcome any tough situation. It will result into positive outcome in
terms of approval.
Develop a contingency plan
It requires a huge research for preparing a contingency plan. For preparing the
contingency plan it is important to carry out two steps which are discussed below.
Identifying and prioritizing the resources
It includes the most crucial resources that are required for running the business
(Huang and et.al, 2019). For introducing new product, the key resources will be clothes,
labours, tools and facilities.
Identifying the risk
The major risk that will be faced by the business is insufficient supply of old clothes,
achieving the sales target on time and lack of availability of skilled labours and increasing
cost (Bokhari, 2016).
Contingency plan for meeting the material and clothes
 Changing the suppliers
 Outsourcing the production to other producers at a lower cost.
Contingency plan for achieving sales and production target
 Using new machinery or changing the layout of production system
 Providing proper training to the staff.
 Using different methods of marketing for promotion.
Contingency plan for getting required labours and reducing cost
 Providing training to the labours.
 Adjusting the wages of the staff.
 Reducing the travel and other accommodation costs.
 Changing the maintenance schedule while keeping in the standards.
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