Webster Limited: Implementation Strategies, Evaluation & Future Plan

This report provides an overview of Webster Limited's implementation and evaluation strategies as a leading agribusiness in Australia. It discusses the company's focus on communication, financial integrity, governance, and risk management. The report also highlights strategies such as workforce training, maintaining a successful track record, customer satisfaction, and automation. Furthermore, it offers recommendations for diversification, enhanced compatibility, effective market planning, efficient financial planning, technology investment, internal feedback mechanisms, and cost reduction to maintain competitiveness and expand into new markets. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wealth of study resources for students.

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Webster Limited Implementation and Evaluation Strategies
Introduction
Webster Limited is an agribusiness organization based in Australia. It is among the most
successful agribusiness companies in the country. Webster has been undertaking the various
range of activities over the years but lately, the firm is concerned with three main enterprises.
These are the production of walnuts, water, and agriculture. Webster is the main producer of
walnuts, as it is estimated to produce roughly ninety percent of Australia's walnut annually.
The organization possesses at least forty thousand hectares of fertile land assets for
irrigation which focuses on the production of corn, cotton, livestock, and other cereals. The firm
also has a diverse collection of water which is around two-hundred mega-liters. This water is
used to support the other two businesses. It enhances the diversity of crops, yield optimization,
and developing growth prospects across their business.
Implementation strategies and evaluation.
Webster limited is among the leading Agribusiness industries in Australia. For such a
company to remain significant in the market now and in coming years a lot has to be done (C A
Brebbia, 2016). The firm has to take certain initiatives so as to be able to compete even with
upcoming/ new firms in the same industry. And still, dominate substantial market share. These
plans are useful both in protecting their market dominance and also exploring new markets
through innovations. Some of the major ways in which the organization implements its plans and
evaluates them include the following:

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The firm places significant value and importance on effective and accurate
communication with its potential and existing stakeholder. The firm is committed to observing
disclosure obligation and the Australia security exchange rules. As such the company has created
and adopted a disclosure procedure and policy which makes sure that all substantial matters
related to the organization are delivered effectively and immediately.
The company is also concerned with safeguarding integrity in the financial report. The
board is accountable for the integrity of these financial reports. It has created an internal
management framework to make sure there are accurate financial reports of actual results against
the approved budget (Gibson, 2009).
In order to fulfill its responsibility and obligation to its various stakeholders, Webster
limited board identifies the necessity to implement and uphold a robust governance. The board
has introduced a program aimed at meeting the best practice in terms of disclosure,
accountability, responsibility, and transparency (Karthik Ramanna, 2015). The company obeys
most of Australia security exchange principles. The board of the company is committed to
looking at all activities to ensure that a functional and appropriate solution is put in place.
Additionally, Webster Limited as a firm has a free flow of cash. This enables the
company to take advantage of future opportunities that may arise and also acts as capital for the
firm to venture into new projects or entities. They can also use the cash for precaution purposes
that is being prepared to respond to any disasters or emergencies that may arise in the course of
their operations (Ritchie & MacDonald, 2010). This helps in managing the risk and reducing its
impact on their operation.

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The company has a risk and audit committee which is responsible for establishing a
diverse risk profile. It identifies and monitors material risk faced by their firm and it’s bound to
ensure they are effectively managed.
Webster limited want to ensure that returns on capital are good. The firm has, therefore,
come up with plans to implement new projects and enhanced construction of new revenue-
generating ventures. This has enabled the organization to be trusted by its investors. Another
strategic plan is that they ensuring the workforce they are working with is highly skilled. This
can be enhanced through carrying out learning and training programs. The company is spending
significantly huge resources in training and the development of its staff (Madu & Kuei, 2012).
This leads to a highly specialized workforce and also motivates the employees to achieve more
in terms of believing in themselves, accountability and innovation.
Also, Webster Company aims at maintaining a successful track record (Cengage
Learning (firm), 2006). This helps the business to make a well-informed decision in present and
future by checking previous records. For instance, if the previous year market was not fully met
they increase their production to fully meet the demand (Silber, Kenneth H; 2010). Additionally,
Webster Limited gives great importance to customer satisfaction and maintains customer
satisfaction at high levels. This is channeled through a management department in the institution
that deals with customer related issues to ensure that their customers are fully satisfied and also
that they also create a good image for potential customers.
The company also ensures that it maintains a highly successful ready to go market
strategy to market their products. This is meant to ensure that products have a readily available
market and also that their products fully meet the standard of the customer and of high quality.

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This in return will benefit the firm for it won’t incur the unnecessary cost and but it will
minimize losses.
Similarly, automation is another key strategy for the organization to remain competitive
in the industry. The company has automated most of its operations. This could be in form of use
of modern technology in harvesting, branding, and packaging of their products. This ensures
consistency in the quality of the products. It also enhances their ability to scale down or scale up
their productive activities depending on the size of the market (Enyedi & Volgyes, 2014).
Correspondingly, the company strives to ensure that it attains an exceptional
performance in the new markets they join and that they scale up their production. This calls for
the company to build up an expert system to enable it to capture the attention of the new
consumer base. New markets mean additional revenue for the organization and also expand the
economy sequence risk in the market it conducts its operation in.
Recommendations
For the firm’s to be able to outdo competitors, start new markets, and maintain their
substantial market share in their present markets now and in the future, there are a number of
recommendations that the company ought to consider (Thomas J Webster, 2015). These may
include but not limited to the following:
(a) Diversification of its operations.
Despite the fact that Webster Limited is among the topmost firms in its industry, it has
encountered challenges shifting to other product sectors which are of its present culture.it is
highly recommendable that the company diversifies its operations to other sectors (Khajehean, et
al., 2018).

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(b) Enhance compatibility.
Webster's structure is compatible with the current business model only. This, therefore, limits
extension in adjacent product sectors. The firm should, therefore, modify its structure to widen
its range of compatibility.
(c) Creation of an effective market plan.
In spite of the continued success of its products in sales, its position and exceptional
selling proposition are not explained clearly. This has resulted in attacks in this sector from other
competitors (Keller & Price, 2011). The firm should, therefore, create an effective marketing
plan to maintain its significance in the market and outdo competitors.
(d) Efficient financial planning.
The present liquid asset ratio and asset ratios of Webster Limited propose that the firm
can use the funds more efficiently than it is spending it at the moment. The firm should,
therefore, ensure that its financial planning is efficiently and properly done in the future for
optimal results.
(e) Invest in technology.
Putting into consideration the expansion scale and various geographies the organization is
aiming to expand into, Webster Limited requires to invest in the latest technologies. They can do
this by putting more funds into technology such that the allocation is in line with the
organization's vision.
(f) Creation of an internal feedback mechanism.

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Webster Limited has not been able to deal with the challenges presented by the new
competitors in the market and causing a reduction in market share in the niche classifications.
This necessitates for the firm to create an internal feedback mechanism right from its sales unit
who are on the ground to respond to those challenges.
(g) Cutting down the cost.
The firm’s day inventory is excessive in comparison to their competitors making the firms
use more funds in this channel. This can have a significant effect on the long-term development
and growth of this firm. The organization should, therefore, cut down on these costs. Saved
funds can be used for other investments and help the firm to counter its competitors (Counto, et
al., 2017).

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