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Krispy Kreme

Strategy-Making, Strategy-Executing Process:

The strategy-making, strategy-executing process consists of five phases. The first phase consists of the developing of a strategic vision. This involves determining the future of the company, creating a roadmap for the organization's future, deciding future business positions, providing long-term direction, as well as giving the company a strong identity. This strategic vision phase is accomplished by Krispy Kreme's CEO and the organization's top executives (See Figure 1).

The second phase involves setting objectives for the organization. For Krispy Kreme, the CEO and top executives create these specific performance targets (See Figure 1).

These organizational members are responsible for creating yardsticks to track performance as well as ensuring that Krispy Kreme is focused on results and has not become complacent.

Phase 3 involves crafting strategies to meet these goals. Top executives and senior vice presidents are involved primarily in this phase (See Figure 1).

Analyzing external forces is used in conjunction with directing organizational efforts.

Implementing and executing the strategy is phase four in the process. This is an action-oriented phase where measurable progress is achieved. This phase is most often completed by senior vice presidents in the Krispy Kreme organization (See Figure 1).

The final phase of this process is the evaluation of performance, as well as the initiation of corrective adjustments to the strategies implemented.

Several facets could initiate the need for corrective action: Changing customer needs, new opportunities, new ideas, or failure of a Figure 1:

The Strategy-Making, Strategy-Executing Process

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5

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Source: "Corporate Governance") strategy to be as effective as predicted.

At Krispy Kreme, this phase is completed by senior vice presidents, as well as other mid-level regional and functional managers (See Figure 1).

Vision Statement:

Currently, Krispy Kreme does not have a vision statement. Without a clear vision, the organization does not have a statement for members to draw upon to detail where the organization is heading, what markets they are pursuing, and what kind of company the management is trying to create. For these reasons, the organization should develop a vision statement.

A vision statement for Krispy Kreme should, as mentioned, be a statement of where the company hopes to be in the future. This includes the company's beliefs and mission that will guide the organization into the future.

It should be both positive and inspiring for Krispy Kreme members to rally around.

As such, a vision statement for Krispy Kreme is suggested as:

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts strives to become the leading specialty retailer of doughnuts, with its universal product that appeals to everyone - everywhere. To do this, the company will utilize its unique tasting product, its commitment to the highest standard of product quality and customer service, along with increased customer convenience through both off-premises and on-premises distribution and it's historic brand development, to further penetrate both domestic and international markets.

Mission Statement:

An organization's mission statement focuses on the organization's current business activities. It is a statement of where they are now.

Krispy Kreme's current mission statement is:

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is dedicated to the enhancement of the doughnut experience by providing the best possible product and environment to the consumer through a commitment in excellence to services, innovation, quality, relationships, and positive growth (Bierce).

Although this mission statement addresses the organization's dedication to customer service and quality, it does not address the current product offerings. As such, a revised Krispy Kreme mission statement such as follows is recommended:

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is dedicated to the enhancement of the doughnut experience by providing the best possible product and environment to the consumer through a commitment in excellence to services, innovation, quality, relationships, positive growth, and by offering its unique and universally appealing doughnuts, as well as fine coffee at convenient on-site and off-site locations.

Balanced Scorecard:

The Balanced Scorecard was developed as a performance measurement system that takes into account several facets of an organization to give a more complete picture of how the organization is performing, than what is traditionally provided by traditional financial reporting. See Figure 2 for Krispy Kreme's Balanced Scorecard.

Krispy Kreme Balanced Scorecard

Objectives: Measures: Targets: Initiatives:

Financial 1. Grow revenues from 1. Net revenues 1. Increase 25% per year 1. Expand into new existing and new 2. Profit margin 2. Increase 30% per year markets 3. Total Operating 3. Decrease 10% per year 2. Increase marketing

2. Increase margins to Expense/Revenues in exist. markets fuel further growth 3. Buy back franchises

3. Increase operating 4. Implement waste efficiency minimization processes

Customer 1. Maintain product 1. Customer satis- 1. 100% customer 1. Utilize customer quality faction satisfaction survey cards

2. Increase convenience 2. Net revenues 2. Increase 25% per year 2. Expand into new

3. Attract more cus- markets tomers 3. Increase marketing in exist. markets

Process 1. Always serve fresh, 1. Service time 1. No doughnut should 1. Monitor and track hot doughnuts 2. Total Operating be older than 30 min.

A doughnut life cycle

2. Reduce waste

Expense/Revenues 2. Decrease 10% per year times

3. Improve customer ser- 2. Implement waste vice time minimization processes

Learning 1. Improve employee 1. Employee tenure 1. Increase average 1. Annual employee retention 2. Employee feedback tenure by 25% per satisfaction surveys

2. Improve employee 3. Percentage of in- year 2. Employee suggestion satisfaction house promotions 2. Increase by 10% per action teams to imple-

3. Promote more ment employee sug- managers from gested programs within 3. Offer managerial training programs to interested employees

Strategically Relevant Industry Features:

Industry Overview and Trends:

Krispy Kreme's doughnut products belongs in the bread and roll market of the retail food industry. This market grew by 3.6% in 2003, and reached a value of $18.8 billion, in the United States alone. The market is expected to increase to $21.9 billion by 2008, an increase of 16.4%. The industrial-white sector, which includes doughnuts, makes up the primary revenue source for the market, accounting for 51% of the market's value ("Bread & Rolls"). The market is a mature to declining market. Pricing remains low due to competition, but focus is on loyal niche consumers, especially for Krispy Kreme which has received almost cult status in many areas. Promotion of Krispy Kreme's product focuses on its unique taste as its main differentiation, as well as their 'hot light' that signals to customers that their Original Glazed doughnuts just came right out of the oven ("Original Glazed").

The doughnut industry specifically generated sales of $4.7 billion in 2002, and is projected to reach $6.0 billion by 2007. This does not include grocery stores, convenience stores, or big box retail segments ("Krispy Kreme Doughnuts"). The company itself is moderately vertically integrated, handling distribution of doughnut mixes and equipment to their corporate and franchise stores, and utilizing other partner vendors for distribution of their products off-site.

Competitors:

Krispy Kreme's primary products are doughnuts and coffee. As such, their competitors include a variety of organizations.

Doughnut specialty retailers, such as Dunkin' Donuts and Winchell's

Stand alone and grocery retailer bakeries

Pre-packaged doughnut or snack cake manufacturers, such as Hostess and Entenmann's

And, coffee shops, such as Starbucks

Dunkin' Donuts is one of Krispy Kreme's largest competitors, they not only dominate the doughnut industry, but the coffee industry as well, selling approximately 800 million cups of coffee each year ("Product Facts").

Dunkin' Donuts was even rated the 'best buy' for the coffee industry, by Business Week, in 2004, over Starbucks (Symonds, Kiley, & Holmes 61).

Five Forces Model of Competition:

Bargaining Power of Suppliers:

To Krispy Kreme's benefit, the production of doughnuts does not necessitate a complex ingredient list. Most supplies are readily accessible, by a variety of suppliers; this has lessened the bargaining power that these entities have. As mentioned, Krispy Kreme is moderately vertically integrated lessening this impact even further.

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