Kulder Fine Foods - Strategic Planning and Total Quality Management PracticesIntroductionStrategic planning is an important decision-making method companies use to establish business goals and objectives. Implementing this business practice, regardless the size of the company can have a profound impact on a company's bottom line. Total quality management (TQM) encompasses important strategies and statistical concepts, which enable a company to move from a traditional management style to one that empowers employees and promotes value and quality of the products.
Currently, Kulder Fine Foods (Kulder) logo advertises the company offers customers the experience of shopping the world for the finest foods by offering a wide variety of specialty ingredients and products. Therefore, in order for Kulder to remain successful, continue to expand to additional locations, and offer unique quality products, Kulder must reassess the company's strategic plan on a regular basis and execute effective TQM techniques, especially due to the company's global business practices.
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English: Example of performance for TQM Español: ...Mission Statement and Vision SummaryThe mission statement for Kulder is "to provide our customers the finest in selected foodstuffs, wines, and related needs in an unparalleled consumer environment. Our selections, coupled with our experienced, helpful and knowledgeable staff, merge to offer each customer a delightful and pleasing shopping outing" (Our Mission, n.d., para.2). Kudler's provides these services by shopping the world for its products. Kulder's staff purchases only handpicked products thus assuring that Kulder is the premier supplier of gourmet delights (Our Mission, n.d.).
The creator and owner of Kulder, Kathy Kudler, had a vision to build a one-stop shopping convenience store that would supply an extensive selection of the freshest ingredients and gourmet cooking tools all at reasonable prices. Kulder opened its first location in La Jolla, California in 1998, and in 2000 opened the Del Mar location. Kudler's latest store is located in Encinitas that...