Hey guys

im feelin a little out of the loop this week, not by any of your own faults its just been a hellish week unfortunately.

I've been working at strategy info but it seems to just play into the parts that everyone else is working on so if someone wants me to work with them on their info let me know.

I've been doing a bit of planning for the actual write-ups for the SWOT and if it works with you all i'll put that all together this weekend (after we finalise what we want to be included)

I have also been looking at a broader look of the company just for some good terms and ideas to bring into the writeup such as The Value Chain (how primary activities starting at R&D drive the production and in turn marketing and sales) and also things like Competitive Advantage and trying to find info on the impact of new models on older model sales but dont have much on that one (if anyone does let me know)

I am working on something in regards to Drivers of PRofitability (ROIC) also so we can use that as aprt of recommendation should we suggest that the R&D spending be increased to a prefered *(yet maintainable) level.

Anyways let me know if you need me to swich mindsets for something, ive finalyl got a few days off this weekend so i can get some real quality time in "case-mode"

Joel

p.s. can you get email updates of posting? HAvent used blogger for so long i cant remember and its hard to get round my firewall at work to post.