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The Big Deal<\/span><\/p>\n
E<\/strong>very sales manager, business owner, general manager and CFO, at some point in their careers, have been entertained by the overly-enthusiastic sales person describing the \u201cBig Deal\u201d that was about to close. And unless those managers were completely na\u00efve and inexperienced, a twinge of skepticism should have arisen. Was what they were hearing, in fact, real?<\/p>\n
When hearing about a \u201cBig Deal\u201d, managers must confront the challenge of what to do about it \u2013 ignore it, or prepare. Preparation may comprise some or all of capacity planning, inventory commitment, equipment capacity increases, cash planning and workforce planning. Failure to anticipate these factors can result in an inability to deliver to the customer what they want, on time, should the deal actually break. On the other hand, a knee-jerk financial commitment based on the potential of the deal, can leave the firm with a lot of unusable inventory should the deal fail to materialize.<\/p>\n
So, how does a manager judge the reality of the \u201cBig Deal\u201d?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n