The Big Day!-SLP Board Report Presentation

Today Certified Management Accountant candidates will give their final presentation called the 'Board Report’ for the Strategic Leadership Program.

It is a very nervous time. We have to present the written report we made to a 3-person panel of strangers who will judge our PowerPoint presentation and ask us questions.

Our topic was to make a new strategy for a fictional company called Bon Beverages-a small maker of fruit juices and soft drinks. We had to do a lot of research to support our recommendations.

An example would be to find an independent bottler in California because we are recommending that our company should expand there by licensing soft drink production to a bottler there.

Here is what we found:

'The Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, Inc. (DPSUBG) is the largest independent manufacturer, marketer and distributor of well-known and widely-consumed carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks in the United States. We service more than one-third of the U.S. population with operations in 25 states. We operate ten manufacturing plants, over 100 distribution centers and employ over 9,000 employees.

The Company’s portfolio of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and alternative beverages consist of highly recognizable national brands that are in many cases the first or second ranking brand in their flavor or product category. Dr Pepper, Seven Up, A&W, Sunkist, Canada Dry, Schweppes and Squirt are a few of the leading CSD brands.

The leading alternative beverages, manufactured and/or distributed by the Company are: Snapple, Fiji, Arizona, Clearly Canadian, Glaceau and Deja Blue water. Our brand portfolio is continually updated so that we achieve our goal of providing business value to our customers and refreshing beverages for their consumers.'

Our presentation is 1:30pm to today. After we will meet with our class at a pub/bar and go out for a nice dinner to celebrate the end of the course. If we pass we will all be CMAs. Whew!