Britannia Strategy Management Inc.

Britannia Strategy Management Inc.

Britannia Strategy Management Inc. focuses on strengthening two key areas of management competency by

a.) Working with executive teams to design, implement and facilitate strategic analyses, business strategy and scenario development processes. These have invariably resulted in the implementation of prompt and effective strategic action.

Scenario Development and Strategy Work has been undertaken with the following industry leaders, among others

- Finning International
- Forintek Canada
- Intrawest
- The Vancouver Airport Authority
- Tolko Industries
- The Council of Forest Industries

b.) Providing continuous improvement expertise, while training and coaching executive, production and maintenance management teams to quantify and eliminate execution gaps. Services include development and implementation of management systems, creation of analytical tools and implementation of positive action processes. These have invariably resulted in a legacy of continuous performance improvement.

Execution Gap Projects have been conducted with the following industry leaders, among others

- Plum Creek MDF, Columbia Falls, Montana (mill operations and maintenance)
- Canfor, Houston, British Columbia (planer operations)
- Potlatch Clearwater, Lewiston, Idaho (mill operations & maintenance)
- Potlatch Inventory Management, Idaho (inventory accuracy)

What Makes Britannia's Sessions So Effective?

- We customize your session agenda to meet your specific needs.
- Meeting time is optimized and minimized. Pre-meeting assignments help your team identify issues and conduct meaningful analyses. We synthesize and organize pre-meeting feedback to facilitate discussion and priority setting.
- We help you identify and resolve your most critical issues, while creating competitive advantage, increasing shareholder value, and capitalizing on leadership opportunities.
- We help focus your team on strategic action while expanding their thinking and learning.
- We provide pre-session readings appropriate to your business and establish a common planning language within your group.
- Each customized process module has well-defined deliverables illustrated by examples.
- Groups that have not undertaken specific process activities previously, receive just-in-time training.
- Critical uncertainties are explored through scenario development and analysis.
- Strategic action objectives are fully developed. Strategic approaches, and detailed action plans can be developed
during meeting time, or can be assigned to task champions.
- Strategic action teams evaluate their ideas for balance and estimate their contribution to profitability and organization effectiveness.
- Strategic action documentation / communication / validation presentations are completed and tested before the end of the strategic action session.
- Subsequent processes initiate strategic actions throughout the organization and integrate corporate critical issues with those of subordinate groups.

ABOUT BRITANNIA STRATEGY MANAGEMENT INC.

Ian Leask has twenty-four year's experience as a planner and
marketer with senior management teams in mass-merchandizing-
retail, wholesale distribution, and primary forest products
manufacturing with privately held, publicly held, and crown
corporations. President of Britannia Strategy Management Inc.,
Ian, and his wife, Jane, launched their company in 1997, and
located it in a small fishing village 30 minutes from downtown
Vancouver, BC. They work together to provide a range of
services including Strategic Actioning, Custom Strategy Process
Design & Management, Scenario Integration, Strategy
Communication, Implementation & Co-ordination, Research, Capital
Project Analysis, and Group Facilitation. Clients range from
major forest products companies, to national and international
distributors, crown corporations, and industry associations.
Ian attained a Masters of Business Administration degree from
the Simon Fraser University, Executive Program in 1986, and has
completed advanced scenario development training with the world-
recognized leaders in scenario development.

SOME OF BRITANNIA'S CLIENTS

Companies
- BC Hydro: Developed a project plan for scenario and strategy development
- Canfor / Slocan: Worked with Jim Shepherd and his executive team to develop and facilitate a creation of a Vision for a new forest giant.
- Canfor: Worked with Perforex and Canfor management to establish accountability, measures, systems, processes, communication protocols and resolve execution gaps within the worlds largest lumber mill.
- Canfor Weldwood Distribution Ltd: Developed a customer-dynamics analysis for national distribution. Provided graphical history for multiple regions. Performed detailed analysis of customer performance vs. sales performance.
- Far West Industries Inc: Facilitated development of strategy to renew the companies Gore Tex outerwear manufacturing operation with Far West Executive
- Fibreco Export Inc: Worked with the Board and Executive to develop a new corporate strategy and action plans.
- Finning International and Finning Country Executive: Worked numerous times over six years with Finnings senior executive to design, implement, and facilitate comprehensive, integrated, strategic action processes throughout functions and operations in Canada, Chile, and the UK. Members of Finning's executive team described their corporate strategic action process as some of the most effective they had ever attended.
- Forintek: (An advanced forest products research business.) Developed and implemented an integrated scenario development and strategic action process resulting in immediate implementation of renewal strategies for the company.
- Interfor: Developed a business plan for a new venture
- Intrawest: Developed Scenarios with Whistler 2014 Task Group
- Martco: Worked with Perforex to perform a production strategy and capital project analysis and made recommendations for Martco Plywood, Alexandria, LA.
- North Central Plywood: (Now Canfor) Developed and evaluated medium-term marketing and production strategies.
- Northwood Inc: (Now Canfor) Worked twice with senior management to develop and present solid-wood medium term plans.
- Nicholson Manufacturing Ltd: Worked with Nicholsons North American and International Groups to develop and implement strategic action plans.
- Plum Creek MDF: Worked with Perforex to develop production strategies, design and implement business improvement processes and resolve execution gaps at Plum Creek Forest Products, Columbia Falls, MT. MDF is now doing great with world record volumes and quality on both production lines. You certainly helped us get there. Thanks Dennis Robinson, General Manager Panel Products.
- Potlatch Corporation: Worked with Perforex and Potlatch management to establish accountability, measures, systems, processes, communication protocols and resolve execution gaps within the Lewiston Idaho, Lumber Mill.
- Potlatch Corporation: Worked with Perforex and Potlatch management to establish accountability, measures, systems, processes, communication protocols and resolve execution gaps with the Idaho Region Log Inventory Management Team.
- Tolko Industries Ltd: Now entering our fifth year working with Tolkos corporate, functional and operational teams to renew strategy, develop acquisition criteria, and evaluate acquisitions. Tolko describe our strategic action process as the most effective they have ever seen.
- Weldwood of Canada: Developed marketing and production strategies for panelboard products.
- Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR): Conducted two scenario and scenario implications sessions with the senior team and invited guests.
- Visscher Companies. Worked with the marketing and production teams of the Visscher companies to develop and implement new product production and marketing strategies.

Associations
- The BC Council of Value-Added Wood Processors: Developed an analysis of the effects of primary industry consolidation and proposed action plans, and facilitated strategic actions.
- The BC Export Marketing Coalition: (Includes all major solid wood trade associations in BC as well as government and union participation.) Worked with team to develop and implement the Canada Wood Marketing Initiative. This national strategic action will help to revitalize the Canadian solid wood industry by investing more than $ 100 million over 5 years to create new export markets. The project has resulted in application of an incremental $ 6.5 million in the short term toward new export market development for the British Columbia industry.
- The BC Wood Specialties Group: Twice worked with Board and Executive to develop and implement strategic action plans for the association.
- Canadian Kraft Paper Council: Facilitated the inaugural meeting and development of an association strategy.
- Canadian Mill Services Association: Conducted an integrated strategic action process resulting in implementation of new growth strategies.
- Canadian Plywood Association: Worked with management team to develop a strategy and business plan for a new commercial venture.
- The Coast Forest Lumber Association: Conducted an integrated strategic action process resulting in new commitment to the association.
- Log Building Industry Association of BC: Worked with members to develop and implement an offshore marketing strategy.

Government Ministries and Agencies
- The Jobs and Timber Accord Jobs Advocate: Worked with team to develop a planning process and marketing strategy for industry competitiveness in the British Columbia Forest Strategy Review.
- Forest Renewal BC: Worked with value-added industry team to develop scenarios about the future of the Value Added Industry and the critical issues faced by industry. Facilitated development of a vision and business pro forma for a sales-and-marketing function to enhance small forest-based businesses. Led a broad community of stakeholders to create a coordinated province-wide secondary manufacturing strategy.
- BC Ministry of Forests: Facilitated Ministry/Industry Forum to develop Critical Issues, Objectives and Action Plans toward the implementation of culture change in support of the Forest and Range Preservation Act. Developed scenarios to explore the drivers of change and develop support strategies.

Company Details

Year Established: 1997

Company Information

Ian Leask
Title: President
Telephone: (604) 271-3477
Fax: (604) 271-3433
Email: Click Here

Services

Scenario Development And Strategic Action Planning Processes