RWCS Mission and Strategy by Patricia Mielke

RWCS Mission and Strategy by Patricia Mielke https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3 Share your RWCS mission statement and business strategy here. Indicate whether you think the competitive business strategies align with the mission. Respond to others - be sure to include your name so I know who to give credit to. To add click on the pink plus symbol in the right-hand corner. en-us 2018-09-05 15:10:12 UTC 2024-05-29 01:47:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 3M's Vision Statement - Pat Mielke patricia_mielke https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/321923810 Many times organizations have either a mission or vision statement - so if you cannot find the mission statement for your RWCS, that may be the case. I worked for 3M for almost 9 years, so I am sharing their vision statement here:
"3M continues to be inspired and motivated by our corporate vision: 3M Technology Advancing Every Company 3M Products Enhancing Every Home 3M Innovation Improving Every Life "
Their competitive business strategy is differentiation. 3M continues to encourage employees to develop new and innovation products that are of the highest quality. Think about the "Post-it" while the patent has run off on that product, their Post-it's are by far the best on the market.
Pat Mielke ]]> 2019-01-17 21:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/321923810 Gundersen Health System-Amy Koblitz https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/321938481 Gundersen Health System's mission statement is " We will distinguish ourselves through excellence in patient care, education, research and improved health in the communities we service." Their competitive business strategy is low cost. Gundersen has become an energy independent healthcare system to help control increasing energy costs. Controlling the energy costs will in turn help control the costs that are passed on to our patients.
Amy Koblitz]]> 2019-01-17 22:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/321938481 Marine Credit Union - Alison Pehler https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/321978868 Marine Credit Union is more than just a lending institution. They go above and beyond to help those in need. They pride themselves in serving the underserved. Their mission statement is:

A-Accountability

C-Candor

E-Excellence

I-Integrity

T-Teamwork

ACEIT upholds the values and expectations of Marine Credit Union employees to not only themselves, but to members as well. This coincides with their competitive advantage of quality and service. Helping those that are truly in need due to poor credit, bankruptcy, and other financial issues, Marine Credit Union wants to help get members back on the right track. Employees who work for Marine Credit Union know that the number one goal is to make a positive impact on somebody’s life.

-Alison Pehler

]]> 2019-01-18 02:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/321978868 Menards - Mindy Moon https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322365470 Mission statement "Dedicated to Service and Quality." Slogan is "Save big money at Menards" The business strategy is low cost. The business strategy aligns more with the slogan, and has nothing to do with service and quality.

]]> 2019-01-19 06:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322365470 Lea- Revolution https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322423026 In speaking with Carrie, one of the owners of Revolution coffee shop in Black River Falls, WI, she stated that there is no mission statement connected to their branding. She did mention that when training staff she tells them that they are here to offer quality experiences to the customer.The business strategy they use is differentiation. Each product is a step up from what is offered in the area. She intentionally makes sure that she is not doing the same menu or events as others in the area.
The business strategy is aligned with the mission of offering a quality experience.

]]> 2019-01-19 19:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322423026 D&S Manufacturing https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322437369 (In my first post I accidentally wrote the old mission statement from a few years ago. They recently updated their mission statement.)
The mission statement for D&S Manufacturing is "To create a safe, stable and financially secure future for employee owners by providing customers with high quality, competitively priced manufactured products and services."
I feel that the mission statement covers the competitive business strategy because it lists the goals of providing customers with high quality and competitively priced manufactured products and services. The customer is always the high priority in all that is involved in the company from customer service to quality.

Lauren Stannard]]> 2019-01-19 23:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322437369 Kwik Trip-Natalie Weber webern6 https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322443997 Kwik Trip's mission statement is "To serve out customers more effectively than anyone else by treating our customers, co-workers, and suppliers as we, personally, would like to be treated and to make a difference in someone's life." The business strategy for Kwik Trip is differentiation. This strategy goes hand in hand with their mission statement. Kwik Trip's main focus is making sure that everyone that they come in to counter with has the best experience as possible. ]]> 2019-01-20 01:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322443997 Touch of Home: Brandyn Cardon https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322454305 2019-01-20 05:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322454305 Touch of Home: Brandyn Cardon https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322454396 The missions statement for touch of home goes “To provide the best quality care to each and every resident and treat them like their our own family.” This misssion statement aligns with their strategy of bringing top quality care and to differentiate from the competition. ]]> 2019-01-20 05:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322454396 Tomah Area School District -Jessica Linenberg https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322800835 Well, I did write one of these out the other day but looking through the posts I do not see mine. I must have not saved it correctly.
Tomah Area School District's mission statement is High Quality Student Learning: Every child, every day!
This statement to me suggests that no matter who the student is, how fast or slow they learn, they will offer the best education to every student every day they are in school. ]]> 2019-01-21 23:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322800835 The Charmant Hotel - Kaden Jahnke https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322802013 The Charmant Hotel does not currently have its own mission statement. A few of my peers and I decided to create one on the hotel's behalf. " The Charmant Hotel, with its unique sense of history and place, is devoted to creating enduring relationships with our guests by providing highly personalized service and gracious hospitality in an informally elegant atmosphere. " With a business strategy of location and service, The Charmant is a leading contender in the hospitality industry in La Crosse.]]> 2019-01-21 23:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322802013 Centerville Homes https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322813887 Mission statement is "Centerville Homes mission is to provide a good quality and efficient home at a fair price."The business strategy is to be different from the competitor by having great customer service. Quality is the most important because that is what is being payed for. While also trying to complete projects on time and on budget. They have been in business over 20 years and this is what they have based the company on.
Derek Stier ]]> 2019-01-22 01:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322813887 Ashley Furniture https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322821945 Ashley Furniture's mission statement is to Improve Quality, Reduce Cost, Do More Business, Be Profitable, Stay in Business. Ashley believe to stay successful in the furniture business you must always be better then the next, and you will be able to do that if you follow the five steps of the mission statement. The mission statement is gone over at the beginning of almost every meeting, where it is also stated it doesn't matter which order you do them in as long as you do them all.
Melissa Suchla ]]> 2019-01-22 01:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/322821945 Zaza's pub & Pizzeria https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323269863 Zaza's Pub and Pizzeria has a very simple yet effective mission statement. Their mission statement is "To provide great service and food to everybody young and old that walks through the door. Their business strategy is to provide high quality products at a low cost to be able to provide to college students and be able to compete with nearby bars. I believe that their strategies align with their mission statement because they strive on it and follow what they say. Their costs are low and the drinks and food are at a competitively low price which aligns with the statement.
Joe Ippolito]]> 2019-01-23 00:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323269863 Kwik Trip https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323275640 To serve our customers and community more effectively than anyone else by treating our customers, co-workers, and suppliers as we, personally, would like to be treated and to make a difference in someone's life."]]> 2019-01-23 00:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323275640 US Department of Veterans Affairs - Wade Sivertsen wadesevo https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323278082
Mission Statement

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans.

I work in the PIV (Personal Identity Verification) department of the Tomah VA Medical Center. We issue all ID cards to employees, volunteers and contractors. Our department ensures that everyone is able to do their respective jobs because they have to have a PIV card to access all government computers. I believe this aligns with the VA mission statement in that we help our workers to care for veterans.
Wade Sivertsen

]]> 2019-01-23 01:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323278082 Mariner Finance https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323282760 Mariner Finance's mission statement is, "We provide hard working consumers responsible access to credit through respectful, compassionate, and efficient service." Mariner Finance believes that to stay relevant in today's finance industry they must provide the best customer experience to every person that walks through the door. The mission statement guides all the different workers in the company, to create one united effort to better the consumer finance experience. This business's competitive strategy is differentiation. Their goal is to differentiate themselves from the rest of the competition by always treating the customer with respect and creating responsible loans that will help the customer instead of create more hardship. According to Shane Gasch, Assistant Vice President of the western Wisconsin region of Mariner Finance, "80% of highly performing companies found that standing out from your competition is the center of their business strategy." The interactions must be relevant to the customer, mutually reinforcing, clear to everyone involved, measurable against the competition, and that to create the best customer experience the company must stay up to date with technological advances. Shane said that within the company, although more expensive, there will always be a brick and mortar business for their customers to visit, because this allows their customers to really get to know who is helping them with their financial needs. In the end Mariner Finance wants to lead the consumer finance industry with, customer service, customer Inquisition, speed, agility, flexibility, nimbleness, and field operations.

Cited Source
Gasch, Shane. Personal Interview. 18 January 2019.

Johanna Berg]]> 2019-01-23 01:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323282760 Re-Pete's https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323287922 Re-Pete's mission is "dedicated to serving the needs of the retail beverage alcohol segment of the hospitality state of Wisconsin. They exists to provide services to members that are not available to them as individuals and to use the strength of its membership to accomplish, as a group, goals that cannot be accomplished alone." Re-Pete's provides service to our customers by getting their drinks and food. We want them to enjoy their time with us and always feel welcomed.
Re-Pete's will go above and behind to make sure that customer's are happy and have enjoyed their experience. Our prices are very reasonable and our timing is great.
Krystle Goldsmith

]]> 2019-01-23 02:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323287922 Goodwill Industries https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323293348 "Goodwill changes lives everyday by empowering people to increase their independence and reach their potential through education, health and employment." Their business strategy is a mix of low cost strategies and differentiation. They focus on providing jobs to those with handicaps and selling products that would have otherwise been wasted or thrown out. I believe their strategies do match their mission statement, because the money they make goes right back into employing workers and involving themselves to those in need.
Dorothy Wolfe]]> 2019-01-23 02:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323293348 River City Chiropractic https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323295036 River City Chiropractic operates on the mission of "Being committed to offering a better health and a better way of life." Their broad mission statement is purposeful as they offer chiropractic manipulations, exams, as well as massage therapy. All of these services work independently or together to promote better health and a better way of life. River City Chiropractic operates based on the specialization strategy in that they specialize in chiropractic care and massage therapy.
Based on the mission of offering better health, River City Chiropractic offers a vast range of health services while teaching that chiropractic care can eliminate symptoms of ear infection, bed wetting, acid reflux, arthritis, muscle tension and more.
River City Chiropractic specializes in human health to rid ailments, maintain good health and prevent future conditions. They maintain their competitive advantage by offering several payment methods (insurance, cash, credit) as well as one stop shopping, for the body, to maintain and promote a healthy life.

Amber Metcalf]]> 2019-01-23 03:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323295036 Miller Apartments https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323300667 Miller Apartment's mission statement is "Miller Apartment's provides high quality rental units at an affordable price with only the best service at your needs." This mission statement is based around a rental property business. The owner is very on top of things and extremely fair with his tenants.]]> 2019-01-23 03:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323300667 Dependable Solutions https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323302203 The Dependable Solutions mission statement follows the Rotary "Four-Way Test". "Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?" Dependable utilizes this mission statement to build strong personal and professional relationships with the companies they provide service for. This decision is wise because Dependable is utilizing their smaller and close-knit staff to their advantage where customers of larger companies may fall through the cracks.

Tyler Curtis]]> 2019-01-23 03:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323302203 CenturyLink - Tanya Longmire https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323305713 CenturyLink's Mission Statement is: "To be recognized as the first choice to serve the total communications needs for our communities". Their vision is to improve people lives, help businesses grow, and connect the community by providing advanced services. They support their mission and vision with their Unifying Principles which include fairness, honesty and integrity, commitment to excellence, positive attitude, respect, faith, and perseverance. These principles are basically the values that guide them in everything they do. To fulfill their mission, their organizational strategy is differentiation which is supported by their competitive strategies of service and sustainability. This includes providing excellent customer service and technical support, numerous internal corporate social responsibility programs and ethics policies, community involvement, and environmental sustainability efforts. Thanks to these efforts of providing excellent customer service and sustainability, CenturyLink won over 20 national awards for these efforts alone in 2017. After working for CenturyLink for 8 years, I do feel that these strategies align with their mission as they really do strive to live by their Unifying Principles and commitment to excellence which both make them a top telecommunications provider in the nation. ]]> 2019-01-23 04:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/323305713 Culver's mission statement is "Every guest who chooses Culver’s leaves happy." They center their focus around customer service and quality. For example, their prices are higher (compared to surrounding fast food restaurants), but people will pay it because of their strategy. Yes, I believe their mission is supported by the service they provide. Hospitality is at the forefront and helps ensure guests are happy, not only with the food, but their experience while choosing to dine with them. https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/324207723 -Emily Kacvinsky

]]> 2019-01-25 02:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/324207723 Woodman's mission statement- Austin Weber https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/326904891 Woodman’s Food Market does not have a mission statement. I believe their mission statement should state, “Woodman’s Food Markets mission is to be known for and thought of as the first and only option to serve the communities area wide by providing low prices, high quality products, and rapid unmatched service to make the experience a positive, lasting one”. I know first-hand the importance they place on providing quality, low price products that customers can use to make their lives happier. This mission statement would highlight their principles, goals, and values. Woodman’s main operational strategy is low cost. The goal is to provide outstanding prices in all of the departments. This gives the customers more enjoyment while shopping knowing their bill will not be nearly as large as it would be at other stores. This also helps customer retention. Once they come into the store and see the low prices and sales they are very likely to come back and shop again. To accompany low prices, Woodman’s also places great emphasis on providing excellent quality. Woodman's also implements its competitive strategy by providing great daily sales are an excellent incentive to save even more money while shopping there and this is a huge part of what the store and business is about. Woodman’s uses its low-cost products to attract a wide range of people. Whether you are wealthy or not so wealthy, you can afford the products that the company provides. The store also has a flyer on their website as well as in-store coupon machines that customers can use to save some money on their groceries.

-Austin Weber ]]> 2019-02-01 23:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/patricia_mielke/crbeqdzffou3/wish/326904891