摘要:Another year like the last could .nish this company. That would be disastrous for us, ouremployees and Melfort.'' Looking down the boardroom table, Tomassen Meat Limited(TML) President Rob Baileyhad to agree. He quipped ``...yes, but it's our job to make sureit isn't''. The Board of Directors of TML Foods Inc. of Melfort, Sask. had convened aspecial meeting in April, 1999, to review 1998 results and to consider TML's strategyfor thefuture. After record losses in 1998, the board had initiated a complete review of TML'sstrategic position, .nances and operations. One of the directors, Cal Hagar, had taken on therole of spearheading the process and had recentlycompleted an external environment scan.He had also guided the board's internal review of TML. The board was in the process ofreviewing both, and based on their analysis it planned to set TML's strategy for taking thecompanyinto the new millennium.