History 1
             Five forces of Competition 7 - 8
             Strategic Alternatives 13 - 14
             Plan of Implementation 16 - 17
             Tim Dodd was the general manager of Dakota Growers Pasta, an integrated pasta company headquartered in Carrington, North Dakota. Dakota Growers Pasta Company (DGPC) is an agricultural cooperative that processes its members' durum wheat into flour and pasta products. The cooperative was incorporated on December 16, 1991 and became fully operational in 1994. By 1998, Dakota Growers was one of the three largest pasta producers in the United States, with facilities located in North Dakota and Minnesota. It has approximately 1,100 members located in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. DGPC was one of the first successful new generation cooperatives in the 1990s. Their success has been an inspiration to others. Many new cooperatives have used DGPC as a model.
             Produce the finest dry pasta with the lowest cost using the highest standards while providing quality service throughout the entire process from grain delivery to table.
             · Provide farmers with the means to secure a future for themselves and their families.
             · Must constantly strive to improve and do it better than the day before
             · Pledged to always apply the "Quality Assured" idea in everything we do
             Dakota Growers Pasta's overall business strategy is low cost provider within the dry pasta industry. Their strategy is targeted to a broad spectrum of buyers based on being the lowest prices in the dry pasta market with the best quality. The strategic target is to be the lowest cost among their competitors, not the lowest possible cost.
             Beth Wilson, human resources manager for the company, says that the work force is one of the company's driving forces. "The work force consists of people willing to work hard, and more importantly, work together in achieving g...