Strategic decisions are characterized by uncertainty. The decisions to be made in the area of
strategic planning are future oriented and relate directly to planning activity. Here basically
planning for future that is budgets, target markets, policies, objectives etc. is done. This is
basically a top level where up-to-the minute information on the food items ordered and
breaks out percentages showing sales of each item versus total sales is provided. The top
level where strategic planning is done compares the weekly sales totals versus food costs,
allowing planning for tighter cost controls. Executive support systems function at the
strategic level, support unstructured decision making, and use advanced graphics and
communications. Examples of executive support systems include sales trend forecasting,
budget forecasting, operating plan development, budget forecasting, profit planning, and
manpower planning.