Your human and managerial resources may be adequate for your domestic needs, but do they have the capacity to support business operations that may be on the other side of the world?

The following abilities are important here:

1. You have a strong management team that is capable of developing a comprehensive export plan.

2. Your management team is committed to pursuing exportmarkets and is willing to dedicate time, personnel and funds to its export program.

3. Overall, the company has enough personnel to meet increased demand or is in a position to hire people to fill the gaps.

4. You have, or can hire, trained marketing staff with experience in selling products or services abroad. An alternative is to use intermediaries with the required expertise, such as agents, distributors or trading companies.

5. If you have fewer budgets to hire more staff for your export project, you can outsource your export sales department or hire a part time local export consultant.