Posted on 14 January 2013. Tags: business strategy, business systems and processes, small business owner, Useful Tools
A small business requires a lot of work in order to prove successful. You can use all the help you can get in order to manage the work and the employees better. Luckily for you, there are many useful tools available that will make your job much easier.
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Posted in Social Media
Posted on 05 November 2012. Tags: business systems and processes, cost of production, product development
I have seen this image a few times over my career in IT and to this day it is the most accurate description of how product development really works.
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Posted in General
Posted on 05 November 2012. Tags: business efficiency, business systems and processes, Shadow systems
The term Shadow System recalls to my mind James Bond movies’ SPECTRE organization. The truth is much more trivial. Shadow systems are those fantastic gothic cathedrals built with Excel which keep so many businesses running.
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Posted in General
Posted on 04 November 2012. Tags: business efficiency, business systems and processes, maximum productivity
I love Excel, I think it’s pretty obvious if you have a look to my site I’m not alone, millions and millions of people around the world use it too and, more or less, love it.
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Posted in General
Posted on 03 November 2012. Tags: Business Plans, business strategy, business systems and processes
Once upon a time… Sam was worried about his electrical supply business, and rightly so. The initial burst of growth over the first three years of the business had halted in the fourth year and in the fifth his sales and profitability were now going backwards.
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Posted in Management, Top 5
Posted on 04 October 2012. Tags: business efficiency, business systems and processes, Cloud Computing
The phenomenon of cloud computing has become a part of daily life across the globe. And while it is used by many people, few know what cloud computing is, how it affects them, the advantages and disadvantages and how it can spread cooperation between organizations and through the world.
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Posted in Innovation
Posted on 29 August 2011. Tags: business plan, business systems and processes, Data Protection
Data protection has never been a more pressing issue than now. With many businesses collecting information in CRM databases, commercial and transactional databases, email addresses, etc, it’s important for business owners to understand their responsibilities towards data protection and security.
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Posted in General
Posted on 08 June 2011. Tags: business systems and processes, Legal Advice
Cloud computing is the delivery of information technology services over the internet without the need for businesses to purchase or install software or run their own application and data servers. Applications are hosted in the data centers of the cloud computing provider, benefiting from massive economies of scale
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Posted in Legal
Posted on 17 February 2011. Tags: business systems and processes, effective management, SME Business
SME businesses in our region are the biggest employers and biggest tax contributors (source: ABS) and are the backbone of our economy. Over 80% of SME businesses use computer systems in some form to manage their business operations from book-keeping through to automated business equipment (ABS, 2009).
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Posted in General
Posted on 03 September 2010. Tags: business systems and processes
Articles often discuss how software is able to benefit your small business operations, but hardware plays just of an integral part.
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Posted in Management
Posted on 06 July 2010. Tags: business systems and processes
To help answer this question imagine you supply a product to the market. When people want to contact support they send an email to support@yourbusiness.com.
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Posted in Management
Posted on 24 June 2010. Tags: business strategy, business systems and processes
When you have a business, you must consistently have a product that is good, a price that is competitive, and the right people to sell it, deliver it, and service it.
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Posted in Management
Posted on 14 June 2010. Tags: business strategy, business systems and processes
Last week we tried to give perspective to the idea that being the classic Market Focused entrepreneur isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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Posted in Management
Posted on 10 June 2010. Tags: business efficiency, business systems and processes
I was at a customer appreciation event for a large telecommunications company in Beaver Creek last week. Jonny Moseley, 1998 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle skiing …
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Posted in General
Posted on 08 June 2010. Tags: business management, business planning, business systems and processes, effective management
Contingency Planning and Business Continuity Plans can sound pretty scary to many people and are often only associated with large corporates and public sector bodies.
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Posted in Management