Most financial executives use some form of rolling forecast to guide their financial planning and budgeting efforts, but do so in rudimentary fashion, employing mostly manual business performance management processes and spreadsheets that inevitably fail to deliver the accuracy and manageability they are seeking.
A recent survey of more than 320 senior finance executives in North America Read the rest of this entry »
GPS fleet tracking is a technology that many companies are now using in several different ways to help raise the corporate bottom line. Utilizing GPS tracking helps businesses with fleets of vehicles such as taxi companies, bus lines, courier services and long haul transport providers keep track of many different elements of the process.
Unlike a traditional business, a company with a fleet Read the rest of this entry »
Is your trucking company or freight brokerage stuck in neutral? One of the biggest challenges that you will face as a transportation company owner is dealing with clients that don’t offer quick pays, and instead, pay freight bills in 30 to 60 days. This can be very challenging for new and growing companies since you have expenses that need to be paid now, such as suppliers, repairs, rent and drivers.<br Read the rest of this entry »
There has been a lot of concern about the decline in number of pubs in our towns and villages.
Due to recent economic factors, along with the smoking ban, many pubs are struggling, with several of them closing each day, and this is a shame as pubs play an important role in British society.
The tradition of the pub can be traced way back before the Romans and along with the church Read the rest of this entry »
Recently there has been a rise in a clever postal scam and other competition scams that are cheating money from UK citizens. These types of scams have escalated with the rise of the internet, the proliferation of marketing lists and the popularity of social media sites which allow criminals around the world to cheat money from unsuspecting victims with even greater ease. One particular area where scams Read the rest of this entry »
In business we see many terms used to describe methods for change. “Best Practices”, Process Improvement”, “Benchmarking” and others. For many people these are nothing more than buzz words that can make a business or meeting sound dynamic. Talking about process improvement is easy but real world solutions can often be elusive. How, then, can these ideas become more than corporate sound bites? The answer Read the rest of this entry »
If you own a business and have difficulty tracking your stocks, you should get a barcode scanner and software to improve efficiency. A barcode, or universal product code (UPC), is a label for an item which a scanner can read. These UPC barcodes were invented to help grocery stores keep track of their inventory and speed up the checkout process but, soon after, many other uses were discovered.
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Recently, I was shopping around for some bathroom materials. I went to a local shop not far from my apartment. Unlike a lot of hardware stores, the set-up of the place was very interactive. You could walk from one room to the next and browse each of the new models of bathrooms that were available. You could tell that the guys who owned the business had a great design sense and keen interest in showing Read the rest of this entry »
In this day and age discrimination should already be banned in any company. However it is actually being practiced, though in subtler tones. For example, you may have noticed how your manager prefers to work with men than women. Those who get the promotion faster are the guys. Some companies want single ladies than married ones.
Do you feel like you have a discriminating boss? Here are some Read the rest of this entry »
People wishing to benefit their business, small or large, would do well to think of going green in the office. It will save their business money and help the environment at the same time. Employees are wasteful sometimes at work. Many a time it is because they are entrusted with no responsibility, and therefore have no consequences for their carelessness. Going Green in the office, at least a little Read the rest of this entry »