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8 Reasons Why It Pays to Outsource
Companies use outsourcing to delegate various types of business processes to other parties or agencies for a variety of reasons. Whether it be benefiting from the competitive cost of labor or loosening up the load on internal personnel, outsourcing is the most economical and sound solution in many different scenarios.
3 Signs You’re Focusing on the Wrong Performance Metrics
Big companies like Target and Amazon are particularly adept at the art of performance metrics. But you don’t have to run a massive retail corporation to intelligently track customer behavior and your team’s performance. You just have to know which performance metrics to focus on and how to analyze them.
5 Signs You Need to Revamp Your Inventory Management
Your business is only as good as the service you provided for your last customer. Inadequate inventory management can lead to delays or damaged products, leaving your customers dissatisfied and your opportunities for new business slim.
5 Ways to Use Technology to be a Better Manager and Business Owner
Remember the days when we relied on ledger books, fax machines, and hard copy memos to conduct business? Technology has certainly changed the way we run our companies by helping us function quicker and more efficiently.
How Carta is Saving Mom and Pop Businesses
Have you ever stopped to think about exactly how much worked goes into getting the things we buy from the manufacturers to our homes/workplaces/bodies? It’s truly mind boggling to contemplate exactly how complicated that work is and when you own a business that buys and sells things, I don’t know if any of us can truly understand.
5 Ways to Ensure Quality Control at Any Level
Quality control ensures products and services are delivered effectively and consistently at all times. Here are some tips on how to integrate quality control into each level of your organization.
How Small Offices Can Improve Organization
It goes without saying that an organized office is a more efficient and proactive one. No matter the size of your workplace, it will always operate more effectively when everything has its place, and there are clear processes in practice.
How to Save Time on Important Business Documents
Paperwork is often the bane of business operations, yet it is an integral part of the day-to-day administration involved with running a company. From contracts to applications, there is no room for error when it comes to completing these documents—rushing in order to fill quotas is definitely out of the question.
10 Key Outsourcing Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs
These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing.
8 Deadly Wastes That Every Entrepreneur Must Avoid
Every entrepreneur I know is short on resources, including time, money, and skills. The last thing they can afford is to waste any of these, but in my mentoring and coaching activities, I see it happening all too often.
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