Four questions to ask yourself in a cash-strapped world
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In cash strapped world you must ask: are you over or under delivering, could price or positioning attract entice and can you benefit from those trading down
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WLP adds value to business conversations through CRM investment
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Conversations within a business have added value when admin is something that just happens without discussion, freeing talk for the subjects that matter. At WLP we had evolved a hybrid paper-digital management system that had served our needs and met the requirements of ISO 9001. However, the system was distributed locally across multiple locations within
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Chain Reaction: How to manage product demand instability
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Being part of a long supply chain can be fraught with difficulties – often thanks to product demand. As a cog in such a system, you may have experienced large peaks and troughs in manufacturing loads and inventories. This issue is known as the Forrester Effect. In the Covid-19 era has happened in microchips in
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Managing the job performance
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Once a new employee has begun their new employment and received their basic induction they should possess knowledge and understanding necessary to perform their job role.
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Why Should I Use a Business Adviser/Mentor?
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Would your company consider using external business support or advice? A large proportion of SME’s would say no before even looking into the idea, despite the fact it could be the better option. Here’s a quick example… I have just returned from a client in Norfolk. They were experiencing problems with their reception team, such as
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Ensure a successful consultancy project – 10 things your consultant should do
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It is important that Behavioral or Behavioural characteristics of a consultant organisations are correct to achieve success for clients. Knowledge, good knowledge of the issues and the client’s business and keeping it jargon free are important..
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How big should your company be?
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As companies grow and employ more staff, the dynamics change. Everything is different when there are 25 employees as opposed to 6. In the dot com era, the fast growing companies that were spinouts from large companies really enjoyed their freedom to act. Then, as they grew, they found the maximum number of employees they
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Take Time to Take Stock
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Take time to take stock.
There are many symptoms of a stock management process which is operating below par. Common ones include:
Wasted labour searching for parts not located where they should be
Inventory which has been gathering dust for several years and is consuming valuable space
Accounting headaches as computerised records bear no resemblance to reality
A backlog of unprocessed goods-in receipts
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Expanding Stock & Space and Parkinson’s Law
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There is a corollary to Parkinson’s Law… It is, ‘the stock expands to fill the space available’. There is a danger if you have access to funds and plenty of space to fill them with stock. This is fine if there is no other suitable investment for your cash and you are sure it will
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