LIVE TO WORK OR WORK TO LIVE? That is the Question
Have you spent your long weekend, or weekday evenings attached to your iPad, tablet or mobile. Do you know what’s important or how to prioritise? This is for all you business Owner Managers who…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Stationary Stationery Costs
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. Despite moving towards a paperless society, copy paper, envelopes and other stationery items can be massively overpriced,…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Review Utility Costs Frequently
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. With energy prices rising every year, we probably do this in our own homes annually, and there…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Maximise Raw Material
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. This should be an easy win, but its amazing how many companies still don’t monitor and look…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Shrewd Stock Control
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. Fundamental to keeping your cashflow positive, gaining better purchasing power with your suppliers, and optimizing the stock…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Reduce Administration
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. When asked “What things outside of your control, get in the way of your productivity?” managers cite…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Reduce Duplication
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. Duplication occurs when a workflow or process has evolved over time, possibly between different departments of the…
Todays the Day – It may be April Fool’s But The National Living Wage is No Joke
Work Layout Whilst mapping out the workflow as suggested in point 13, even in administration areas, the physical layout of the work area is paramount to achieving greater efficiencies. Although technology now requires less paper…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Balancing Capacity
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. There is nothing more frustrating and demotivating than seeing your work colleague only doing half the amount…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Minimise Meetings
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. Meetings are the beating heart of a functional management control system – but unless they’re managed properly,…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Control Overtime
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. Poor planning often results in high levels of overtime. The use of overtime, whilst occasionally inevitable, is…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Improve Planning
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. Planning is one of the fundamental elements of a good management system in any business. Planning has…