Culture can be a significant ingredient to delivering bottom line results and customer loyalty. Take the time to develop a winning culture, and you'll be surprised by how much your employees enjoy work and the results that follow.
How effective is your ERP selection and implementation process?
I run into countless obstacles. Whether I'm successful or not has little to do with whether I run into an obstacle; instead, it has to do with how I address the obstacle.
Businesses continue to cut back as the economy continues to worsen - seemingly every day. Cutting costs in a reasonable and smart manner is required; however, cost cutting alone rarely achieves success.
Reduce freight costs with strategies like partnerships, shipment pooling, and using alternative transportation modes
I've seen many examples of companies and executives insisting on "negotiating" for a reduction in costs at the expense of all else.
The main goal of cycle counting is to cycle through your inventory to ensure inventory accuracy on a consistent basis.
Customer collaboration is always a good idea; however, leveraging customer collaboration during challenging economic times can be one of the keys to success.
These are just a few sustainable ideas. They are largely common sense and do not require significant capital/cash.
The good news is that any business or person can stand out in the crowd with exceptional customer service - no investment required.
