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Sometimes when you go to the doctor, you know exactly what treatment you want. “Fix my broken bone“. We cover those issues in here.
Other times, you have symptoms but don’t know how to fix them.
Go to the Menu: I Don’t KNOW What’s Wrong
- How to Increase Revenue
Link here to work out what area/s of your business require improvement to increase the Revenue: Sales and Marketing; saving costs; best pricing strategy; product range; customer retention; distribution systems; sales territory; growth – acquisition and innovation; industry-wide disruption; local competition. - Productivity & Operating Costs
Choose from the links below: manage Inventory; speed up production; optimise financials; reduce waste; motivate and increase productivity; operate efficiently and watch your Profits soar.- How to Improve Inventory Management Efficiency
Be more Profitable with better Inventory management – increase Revenue and lower Costs. - Making Production More Efficient
Link here for: Waste reduction (Muda); 80/20 Rule; Theory of Constraints; Productivity & Motivation; simulation dice games. - Gross Profit Margin Ratio Analysis
Get the best out of your business with financial analysis: Gross Margin Analysis; Overhead Margin Analysis; Business benchmark resources; sample TrendBoard; labour efficiency; generation of ideas. - Reduce the 8 Types of Waste
Learn about the different types of waste and how to reduce them. Applies to service industries, manufacturing and retail. - Staff Motivation and Productivity
Link here for: Staff bonus plans; change management; Peter Principle; Parkinson’s Law - Monitoring Operational Efficiency
Manage your business finances and performance. - Focus on the Most Important Issues
Rapidly improve your business, prioritise the tasks that will have the greatest impact.
- How to Improve Inventory Management Efficiency
- Key Statistics to Optimise and Manage Overhead Costs
Understand and use the Overheads Efficiency Ratio; monitor key statistics with TrendBoard; reduce and optimise your Overhead Costs. - D4: Business Systems
Increase efficiency of your business and reduce the amount of work.
A great system can dramatically reduce mistakes. - D5: Manage Staff & Other People
- Human Resources:
Your business sinks or swims depending on your staff and your management and leadership of them.
Covers hiring, firing, remunerations, incentives, motivating and leading.
- Human Resources:
- D6: Manage Business Finances
Managing the Cashflow, and other financial aspects, of your business is mission critical.- Money Management:
Improve your cashflow and liquidity via these simple methods.
Covers cashflow, having cash for bills when needed, accounting and budgeting
- Money Management:
- D7: Problem Solving Decision Making Tools & Skills
Problem solve and make decisions easily with these tools and skills- Planning
What future do you see for your business.
How do you start off in the right direction?
Covers goal setting, budgets, feasibility studies, legal structures. - Problem Solving:
It can be difficult to find the root cause of problems that pop up in your business.
These well-tested tools will help make sense of what is causing problems. - Brainstorming Techniques:
If you want more ideas, use the techniques here to generate literally a million ideas in under an hour.
Discover other ways to get your idea-engine restarted. - Decision Making Solutions:
On the other hand, if you have too many possibilities, visit here to find how to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- Planning
- D8: Business Life, Time & Stress
Learn the skills to increase your productivity giving you the time to spend with family and friends.- Never enough Time to Get Everything Done:
Find out how to be 16 times more productive in the same amount of time.
A host of other ways to make better use of your time.
Covers time management, multitasking, focus on the vital few, outsourcing.
- Never enough Time to Get Everything Done:
- D9: Business Planning & Execution
Take control of the design and implementation of the planning process for your business.- D9.1: Business Plans – Creation:
Design a complete plan for the future of your business. - D9.2: Execute a Business Plan:
Once designed it is imperative that you understand how to implement the Plan.
Guide your staff on the effective execution of the Plan. - D9.3: Businesses Lifecycle and Industry Type:
Understand where your business fits into its lifecycle.
- D9.1: Business Plans – Creation:
- D10: Performance Analytics
- How to Monitor Business Health:
Powerful indicators of your businesses health to alert you to unexpected downturns.
- How to Monitor Business Health:
- D11: Business Workflow
All businesses have a workflow, not just manufacturers of products.
The efficiency of the workflow is a major determinant of the success of your business.
- D12: Leadership Skills
As a business leader you may be technically skilled but not experienced with leading your staff.
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