Increasingly, your website is becoming an essential marketing tool and can often be a major sales tool as well. Learn how to tuneup your website. When you designed your website, it probably represented the "state of the art" in your mind. Over time, you will have fresh insights into what...
Would you be interested in knowing a way to increase your business by 16 times! Got your attention? The following material gives an insight into how this is possible.
The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is an important optimising technique that focuses on improving the throughput of work at the (usually) single bottleneck or constraint in the workflow. This Skills Module draws together a number of the 12Faces articles on the subject. One research project demonstrated that 89% of improvement...
Want to Grow your Profit? Like some advice along the way? The 12Faces Business Tutoring for Better Profit pairs you up with your personal small and medium business specialist business tutor to get you focused on what really counts in your business. Just like an academic or music tutor, we can't do your job...
In a manufacturing or retail environment, having too much inventory of products your customers don't want and/or too little inventory on hand of what products your customers do want will cost you money and, consequently, profit. Many service businesses also have inventory even if it is items like stationary incidental...
Gross Margin Analysis opens the door to understanding the complex interactions between Revenue, COGS (Cost of Goods Sold or Operating Expenses) and Gross Profit. It can be hard to understand why (e.g.) Revenue is going up but Gross Profit is going down! Gross Margin also lets you measure the operating...
Is this true of your business? Profits are falling!! Changes in Revenue, Operating Costs and Overheads aren't making sense for a falling Profit It's impossible to work out just what is causing the Profit drop Even if I could, the solutions are not clear AND it's impossible to know how any changes will impact my...
Do You See These Problems in Your Clients' Businesses? Profits are falling!! Changes in Revenue, Operating Costs and Overheads interact in very confusing ways; some up, some down. It's impossible to work out just what is causing the Profit changes Even once we pick a likely cause of the symptoms, the solutions are not...
Is Your Business Distressed and Needing a Turnaround Plan? Profits need a turnaround strategy to boost!! Unclear how changes in Revenue, Operating Costs and Overheads will contribute to business turnaround It's impossible to work out just what is causing the Profit drop Even if I could, the solutions are not clear AND it's impossible to know how...
Is Your Business Enterprise Experiencing Financially Tough Times? It is a sad fact that many enterprises, both large and small, for and not-for profit, hit tough times and often don't survive.If you are experiencing tough times, this Campaign is designed to help by: (1) Rapidly stabilising your business to reduce further...
