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Poly Bags and Pallet Shrouds - Just Get it Right

For many companies, procuring the right packaging, such as Poly Bagscan be daunting. This is especially true of polythene bags.
They come in all shapes and sizes, just about any thickness imaginable, someare welded at the bottom, some at the side. Some are printed in various colours,some have no print at all. It may be boring, […]

So, You Want to be in Management? Five Essential Factors that Will Determine Your Chances

The following information is based upon over 500 interviews with senior executives with whom I conducted over the past four years. These senior executives represent a variety of industries and organizations. It is interesting to note the similarities of their responses. The research concentrated on five areas:
1. How they gained their experience and knowledge to become […]

Have You Fixed the Broken Window?

Left alone it doesn’t take long for a building with a single broken window to rapidly become a building with many broken windows. Fixing problems when they are small will prevent them from developing into larger problems.
The same is true when considering the level of employee satisfaction Dissatisfaction spreads like wildfire and in a surprisingly […]

9 Strategies for Writing Accounts Payable Procedures

The Cash to Cash CyclePart Four of Series
Next: Complete Cash to Cash Cycle
The white flag is just a nose away?toward the Million dollar prize in cash savings for your business?
So far, in Inventory and Accounts Receivable, we’ve found $250,000 each in cash savings. Then we found another 250K in Sales and Marketing. And […]

The Fairness of Office Politics… Integrity and Political Motivation!

I hear many complaints daily about the “unfairness” of politics in corporate America. Employees say that their managers “lie” or issue “personal attacks” against them. Indeed, based on the pure ideals that we are taught as a child, this might appear to be the case. However, the corporate culture is not the […]