Archive 2008
ems business articles and case studies
Credit crunch
Will your company survive?
In our view what you should do to protect yourself in this climate is nothing more than good management practice. The only difference now is that you must do it to survive – a good bit of student syndrome
Two's Company
Phil Topley gives a brief history of LEAN, 6σ and TOC, and discusses their underlying principals and relative strengths. Can they live together? Do they compliment each other or are they mutually exclusive?
Business Plan
You may not want to invest the time to produce the plan but you need to. Unfortunately most businesses only produce business plans to satisfy banks or investors and then forget they have it.
Safety issues
The legislation that affects businesses and business owners changes and gets more complicated by the day. Not complying with the law can result in hefty fines or imprisonment. In this case ignorance is not bliss!
Keep abreast of safety issues and avoid risk to you, your employees and you business. Read this article
Environmental
There is plenty of literature that encourages us and our businesses to be “GREEN” but how do you do it?
Whilst it requires discipline and control it can save a business money (reduce waste). Read our “Environmental News” and find the sources of information – it’s a good place to start.
Motivation
Understanding why and how people are motivated and if they’re not the effects to look for is not as much a mystery as it might seem.
Our article “Motivated or de-motivated” and our on line tool gives a method to understand the motivation thing and more importantly what to do if people are de-motivated.
Recruitment
There are lots of people out there but recruiting is still high risk.
Getting the right person to do the job you require and that fits the culture of your business is not easy.
This article “Recruitment – getting it right first time!” gives you some tips to help you find the right person for you and your business.
Cash Management
Business must ensure cash is managed effectively and there is some realism to cash flow forecasting. Of course not all businesses do a cash flow forecast!
