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The D-O-C-E Method of Productivity Improvement

Published 6 November 8 2:35 PM | Aaron

If there’s one way to improve your organization’s productivity, it’s by streamlining your organization’s operations using processes . Processes help businesses eliminate key HR issues and boost productivity by introducing standard methods for completing...

Filed under: Flowcharts, Business Processes, Productivity

Can You Increase Sales in the Face of Recession?

Published 31 October 8 7:22 AM | Aaron

The first instinct of many businesses in the face of recession is to go into the crouch position and start cutting costs immediately. Cutting costs is certainly one strategy to help maintain a healthy bottom line, but shouldn’t you and every other...

Filed under: Sales, Business Processes, Cut Costs

Three Examples of How Processes Improved Our Operations

Published 21 August 8 4:32 AM | Aaron

In this screencast I quickly review what we've covered in August with respect to business processes, i.e. why businesses need processes , the key employee problem , and so forth. But the real core of this presentation are the three examples of how we...

Filed under: Flowcharts, Screencast, Business Processes

What Happens if Brian Leaves? The Key Employee Problem.

Published 19 August 8 9:0 AM | Aaron

Brian is great at what he does. Brian is your controller—he manages all of the accounting for your small business. He keeps all of the company's expenses properly documented, finds all of the tax deductions, manages payroll, pays all the bills,...

Filed under: Human Resources, Business Processes

How to Capture Business Processes

Published 12 August 8 4:30 AM | Aaron

Last week I wrote about what businesses need in order to grow without the growing pains . In those posts, I talked about the benefits of using processes to avoid unnecessary overhead (reinventing the wheel) and to accommodate growth. Business processes...

Filed under: Flowcharts, Business Processes

Why Businesses Need Processes

Published 8 August 8 11:34 AM | Aaron

Processes are essential to preparing your organization for growth - no large organizations would exist without them, and there's no reason why your small organization shouldn't convert all of its work into processes. Your work should consist of processes...

Filed under: Flowcharts, Business Processes

Growing Your Business without Growing Pains

Published 5 August 8 3:33 PM | Aaron

Every small business owner, every entrepreneur who's ever taken the plunge to launch his own startup, and every entrepreneurial hopeful has dreamed of reaching that day when his or her business finally "takes off." It's that day when you finally start...

Filed under: Business Processes, Grow Your Business

Is Your Work a Process? Here’s Why It Should Be

Published 28 April 8 4:23 PM | Aaron

Is your work a process? Every day, what do you do? Do you have routine assignments that you need to perform? If you do, then your work should be a process. A "Business Process" is a way of automating all of the routines that occur in your work ; it defines...

Filed under: Flowcharts, Business Processes