• Fruit Catering
    Logistics

    Food Service and Organization

    If you have a restaurant, catering company, market, or any other type of small business that requires dealing or working with food, you will know just how important it is to have an efficient and proper system in place for organizing ingredients and other stocked items. If you don’t have this, or if there is a lack of communication with the workers in your place of business, this can lead to stock expiring, food going bad if it is not properly refrigerated, and even items being refrigerated that should not be. All of this can cost you when it comes to time, money, and even energy. Let’s take a look…

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    Management

    You Can Say Goodbye To Open Plan – The Future Of The Office Looks Like This

    The open plan office was supposed to be the future (just like flying cars). But the more employers experimented with it, the more they realized it didn’t work. The open plan ideal is slowly but surely being supplanted by flexible working spaces that have zones for both concentration and communication. For many employers and workers, this will come as good news. For years, employees in the business of writing reports and data entry have had to listen to music to drown out the general hubbub of the office environment and get their work done. It’s a shame, and it reveals just how badly open plan office design got it wrong.…

  • Business Growth Statistics
    Management

    Scary Scaling Challenges That Could Damage Your Business

    As a promising startup, scaling up your operation should be something you are looking towards. Growth is, in the vast majority of cases, essential to your company’s survival. But it is also a serious problem, and it can pose man challenges that you need to overcome. We’re going to look at the issues that could end up causing you more harm than good unless you are meticulous in your preparation. Read on to find out more. Too fast, too soon One of the biggest issues you will encounter is moving too fast and trying to grow before you are ready. Let’s say you are manufacturing a brand new product. On…

  • Truck Driver
    Logistics

    Top 5 Benefits of Becoming a Truck Driver

    Nowadays, lots of businesses highly depend on their truck drivers in order to supply their goods securely. They ensure that products items are being supplied on right time as well as maintain high quality. In fact, they are the middlemen among the corporations, retailers and also its consumers. If you are thinking to make your careers on truck driving jobs, a move into the truck driving field will surely give you a bright future.

  • Office Computers
    Management

    Ask Yourself These Questions Before Moving Into a New Office Space

    Choosing an office space is one of the most important decisions your business will make. It’ll shape what your business can do for months to come. And it’ll be the deciding factor in who you employ and how you target your clients. Thus, it’s important to get the decision right. You might think that your choice of office is reversible. If you don’t like it, you can get out of it and find another. But the commercial renting market is very different to the residential renting market. In the residential market, minimum terms can be as little as six months. In the commercial market, they’re rarely less than three years…

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    Logistics

    Getting Your Ducks in a Row for Growth

    Every entrepreneur sets out to grow the business. More customers, more sales, higher profits. It’s a simple plan that is at the heart of capitalism, and it’s the goal of every operation. But what could happen that would make growth the worst thing that could happen to a business? Are there really circumstances where hindsight would say that a more measured pace would have been better? As it turns out, there are. But that comes with a qualifier: Growth can be bad if you aren’t prepared for it. Expansion of a business is like a fancy meal. The table has to be set before the food arrives, or else it’s a…

  • Woodworking Tools
    Management

    The Top Mistakes People Make When Starting A Woodworking Business

    Woodworking is an industry very much in demand today. Sure, it’s a more traditional sector than IT, for example. But, more of us are willing to pay for top-quality goods made out of wood. As you can appreciate, it’s also a lucrative industry to be in. The industry is one where you could have just about anything made out of wood. Examples include decorative figurines, lavish staircases, cabinets, and treehouses. Woodworking is a niche that also combines traditional techniques with modern technology. As a result, woodworkers are more productive these days. One interesting thing to note about the industry is this. People make all kinds of mistakes in their woodworking…

  • Warehouse Assets
    Management

    Asset Management: The Backbone of Any Company

    An asset is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a valuable person or thing.” For businesses, assets can take many forms. That is why asset management is so critical and why it can get complicated without the right systems in place. SaaS-based solutions from providers like Asure Software make asset management much more manageable. However, the only way to gain the most value is by knowing why asset management is important to your business. Lost Items Cost You Time and Money Disorganization isn’t just an annoyance, it’s costing you money. Every time an employee has to search for something, productivity is being lost. A survey from Brother International Corporation found that, on…