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One hour per week is the difference between having a business that plods along, and having a business with highly profitable orders that just keep coming in. A business where you get to decide which customers you want to deal with, a business that charges a premium price and a business with a far greater value.

The service industry is the fastest growing industry. It becomes imperative to ensure the management of such services. There are many professional management organizations that cater to quality control requirements of an industry.

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Designing a quality management system that fulfills the requirements of ISO 9000 is not a difficult task. Many ISO 9000 services help businesses build up systems that obey the requirements of the ISO 9000 series of international standards.

ISO 9000 grew out of BS 5750, a standard published by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in 1979. Initially, it was used only in manufacturing industries. ISO 9000 is now employed across a variety of other types of businesses. It is a set of international standards of quality management systems. ISO 9000 has been accepted by more than 100 countries as their national quality assurance standard by the end of 1997.

The following tips can apply to virtually any profession or industry. If you think that these are self-evident, then I challenge you to take a personal assessment. Print this page and keep the list on your desk for one week. Place a checkmark next to each item when you conduct an activity that fulfills one of these objectives. Can you check all of these items in one week? Are you actively practicing the commitment that you desire from your customers?

Recent recurring themes, like cutbacks and downsizing, are in the news every day when it comes to businesseses of all sizes. Due to those problems there are now less people in the companies left to complete essential company work and that’s typical for every company.

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Increasing profits doesn't have to mean a similar increase in expenses. (In fact, that defeats the purpose, doesn't it?) There are a number of low-cost strategies a builder or renovator can increase their profits before they have to start considering more expensive alternatives. Here are two simple, low-cost strategies to accomplish just that.

My favorite project management mantra is “Validate Critical Data”. I don’t remember what wise teacher I learned this from but it is one of those sayings that rings through my head when I’m jumping into a new project. After many years it continues to be an important part of my project management success (when it is done right) and an unfortunate contributor to my project failures when it is neglected. Below are some keys to correctly validating critical data.

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DVD vending machines are just one of the many types of unusual vending machines making their way over from Japan. In Japan, many products are available from vending machines.

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A tremendous amount has been written about Executive Compensation, and lately, most of this information has been extremely unflattering. Much of the criticism has resulted from the gross excesses, misinterpretations of regulations, and the rash of criminal cases brought against the top management of a number of large firms, such as WorldCom, Tyco, Enron, and a host of others. Virtually every day another egregious example of corporate greed has come to light. The effect has been a huge increase in media attention, which in turn has acted as the stimulus for new government regulations aimed at curbing these abuses.

Steven R. Covey was insightful in pointing out that one of the seven habits of highly effective people is “Begin with the End in Mind.” I would like to alter that slightly to say that in seeking for groupware that meets a business’s needs, a highly effective business will also begin with the end in mind.

Northern New England is emerging from its economic recession steadily, no one is breaking any speed records but all is not down and out as predicted. Some industry sectors are blasting right along.