Topic – Process Improvement

January 26, 2012 - 3:02 am No Comments

John Canfield is an experienced business executive and coach who has successfully implemented planning, problem solving, creativity, and innovation processes in a wide variety of teams, organizations, industries, and cultures.

Prior to 1990 John was a Senior Engineering Manager for Intel Corporation and later Director of Corporate Quality and Design Research for Herman Miller

John is a popular columnist for Michigan Business News: www.mibiz.com/goodthinking.asp

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Pressure Washing Business software estimating example.

January 26, 2012 - 3:02 am No Comments

http://www.pressurewashingbusiness.com

Measuring a pressure washing job is easy.

I use a 12″ contractor’s wheel and it’s as simple as this:

First I measure the length and then I measure the width.

I take length multiplied by width to get total surface area. Once I have total surface are, I plug that number into the PressureWashingBusiness.com estimating calculator and it will give me a price estimate.

Figuring a pricing estimate is easy with the http://www.PressureWashingBusiness.com estimating calculator. First, you enter your hourly rate. Let’s use $55.00 per hour as an example. (Your rates may vary.) With a surface clean, I can clean 20 square feet per minute. This job is 672 square feet and since it is a straightforward job I enter 50 as the difficulty modifier.

The estimating calculator has already told us that the work time is about 33 minutes.

Now, there are some other inputs.

Setup time: This includes moving patio furniture and covering flowers. We will use 20 minutes for this example.

Loading and unloading your equipment should take about 10 minutes.

This customer was only 5 minute away. So, 10 minutes is entered into travel time.

There were extraneous jobs for this customer so I use 20 minutes for those work activities.

The total time for this job is 93 minutes. At a rate of $55 per hour the price quote should be $85.25.

That all this is to do it for estimating this job.

For more information on running your own pressure washing business, visit us at:

http://www.PressureWashingBusiness.com

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what software is good for starting and managing a business?

January 21, 2012 - 1:40 am 1 Comment

I’m planning on starting a business next year and i really need to plan and put everything together. is there a business management software that helps manage and get the buisness started? Not like doing it for me but to help me focus on areas and whatnot.

Try looking at PC Worksuite Pro 2010

4,001 Business & Sales Letters
ACT! 2010
Corel WordPerfect Office X4 (compatible with Microsoft office)
DrawPlus X3 Graphics Studio
FormTool Deluxe 7
High Impact eMail 5 Professional
JobFinder
LapLink Everywhere
Office Policy Manual 2010
OfficeReady Business Plans
OfficeReady Platinum 4.0
OrgChart Standard
PagePlus X4 Desktop Publishing
PanoramaPlus 3 Digital Photo Stitching
Peachtree First Accounting 2010
PhotoPlus X3 Digital Studio
QUICKEN Legal Business Pro 2010
ResumeMaker Professional Deluxe 16
Roboform Password Manager & Form Filler
Scan & Sort It
StuffIt Deluxe 2010
TurboBackup 7
WebPlus X4 Website Maker
Sunbird Calendar
Thunderbird Email

Wordperfect can read and write to Word, the only thing missing is a Video editor, not every thing here will be of use, but for about £50.00, it’s the best package I can find, suitable for just about every one.

Hope this helps. CDR

PS this is OEM software, but can be found being sold by sevral outlets.

Tracx81 Jan 2012 Art Work @ The Bid Business Improvement District Down Town Toms River

January 17, 2012 - 8:41 pm No Comments

Tracx81 Community artist Jan 2012 featured artwork

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GopherHaul 8 – Lawn Care Business Show

January 17, 2012 - 8:41 pm 4 Comments

GopherHaul is a show for lawn care operators and small business owners. In this episode we learn how to make a killer lawn care business flyer. We meet Santos who gets a GopherHaul lawn care business makeover. We check out a kit car one of our forum members is building. Also we learn how to download a free lawn care business book “Stop Lowballing.” Which includes page after page of landscaping business and marketing tips. Check out http://www.gophersoftware.com for more information and download the free trial of our lawn care business software.

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Business process improvement & Quality Managment – Certification programs?

January 13, 2012 - 10:40 pm 1 Comment

I am looking for an authentic certification program for Quality & Business process improvement. I have MBA in Finance & Marketing. Have recently been assigned to head Business Process Improvement as I was able to push for efficiencies in my previous marketing assignments that required cross functional teams and manual tasks. I have had some formal training in Total Quality area 10-15 yrs ago. I am interested in getting a formal ceritifcation so that I learn about some new tools that I can use in my current job plus make my resume more strong. Any suggestions & ideas are welcome. I will primarily be working on overall business processes – involving marketing, finance, IT and operations.

Business process is a series of activities happening within organization which guide to a particular destination. Often, the business process highlights on assembling the needs of the customers and clients. Combination of Customers’ needs and company’s services meet the necessities of all. In most cases the business process is a integrated efforts concerned parties.

Bizagi offers a business process which walks you through all the necessary steps to automate the process, and turn it into a running application (workflow). Bizagi business process offers:
a) diagram and documentation module available as Freeware;
b) construction module available in Bizagi BPM Suite;
c) execution and control module available in Bizagi BPM Suite

What software is good for starting and managing a business?

January 13, 2012 - 10:40 pm 4 Comments

I’m planning on starting a business next year and i really need to plan and put everything together. is there a business management software that helps manage and get the buisness started? Not like doing it for me but to help me focus on areas and whatnot.

Congratulation that you are starting your business this year. I think invoice and billing software is good for starting and managing a business. It helps you manage your professional business and invoicing better.

Overview of 7SIM

January 9, 2012 - 1:48 pm No Comments

http://www.7SIM.com.au 7SIM is a simple, team-based improvement method to dramatically increase productivity in your business.

Visit us at www.7SIM.com.au

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Weak Business Software Maker Earnings

January 9, 2012 - 1:48 pm No Comments

http://www.ProfitableTradingTips.com – Weak Business Software Maker Earnings – Are weak business software maker earnings a harbinger of an economic decline? Oracle fell after the release of a weak earnings report. On that news IBM dropped three percent. Weak business software maker earnings indicate reduced business spending and can be a signal of an impending decrease in economic activity.

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Do you have to pay a business improvement district tax if you work from your apartment?

January 6, 2012 - 7:19 pm 4 Comments

every year when i pay the city of riverside, ca for my business license about a week later i get another bill from them wanting another check for a "district F improvement". i looked it up online and it’s for parking, security, etc. there are grocery stores, and other stores across the street but i work from my apartment and don’t think i should have to pay this. i don’t sell anything or have anyone come to my apartment. it’s all online. they are charging me $244.00 a year. $115.00 of it is for this district f tax. please help. thanks. is this even legal? also, why wouldn’t they just send me one bill for the total amount due instead of having separate checks? i called them and they said i still have to pay it but i don’t understand why or if this is legal. thanks

Yes, it is legal..these types of taxes are used so that businesses cannot free ride a voluntary contribution to a fund. The reason they want two checks is so that the second check can be put right into the account set up for the development fund, rather than the city having to cut a second check from the tax account to the account of the Business Development agency (which in many cases is a private entity funded by the jurisdiction and why the check also must be separate).