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6 Creative Ways to Solve a Problem

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Although it sounds complicated, a graphic example shows how easy it is: Sales are Down Store Inventory is Low Supplier is Unreliable Some Items Discontinued Outside Sales Team Below Goals High Team Turnover Low Team Morale. Filing taxes, meeting payroll, and ordering inventory are valid reasons to miss a little sleep if they all hit at once.

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A day in the life: Matthew Want, PA, Marcham Publishing

Practically Perfect PA

Meeting and greeting visitors, liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff in a professional manner. Devising and maintaining office systems, including data management, CRM system and filing. Including using interacting with customers, and suppliers. Taking phone calls, enquiries and general requests, handling all queries.

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 24, 2007 There are two ways to get better payment terms from your suppliers – make sure you know what the pricing is and negotiate the payment terms last, without warning. This is like a 24% p.a. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 24, 2007 There are two ways to get better payment terms from your suppliers – make sure you know what the pricing is and negotiate the payment terms last, without warning. This is like a 24% p.a. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Pandora's Office May Have Been Worse than Her Box

The Office Professionals Place

File According to Sara Caputo, OfficeArrow’s Productivity Guru, 80% of what is filed is never looked at again. If possible, “Go Green,&# eliminate the paper clutter and file documents electronically. If you are reverting to electronic filing, be sure to have a backup just in case your computer crashes.

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Uber and Lyft Lawsuits & the On-Demand Economy

Small Business Labs

The separate suits - one filed by Uber drivers and other by Lyft drivers - allege they are misclassified as independent contractors.   It's not clear the business models of many of the on-demand economy companies work if they have to use employees instead of independent contractors as their service suppliers.

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10 Tips to Get Your Office Organized

Productivity Bits

An accordion file is also a great way to organize documents. You will also need a file or folder in which you can put completed papers that you might need at a later date. A filing cabinet is the best place for these files so that they are out of the way but are still easily accessible. Tip #4: Limit Nicknacks.

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