| 711 | Michigan’s B&K Corporation Drops Old ERP system in Favor of ETO ERP Leader Encompix Preview: B&K Corporation has two Michigan manufacturing plants, one in Fenton and one in Saginaw. The company founded in 1952 recently transformed their technology process by implementing ETO (Engineer-to-Order) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Leader Encompix, based in Cincinnati, OH. Kurt Kuck, CFO for B&K shared some of the operational challenges the... (more) Published By: Roger Meloy Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 712 | TR Cutler, Inc., Manufacturing PR Firm adds Strategic Alliance Partner Focus Marketing Preview: Ranked as the nation’s leading manufacturing journalist and an editor, TR Cutler (www.trcutlerinc.com) has added another strategic partnership with Focus Marketing (www.focus-market.com). According to Cutler, “This strategic alliance makes sense because we know the value Focus Marketing brings to the table. From Collateral Development, Event Manag... (more) Published By: Thomas Cutler Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 713 | May 20th Olga Brunner of A Good Daughter to Exhibit at Alzheimer’s Education Conference Preview: Olga Brunner founder of A Good Daughter, Inc., based in Margate, Florida (www.agooddaughter.com), will present at the Kravis Center on May 19th & 20th. The 2005 Alzheimer’s Educational Conference will host only 50 companies to exhibit at this event, including A Good Daughter. Brunner notes, “Palm Beach is one of the most important areas for our se... (more) Published By: Olga Brunner Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 714 | How To Win Your Customer Sevice Battle Preview: Millions of people, just like you, end up with a customer service problem that they just can't seem to get resolved. No matter what they do. Even though you are in the right, even though you are being treated improperly. You may needle and wheedle them, bellow and battle, but your problem still ends up unresolved. Sound familiar? If so, here's a p... (more) Published By: Andrew Lawrence Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 715 | 8- SOLID REASONS ALL NON-PROFITS NEED A WEB SITE... Preview: © 2005 Thom Reece All Rights Reserved A nonprofit organization can take advantage of the Internet in at least eight profitable ways: Public Relations & Publicity Enhanced Public Education Increase & Expand Fundraising Improve Volunteer Recruitment, Recognition & Support Better Delivery of Services Stronger Advocacy Improved Rese... (more) Published By: Thom Reece Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 716 | Are You Satisfying Your Customers? Preview: The latest report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (Michigan School of Business) reports the following: Customer dissatisfaction with the quality goods and services offered in the marketplace is more than a nuisance. The US economy is heavily dependent on increases in consumer spending. Such increases are hard to come by when consume... (more) Published By: Rosanne Dausilio, Ph.D. Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 717 | Customer Service and The Human Experience Preview: Historically, customer service was delivered over the phone or in person. Customers didn’t have many choices, and switching to competitors was cumbersome. Today, these methods are but two of the many possible touch points of entry for any given interaction. With all the options the Internet brings, competition is literally a click away. If, as h... (more) Published By: Rosanne Dausilio, Ph.D. Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 718 | Sarbanes-Oxley: Old Dog, New Teeth Preview: The failures we have seen in the quality and integrity of financial reporting in corporate America are clear evidence that something was awry. It is the responsibility of corporate boards, managements, public accounting firms and regulatory agencies to put confidence back into the financial statements issued by our society’s most significant entit... (more) Published By: Gerald Czarnecki Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 719 | FATTEN YOUR ONLINE PROFITS WITH DROP SHIPPING... Preview: High Quality Products Blanket Product Liability Insurance (if applicable) A clear guarantee and return policy High Quality Marketing Materials ... product images (gifs, jpegs, etc.), selling copy, other suitable web graphics, etc. A Customer Service Department that will work with you to develop the best selling situation for you. If you ... (more) Published By: Thom Reece Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 720 | What to Look for in a Home Based Business Opportunity Preview: When you were younger, did you ever dream about having your own home business? Were you sidetracked somewhere along the way and now find yourself caught in the 40-40-40 rut? 40-40-40 Plan (Rut) 40 minutes going to and from work 40 hours of work per week 40 years of life spent working slaving away for someone else? When things get unfairly tou... (more) Published By: Dee Scrip ©All rights reserved Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 721 | Empower Your People - Give Them Some Control Preview: Empowerment and control, so important in the lives of our employees; our people. For with these two a whole new flowering of capability opens up for them. Ultimately you too, for that involvement and intimacy with your business, be it small or large, will make the difference between failure and success. Here's why... It's been a pretty good dom... (more) Published By: Martin Haworth Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 722 | Top Ten Reasons to Partner with Someone Preview: Top Ten Reasons to Partner with Someone Written By Alvah Parker in collaboration with Dovid Grossman Partnerships come in many forms. There are legal ones such as in business or marriage and there are loose ones when two people come together to work or share ideas but then go on to work or share ideas with others too. I partnered with Dovid Gross... (more) Published By: Alvah Parker Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 723 | HI-Rel Corporation Selects Beach Access Preview: E-Z-MRP, the leading manufacturing software system for small manufacturers, announced a new pricing and product structure. According to Rocky Smolin, founder of Beach Access Software, makers of E-Z-MRP, “We see a distinction between those small manufacturers with less than five hundred parts in material resource planning, and those with a need for... (more) Published By: Rocky Smolin Submitted: 03 May,2005 |
| 724 | The EU and the WTO Preview: The EU is one of the key players in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is because the EU has a common trade policy, where the European Commission negotiates on behalf of the Union 's 25 Member States. As such, the EU is one of the driving forces behind the current round of multilateral trade negotiations in the WTO, the Doha Development Agen... (more) Published By: Amarendra bhushan Submitted: 04 May,2005 |
| 725 | May 19 & 20th Olga Brunner of A Good Daughter to Exhibit at Alzheimer’s Education Conference Preview: Olga Brunner founder of A Good Daughter, Inc., based in Margate, Florida (www.agooddaughter.com), will present at the Kravis Center on May 19th & 20th. The 2005 Alzheimer’s Educational Conference will host only 50 companies to exhibit at this event, including A Good Daughter. Brunner notes, “Palm Beach is one of the most important areas for our se... (more) Published By: Olga Brunner Submitted: 04 May,2005 |
| 726 | Focus Marketing Enters Strategic Alliance with TR Cutler, Inc., Manufacturing PR Firm Preview: Ranked as the nation’s leading manufacturing journalist and an editor, TR Cutler (www.trcutlerinc.com) has added another strategic partnership with Focus Marketing (www.focus-market.com). According to Cutler, “This strategic alliance makes sense because we know the value Focus Marketing brings to the table. From Collateral Development, Event Manag... (more) Published By: Thomas Cutler Submitted: 04 May,2005 |
| 727 | Lisbon Strategy Preview: The nutshell, the main concerns of Europe's citizens,Jobs, growth, the environment and a proper social net.The current lack of economic growth affects all of us;, our pensions, salaries and our standard of living considerably suffer from it.To avoid this, Heads of State and Government of the European Union met in Lisbon in 2000 and launched a seri... (more) Published By: Amarendra bhushan Submitted: 04 May,2005 |
| 728 | ETO ERP Quotations Simplified by Encompix Configurator Preview: Encompix ETO ERP software leader based in Cincinnati, OH, announced the inclusion of the proprietary ETO Configurator as part of the company’s product suite. The ETO Configurator is based on Configure One’s concept product and is specifically design for engineer-to-order manufacturers. Unlike most project configurators that can handle only simpl... (more) Published By: Roger Meloy Submitted: 04 May,2005 |
| 729 | A Simple Business Test Preview: I'm often asked to review people's ideas. Sometimes they want financial support, sometimes they just want confirmation that the idea they have is worthwhile. When you approach a bank about your pet project they'll ask for a business plan, as well they should. By the time you reach your local lending officer they expect you've done your homework an... (more) Published By: Bruce McCurtain Submitted: 04 May,2005 |
| 730 | The importance of WTO Preview: The WTO was established in 1995 as a result of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986-1994). It is an international organization that sets global rules of trade between nations. The core of the WTO system, referred to as the multilateral trading system, are the WTO agreements which lay down the legal ground rules for internatio... (more) Published By: Amarendra Bhushan Submitted: 04 May,2005 |