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Small Business Success: A Guide To Avoiding Financial Crisis

Small businesses need to have risk management and mitigation strategies as part of their business plan. Any number of factors can cause a financial emergency, as the COVID-19 pandemic has proven, and it can be challenging to keep a small business alive during these times. In today’s landscape, where some people say that a recession... Read More

Matt Haycox
July 10, 2023
7 min read

How Should You Effectively Communicate Change in the Workplace?

Change is an ever-present reality in the workplace, requiring businesses to constantly adjust to many factors, including technological advancements, market dynamics, and internal restructuring. Within the workplace setting, these changes can disrupt established routines, generate a sense of uncertainty, and evoke resistance among employees. However, successfully navigating change requires more than just implementation. It necessitates... Read More

Adela Belin
July 5, 2023
7 min read

How Business Owners Can Benefit from ERP Software

Business owners are always looking for ways to manage their daily operations more efficiently. You want to provide the right resources for patients to make their visits easier. If you’re searching for new tools to implement, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is an excellent investment. This article will cover: There’s quite a bit to cover... Read More

Pierce Reiten
June 26, 2023
5 min read

Data Analytics in Manufacturing: Benefits and Use Cases

Manufacturing businesses traditionally drive their production processes using machinery and physical assets. However, data has now become a valuable asset for organizations across industries. In particular, manufacturing firms have started leveraging data to gain a competitive edge. Data analytics in manufacturing is becoming more and more popular nowadays. Using the power of data, businesses facilitate... Read More

Vitalii Makhov
June 20, 2023
8 min read

Is the Supply Chain Still Hurting?

To keep expenses low and avoid inventory that wouldn’t move, most businesses went to an order on demand type model a decade or more ago. Unfortunately, when the supply chain runs into issues, not having inventory in stock hurts both consumers and businesses.  During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, people learned just what could... Read More

Eleanor Hecks
June 12, 2023
7 min read

Effective Technology Strategies for Growing Businesses

At the risk of stating the obvious, technology has changed everything. It’s changed the way we communicate, the way we buy and sell, and the way we seek information. These changes are impossible to ignore, especially for businesses. As new advances continue to disrupt the workplace and reorder the consumer experience, the most successful businesses... Read More

Amanda Clark
June 5, 2023
7 min read