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The 12 Cardinal Sins of ERP Implementation (Popularity:  )
Introduction
Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) is an outgrowth of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) initiated in the 1970's as a new computer-based approach to planning and scheduling of material requirements and inventory, featuring the time-phased order point. MRP evolved to MRP II (Material Resources Planning) the "closed loop" process, to Business Requirements Planning (BRP) and eventually to ERP. As MRPII came into vogue in the late 1970's and early 1980's, software companies ...
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Staff Motivation (Popularity: )
I’ve been promoted at work recently and I realize that one of the key skills I need to have is the ability to motivate my staff, especially when big projects crop up and a lot of extra time and overtime is necessary. Good thing I have a mentor who has taught me a lot about these things. My aunt was once an owner and CEO of a successful company that ...
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Manual Coordination - Can you afford it any longer? (Popularity: )
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Managers spend a lot of their time doing simple coordination of people and work. Most of this coordination is manual in that it has to be done by a manager or their delegate.
Coordination is required so people can work together productively. In most cases, the person doing the coordination is not actually doing the work - they are simply making sure that the work flows, the work is done, and ...
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Are You a "Good" Boss? (Popularity: )
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1. Speak with respect – It seems that respect has taken a back seat to disrespectful verbal and non-verbal behavior that is rampant in our society. It is time to put respect back into business and life. It starts at the top with the boss. Do not shout at or speak harshly to your employees or interrupt them when they are speaking. If a manager is harsh, condescending, arrogant or ...
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Reduce Management Risks (Popularity: )
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Current management methods are high risk. The strong reliance on people doing the right thing at the right time is at the core of workplace risks. Yet few managers understand the high levels of risk in doing what they always have done.
If you think about what happens now, you will see what I mean. Usually some form of centralized list of agreed tasks that need to be done to achieve ...
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The Best Education For Managers (Popularity: )
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Crisis in management education
There is no consistency today in the way we educate managers. Larger organizations tend to have more comprehensive programs. If we look at the business results of the past year it will show that these programs have not been very successful. In the US over 99.9% of all organizations have less than 500 workers. Many of these organizations have little to non-existent management education. There is a ...
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Business Process Management - Fundamental to success (Popularity: )
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When people work together, they usually follow a number of related actions or a process. Processes reduce uncertainty by making it clear who needs to do what, when, and with whom, and ensure that important actions are not forgotten.
Some of the great benefits of processes are:
• People involved don't have to think what to do next
• Output(s) are known in advance
• Process templates reduce planning time and effort
• Repeatability can ...
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8 Delegation Tips To Blast Through Barriers (Popularity: )
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Essential to the achievement of delegation is the advancement of employees’ self- esteem. The exercise of self-esteem as a motivator is a current phenomenon. In the 1930s the issue was immaterial. Back then, the concerns were money, security and survival - the very things that were in meagre supply. New distinct improvements in the satisfaction of these survival needs have begot a whole new set of drives. Employees have begun ...
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Great Supervisors Drive Great Improvements (Popularity: )
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Improvement is one area where you can really shine as a new supervisor. You're already a technical expert because of your years on the front lines, so you know exactly where there are opportunities. Remember you're not an industrial engineer, you're not the chief quality officer, you're a front line supervisor and you need to get the work in and get the work out as a first priority. But improvements, ...
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How To Prevent Theft and Fraud if You Own a Payday Loan Company (Popularity: )
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First lets start by the different ways that employees can steal:
* Pulling money out of the drawer or skimming from the top
* Using non-cash transactions, like discounts, offsite payments, depositing personal checks or write-offs, as a substitute for cash payments, also know as, tricking the system
* Making fake loans
* Robbing a store
Let's attack these one at at time.
1) Pulling money out of a cash drawer and putting it in their ...
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