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Why Focus on Process | THE MERRITT REPORT
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September 29, 2009. Why Focus on Process. Every problem that arises in business can be tracked back to a process. Either the process is broken, people aren’t following the process, the process conflicts with other processes or a process is missing. So often companies attack the symptom of a broken process and fail to consider the underlying cause of the problem. This is why having documented processes are critical to achieving and sustaining growth. A sound process is scalable. When people, process a...
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Best Practices for Procure to Pay Processes | THE MERRITT REPORT
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October 5, 2009. Best Practices for Procure to Pay Processes. I found this study and write up by David Cramer at Visa and wanted to share it. I think it makes a very good argument for a best practice approach. While focused on credit card transactions, the lessons learned apply to almost any model. More than 50 large corporate and mid-sized companies considered to have leading procure-to-pay practices participated in the study. They were identified by a process to ensure proper distribution by revenu...
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Top Five ERP Upgrade Tips | THE MERRITT REPORT
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October 3, 2009. Top Five ERP Upgrade Tips. When it comes to enterprise software, upgrades are a necessary evil. However, there are some ways to avoid the pain associated with upgrades. Here’s my top five tips. Don’t bite off too much than you can chew. Get the troops ready. Lead from the top. Top management should be visibly involved in the process. This support from the top will significantly improve the chances that employees will embrace the changes. Showing that management understands the ch...The o...
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High Growth Firms Spend Limited Budgets Differently From Lower Growth Peers | A Moment Of Clarity
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A Moment Of Clarity. High Growth Firms Spend Limited Budgets Differently From Lower Growth Peers. Just read a study that shows that high growth firms in professional services categories invested in marketing activities very differently from their lagging peers. Here’s how it breaks down:. High Growth Firms put more emphasis on:. Building awareness through advertising and PR. Lead generation through channels such as direct mail, cold calls, trade shows and newsletters. Low Growth Firms were more likely to:.
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Do you serve on a board? Know someone who does? | A Moment Of Clarity
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A Moment Of Clarity. Do you serve on a board? Know someone who does? My friend, Scott Ingram has dreamed up something of enormous value to those of us who participate or lead membership organizations (boards, non profits, corporations, etc.). It’s called the Membership Organization Leadership Series. The most common challenges of membership driven organizations (like Associations, Chambers, Civic Organizations, Networking Groups, etc.) are nearly universal:. How do we grow our membership? You are comment...
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A Moment Of Clarity | Your Marketing Swiss Army Knife | Page 2
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A Moment Of Clarity. Pay for Performance. Bring it on if you dare. Tags: austin b2b marketing. Over the years I’ve been a big proponent of pay for performance when it comes to engaging clients as a marketing firm. What could be better? Clients love the concept because both parties have skin in the game and we get paid according to how effective our work is. The assumption is that we’ll do better work, go the extra mile and deeply care about the client’s success. Everybody’s happy. The client and agency n...
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Adoption Rocks! A Musical Celebration | A Moment Of Clarity
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A Moment Of Clarity. To celebrate International Adoption Month, The Long Center for the Performing Arts has scheduled a benefit concert and celebration called Adoption Rocks! It’s a benefit for The Gladney Center,. A Texas organization that’s been providing adoption services. For over 100 years. If you haven’t seen it yet, this YouTube makes a great case for supporting the event. Tickets are $100 apiece, $50 of which is tax-deductible. There’s also a silent auction and a cash bar. Feed for this Entry.
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Do your customers trust you? | A Moment Of Clarity
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A Moment Of Clarity. Do your customers trust you? I’m reading a very good book that hits the nail on the head when it comes to the sea change that is happening in marketing. “Trust Agents” is a NY Times Best Seller written by Chris Brogan and Julian Smith that lays it out clearly and if you plan on being in business five years from now you better pay attention. People are tired of you shouting how good you are or your widgets and interrupting them. Media fragmentation and info overload overwhelms them.
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My Dad | A Moment Of Clarity
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A Moment Of Clarity. For my regular readers, this post may be a bit unusual. But, for me, it is right on topic since much of what I know about business and what I share here originated from my dad. Allow me to indulge you with the tale of the Air Force vet, turned pilot, turned rodeo rider, turned computer whiz, turned electronics manufacturer, turned cabinet maker. My dad still lives in Casper, Wyoming in a house he built at the base of 5K foot Casper Mountain (the third house he build for his family)&#...
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