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How to Manage Supply Chain Planning Like a Pro

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From manufacturing to sales to finance, the supply chain routinely fails to command the respect it deserve. Employ Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning Solutions. A common mistake that startups, and even established businesses, make is to run monthly forecasting off of spreadsheets that only reflect historical data.

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As Year-End Approaches, 4 Things Businesses Should Do Now To Ensure 2015 Success

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In addition, while large sales may be a “home run,” encourage smaller “base hit” sales, which can happen everyday. Multiple small sales form the drivers of profitable revenue growth, plus, builds employees’ confidence so they are more prepared to take advantage of “home run” opportunities when they do come along.

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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Many cited a greater focus on cost cutting and efficiency as the number two step to achieving growth, with increasing sales still number one. If small businesses tackle these initiatives, we will be supporting economists’ forecast and moving the U.S. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' Marty Zwilling.

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

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credit terms), a rise in daily sales outstanding, or DSO, affects the cash flows of local businesses. DSO is the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. According to The Economist forecast for 2015, ASEAN will add USD 335 billion and become the fourth largest economy in the world.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. how much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales. how to evolve our management team.

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6 Reasons Why Technology Won’t Kill B2B Salespeople

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by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Fears over technology stealing sales jobs is nothing new, it happened following the advent of both the phone and Internet. In addition, the 2015 CareerBuilder.com U.S. In addition, the 2015 CareerBuilder.com U.S.

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Revenue Growth For Lenovo In 2Q15 Obscures Unfamiliar Challenges For Its PC And Smartphones Business: TBR

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Heightened competition in PC markets, particularly from HP and Dell, has driven Lenovo’s PC ASPs down 6% from 2Q14, taking with it gross and operating profit that it intended to reinvest into sales and marketing initiatives for its mobile segment outside China and foster enterprise growth in the U.S. and Europe.

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