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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. Operations Consultants: Operations consultants are consultants who help clients improve the performance of their operations.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent.

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Pay your team right: A comprehensive guide to compensation

Asamby Consulting

Example: You have been a travel agent with a business travel agency for 10 years. You now enter a luxury, bespoke travel provider. That question becomes especially important when you operate in multiple locations. For a sales role, the commission might be 0.5% Even in much more local settings, location matters.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Marketing & Sales. Operations. Kearney works collaboratively with companies to transform their operations in order to gain unprecedented competitive advantage. Transportation & Travel. Communications.

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The Value of the Owner to the Business’s Value

Martinka Consulting

Say one with $5-7 million in sales and 10-15% profit? Gary sold a wonderful business with the following features: Net profit of over 25% of sales. Growth of sales and profits every year during the recession. This on the days he was actually in town, not traveling around the country or to his place in Central America.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business

In comparison to other methods (such as Six Sigma or activity-based costing), ZBB typically does not address operational excellence in core processes (marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) or fundamental cost drivers such as portfolio complexity, organizational complexity, customer complaints, and quality issues.

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