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Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Either their operations have grown quite a bit or they are in the midst of growing. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? But there are a few questions: Why is it necessary to hire an operations person? We answer with a resounding yes.

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8 Reasons that May Cause You to Loose Customers

Tom Spencer

Over time, the executives get so engrossed in running the day to day operations of the business that they forget that the purpose of the business is to serve it’s customers. One of the big five banks in Canada, Scotiabank, has outsourced printing of cheques to an external vendor called D+H.

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8 Issues that May Cause You to Lose Customers

Tom Spencer

Over time, the executives get so engrossed in running the day to day operations of the business that they forget that the purpose of the business is to serve it’s customers. One of the big five banks in Canada, Scotiabank, has outsourced printing of cheques to an external vendor called D+H.

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Texas Energy Screw-up and Small Business Impairments

Martinka Consulting

Have a list of tactics, whether it’s for growth, margin improvement, expense reduction, process improvement, an improved culture, or something else. Show profit because banks and buyers like profits. Get to the point you do as little as possible with the day-to-day operations. Know what you are going to do.

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Before Automating Your Company?s Processes, Find Ways to Improve Them

Harvard Business

As Andrew Spanyi , the author of four books on process management, put it to us by email: “RPA does not redesign anything. It operates at the task level and not the end-to-end process level.” ” But RPA can be combined with changes in the relevant business process. Examples of RPA and Process Improvement.

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business

” Even if you cannot change your circumstances, “you might be able to change the microenvironment in which you operate.” This made me more people-focused than process-focused, but it allowed for process improvements in the best way possible, by enabling people to excel.”

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