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The client, a metro-based trade business, was winning plenty of work but had no clear visibility into true job costs. Quotes were often based on experience and rough estimates, with materials, labour, and overheads not consistently tracked against each job. As costs rose and jobs varied in...

The client, a single-location cafe based in a busy suburban area, was operating without clear visibility into margins or cash flow. Pricing decisions were reactive, costs were creeping up, and the owner often felt unsure whether the business was actually performing as expected. Our approach...

Outsourcing work is becoming more and more popular in Australia and beyond to due a number of benefits such as outsourcing cost savings and much more. When you outsource some work to low cost countries, your cost of production reduces and you gain an advantage in the market. But as everything in...

Many small businesses are a one man band. At times this almost certainly results with incoming phone calls and customer interactions missed. It may even be as simple as not answering the call to meet a client or even just to have some personal time for lunch or a toilet break. Sadly it shouldn’t...

The manufacturing industry has an uneasy history with outsourcing to Low Cost Countries for cost reduction purposes. Too many times we see the case where a domestic manufacturer has made the decision to move offshore to reduce costs and finds that quality is down, yield is abominable and the...

As a successful small business owner you know full well that time = money. And that means you want to spend your ‘working’ time where you can make the most money.  You don’t want to spend your working time doing chores - but then again, you don’t want to spend your ‘down’ time on...

Key Takeaways Outsourcing helps reduce cost and improve productivity and efficiency when done right. There are several success factors in outsourcing and they include setting a strong set of KPIs and managing them. You will also need to partner with financially stable outsourcing companies with...

Telemarketing is a very effective way to communicate with potential and existing clients. Although email is fantastic there is something special about that interaction over the telephone.  For telemarketing to be effective the person making the call must really believe in the message they are...

Assuming you have succeeded in selecting a suitable supplier and transferring your documentation and instructions to this supplier in a manner that is easily understood and interpreted, you will now be looking at how you are planning to transport finished goods from your supplier to their...