This struck me as sort of interesting, possibly useful, and probably a little compulsive. One blogger’s way of slowly using change is to carry the optimal number of each denomination of coin in his pocket. Everyone has coins they want to get rid of. I randomly thought of an easy way to carry change andContinue reading “Always have exact change”
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Saga of Semco continues
I blogged about Semco SA yesterday, but it was a shallow, dull post merely outlining the ways in which the management philosophy has improved operations for the Brazilian manufacturing and environmental/IT services company. Some more interesting details: Due to management style clashes with his father and founder of the company, current CEO Ricardo Semler threatenedContinue reading “Saga of Semco continues”
Unorthodox management style is paying off for Semco
Semco is a Brazilian company that has recently taken digg by storm and is making waves amongst more real world folks too. The company is turning pretty much everything we know about how to run a business organization upside down, and getting great results doing just that. The long and short of it: Employees setContinue reading “Unorthodox management style is paying off for Semco”
Improving cash flow through better payables management
There are several ways in which a business can improve their cash flow situation by optimizing their payables management. Mostly this relates to timing issues – when to pay your suppliers. Pay invoices on or close to the due date. Supplier terms are typically the only source of interest-free credit your business is going toContinue reading “Improving cash flow through better payables management”
Tangled web they wove
Over at the AAO Weblog, there’s an interesting post concerning the Adelphia fraud and an “enabler”, Scientific-Atlanta, which is now a unit of Cisco. Around August 2000, Adelphia asked Scientific-Atlanta to increase the price of digital cable television set-top boxes it was selling to Adelphia – then kick back the difference to Adelphia in asContinue reading “Tangled web they wove”