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Justifying your prices. Posted by MattFMN July 31, 2013
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Analysis vs Synthesis Posted by Louis Altazan April 26, 2013
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Great read Posted by Louis Altazan April 18, 2013
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5 Deadly Diseases Posted by Louis Altazan April 17, 2013
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Temporary surge? Posted by MattFMN April 3, 2013
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Mistakes Posted by Louis Altazan October 12, 2012
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Morale Killers Posted by Louis Altazan October 8, 2012
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Would you work for you? Posted by Seaside September 8, 2012
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Marketing Justification Posted by Louis Altazan June 6, 2012
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"Nothing's Perfect" Posted by Louis Altazan May 31, 2012
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RSA Video Posted by MattFMN March 14, 2012
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Acceptable Defects Posted by Louis Altazan February 23, 2012
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Undercover Boss Posted by MattFMN July 19, 2011
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Learning When Buying Posted by Louis Altazan April 15, 2011
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The Greatest Opportunity Posted by Louis Altazan November 7, 2010
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Are you forward thinking, opinionated and interested in improving small business management? If so, I believe this may be a place you will enjoy. When Dr. W. Edwards Deming went to Japan in the early fifties, he found a nation that was largely destroyed. He shared with Japan a vision of management that helped to transform the Country into a world leader. Today in the West, we see huge corporations bankrupt and crumbling. Many small businesses too are failing and even more are not profitable. I believe the Fourteen Points of Dr. W. Edwards Deming are a way out of the crisis. I met Dr. Deming in 1984 and began studying his management philosophy. The transformation to my auto repair business was astounding. Please browse through the articles on this site. We ask that you register, which is free of charge. This is necessary to help keep spam off the site. We will never use your email for any other purpose. Please sign up today and share your small business ideas, questions and successes with us. Thank you, Louis Altazan Owner/manager AGCO Automotive Corporation |
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“When a shop loses a client because of a price concern - it is not a failure on the part of the client. The shop has failed to demonstrate why they are worth the price asked.” |
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Hiring a Great Boss
Truly great places of employment may not be abundant, but they do exist. Unfortunately [for interested applicants] great places of employment are often fully staffed and sometimes have a waiting list of job applicants. Such places normally go far above and beyond the norm to attract the best employees. Read More... |
Behavior, The Universe and A, B, C and D Clients
It is human nature to search for reason in the things we observe. For instance, early on men sought to explain day and night. They reasoned since the sun was the source of light and they could see it "move" across the sky, it must revolve around the Earth. The Earth was the center of the universe. This model explained the phenomena, was very popular, widely accepted and wrong. Read More... |
Marketing and Management, The Fourteen Points
Marketing and management are often seen as different things. Both necessary, but somehow unrelated components of running a business. I feel this is very unfortunate and counter to what Dr. Deming tried to teach. I believe for a business to be successful, all components must be interrelated. Read More... |
Deming Management, Toyota, GM and Other Problems
I think it is no accident that Deming management helped raise Japan from the ashes of WWII and never really took hold in the West. Cultural differences were certainly a factor. Japanese society has long ago realized cooperation is their best way getting ahead. Western society tends to almost exclusively reward individual effort. Read More... |
Did Competition Kill The Big Three
Many excuses have been offered for the possible demise of the Big Three. Competition and unions are two of the favorite scapegoats. Without being overly wordy, I would like to offer a different view. I think there are ramifications applicable to any business. Read More... |
Re-defining Promotion In Business
I recently received an article from a friend. In it were examples of people being promoted because they did a great job. Everyone has seen examples of the great salesperson, who becomes the mediocre sales manager and so on. Still, it is in the nature of people to seek promotion, a feeling of moving ahead. Is it time business redefines promotion? Read More... |
Learning Leadership From The Political System
Observation of the political system can be a great aid to those who would wish to become better managers. Not in the sense of emulating the behavior or [lack of] results, rather in the way a wise man learns from a fool. That is by watching their behavior and extracting the lessons they seem incapable of learning. For instance an almost total lack of leadership. Following are a short list of observations to illustrate my point. A leader might by avoiding such behavior, become a far better leader, in my opinion. Read More... |
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