Whose Forecast Is It Anyway?
Matching supply to demand is a never ending problem in
most companies. Whether you are a manufacturer,
distributor, or retailer of products, a service provider or
in the construction trades, forecasting demand is an
issue that affects profits and customer satisfaction.
This month's Customer Manufacturing Update
provides a different spin on forecasting. Some of the
content appears to focus on "inventory" issues and will
relate
directly to readers who manufacture or resell products.
We encourage our service and professional trades
readers to "think outside the box." If you consider
excess billable hours as "inventory" the
issues are directly relevant to your business as well.
Download the article
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Dear Mitchell,
We've changed our format a bit this month to make it
easier for you to link to what you want. Our feature
this month is on forecasting . . . but with a twist.
Please let us know how you like this new format.
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| Why Cut Your Training Budget in a Downturn? | | |  Most companies cut their sales and marketing training
budgets in a
downturn as part of cost cutting. Is this really a
message that most sales and marketing training
programs don't work?
Or are they just a "nice to have?" Or perhaps they
might work, but you're not sure if ... or when.Maybe that's because most companies spend their
training and education budgets to minimize perceived
cost without realizing that the real cost is in wasted
time and lack of improved performance and skills.
We take a whole different approach to the training and
education programs we provide to our clients. If you'd
like to learn more, click the link below. Learn more... | | |
| 10 Marketing Tactics to Increase Sales | | |  Would you like to learn 10 marketing tactics that can
increase your sales in bad times ... or good? Mitch
Gooze recently presented a program on this topic to an
association meeting in Florida.We've edited the program (so you only need to hear
the "good stuff") and can provide it to you on audio
tape or CD. If you'd like to know more about the
content and cost, click the link below. Get more information... | | |
| Quantum Marketing Follow-up | | |  Last month we provided you a white paper on a
construct we call Quantum Marketing. (If you missed
last month's article, click the link at the bottom of this
month's feature article, in the column to the left, and it
will take you to the portion of our site where the
Quantum Marketing article can be downloaded).Many of you were interested in knowing how to
determine your Quantum Marketing Rating. If you are
interested in knowing how you can determine your QM
Rating, click the link below. Learn how to get your QM Rating... | | |
| Closing Thoughts | | | We appreciate any feedback you can provide to help us
make sure these Updates give you value each
month. Feel free to respond to this e-mail with any
comments or suggestions for future topics or ways we
can make these Customer Manufacturing
Updates more valuable to you. Thank you for your interest, and if we can provide any
additional assistance to help you increase sales,
let us know. Our mission is to help you improve the
performance of your System to Manufacture Customers. | | |
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