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I’m coming across more and more articles talking about economic recovery. Three in the last couple of weeks: Wall Street Journal, NY Times and LA Times. These articles are talking about what type of rebound to expect. In the WSJ article, Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist at Barclays Capital is quoted, "You can't find a single deep recession that has been followed by a moderate recovery." The article also states: Some forecasters expect the economy to grow at a 3-5% annual rate through the end of this year. I’m in the big rebound camp; I’m taking steps to position our company to maximize the recovery. We’ve focused on improving our processes so that we can serve our current customers better and win more new business. We’ve overhauled our sales process, developed a new SEO strategy for our web site and are re-working the marketing plan. In addition, we’ve streamlined our operational processes. These changes have made us more effective, as well as more efficient. Not only are we in a good position to take full advantage of the recovery, we’ve also been able to cut costs and improve profits. In coming posts, I’ll share the details of the steps that we’ve taken at Attivo. We’re actually planning an upcoming webinar to showcase a “Look Inside Attivo” so you can actually see these best practices in action. I would welcome any comments on the subject. Here’s an interesting case study on how we’ve helped one of our clients, Danchuk Manufacturing, to streamline their operations, position them for growth, and reduce their operating costs. “We achieved an 80% reduction in labor cost and administrative overhead related to our growing eCommerce sales. We’re truly positioned for substantial growth and cost containment.” -Steve Brown, General Manager, Danchuk Manufacturing Download the Danchuk Case Study and learn more about Cost Cutting with ERP System Integration.

Productivity is the engine of profit, or, more precisely, we earn profit by being productive.  In fact, when we go to work in the morning, our goal is to return home with more profit than we had when we left, not less.  We do that by being productive.  It really isn't more complicated than that, so don't overthink this. Profit is simply the wages of being productive.  Making a profit is done by providing a good or service that is of more value to someone else than it cost you to produce.  Profit is not a bad thing...it is our responsibility! Since we all have the same fixed amount of time each day, our goal should be to continuously look for ways to improve productivity so that we can maximize our profit each day.  It is the responsible thing to do as good stewards of our available resources.  With business slowing pretty dramatically in many areas, meaning volume is down, productivity gains are pretty important just to stay even.  One sure way to gain productivity is to manage information as efficiently as possible.  Check out www.AttivoConsulting.com for some innovative ways to improve the way that you manage and use information.  And check back here regularly for tips and tricks that will keep the productivity - and profit - rolling in. Do you happen to know what "Attivo" means?