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Fix People Problems with a Great Orientation Process
Starting new employees off on the right foot will benefit them AND your company. A small investment of time and effort up front will pay long-term dividends in productivity, safety and culture.
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Where Did My Profit Go?
Increase your company's bottom line by fixing the way your company adds profit to its estimates.
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The Danger of Recovering Equipment Costs as Overhead
Recovering field equipment costs as overhead is a dangerous practice for landscape contractors. To find out how this practice can hurt sales and profits, read on...
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Cold Weather Precautions
Cold weather requires unique precautions to keep machines and people working safely.
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The Nine Deadly Wastes
Although the concept of Lean originated in the manufacturing sector, it has tremendous application in the service industry. Waste is In fact, the “waste” is even more in services because of two reasons:
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Building a Sales and Marketing Plan for Landscapers
The success of a landscape business depends on many factors, both internal and external, but perhaps the most important of these factors is the ability to attract and retain customers. Customers generate your company revenue, and it’s this factor that keeps your business moving forward. (click the title for more...)
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Better Safety, Lower Costs and Improved Profit in Just 5 Minutes a Day
If one simple step each morning could keep your people safer, save your company money AND increase your sales capacity, you'd have to be crazy not to enforce this simple system in your company.
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Eliminate Waste by Minimizing Your Insurance Costs
The cost of insurance - especially worker's compensation insurance - keep growing. Nationally, the cost of worker's comp coverage has jumped about 50 percent over the past few years despite a decrease in claims being filed. That's not good news for something that affects your bottom line.
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The 6 Pillars of Productivity
Maintaining a high-level of jobsite productivity is one of the most important activities for any foreman, crew leader, or project manager. By using the Six pillars of productivity, the productivity and profitability levels of any landscape crew, on every type of landscape project – maintenance or construction can be increased.
