How to Recognize Basic Safety Signs

(Wed Jun 17th, 2009, by Lee Laz)

Safety is an issue that impacts every company, no matter what business the company is in. Even e-commerce has the need for safety such as virus protection and some basic safety signs are posted on websites that have such protection advising hackers t...

Jump start your career with a PMP certification

(Tue Jun 16th, 2009, by Vidyut Bharti)

Role of project managers have dramatically shifted from mere carrying out the project work to managing the projects. It is the project manager on whose shoulders rests the responsibility of how projects move on, finish and importantly to make things ...

Why Six Sigma Is Not Enough

(Sun Jun 14th, 2009, by Thomas Pyzdek)

To make your customers truly happy, you must go beyond six sigma. Some people, including me, believe that garden variety six sigma doesn't go far enough. In fact, even zero defects falls short. Defining quality as only the lack of nonconforming pr...

Bird Proofing Commercial Buildings

(Mon Jun 8th, 2009, by Alex A. Kecskes)

Unlike homes and boats, commercial buildings suffer damage from pest birds on a grand scale. Commercial  building owners spend millions of dollars every year to deal with problems associated with pest birds. The only viable solution is bird proofing...

Thinking Outside the Box

(Fri Jun 5th, 2009, by Thomas Pyzdek)

The "P" in SPC stands for process, not product. A common problem with SPC is that the world appears too complicated for a statistical approach to work. In complex electronics products, for example, circuit boards may have thousands of holes and micr...

Lack of Healthcare Process Costs Woman Arms, Legs

(Thu Jun 4th, 2009, by Thomas Pyzdek)

Woman who lost arms, legs gets 2nd chance to sue doctors | www.azstarnet.com ®. Lisa Strong had a history of kidney stones and suspected that the sharp pains she was experiencing was caused by yet another kidney stone. She told the ER Nurse this....

Financing Your Company During a Recession

(Thu Jun 4th, 2009, by Marco Terry)

There is something interesting about recessions. Although nobody likes them, many times they provide growth opportunities to businesses. Through careful planning and solid execution, many business owners are able to increase their market share and gr...

ITIL v.2 or ITIL v.3?

(Wed Jun 3rd, 2009, by projectmanuk)

ITIL v.2 was released in 2001 and lasted until 30th May 2007, when it was officially replaced by ITIL v.3. This essentially meant the publication of five new ‘core’ guides and the introduction of new, credit-based ITIL qualifications. However, th...

IT Infrastructure Library: an Introduction

(Wed Jun 3rd, 2009, by projectmanuk)

What is ITIL?ITIL stands for IT Infrastructure Library, the most comprehensive collection of documents intended to provide support and advice regarding IT Service Management. It began in the 1980s, when the CCTA (now the Office of Government Commerce...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Starting a Franchise

(Tue Jun 2nd, 2009, by Matthew Franchise Anderson)

Starting a franchise is a sure fire way into self employment without all the usual hassles of creating the business plan and venturing into un chartered waters with a new start-up business. The advantages over a stand alone business are evident and ...