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Hosted PBX: An Essential for Businesses Large or Small

Communication is vital to any well run organisation. Keeping up to date with the latest communications technology ensures efficiency in operations, allowing your focus to be kept on what you do best. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is the technology that allows communications to be run across the internet. When implemented correctly, it is an efficient, reliable and cost effective way to communicate compared to the standard copper wire services (PSTN or ISDN). VoIP technology is extremely flexible and provides effortless, worldwide communication channels to organisations. VoIP telephony is an excellent addition to a business phone system. This is due…

4 Tips To Open A Great Restaurant

Almost half of all restaurant employees in the world declare that they would really like to own their own restaurant at one point in time. The problem is that this is not at all something that is simple. Opening a restaurant is one of the most difficult parts of the process. There are many different things that have to be taken into account and the start is definitely the most important part of the process. If you want to increase the possibility of success, here are some tips to open a great restaurant from professional Robert Sambol. Always Start With…

Things to ask any SEO company looking for your business

With ever-increasing amounts of business shifting to the web, the importance of good SEO rises along with it. Local SEO, link building, usability … the list of factors to keep in mind can be endless. If you are looking for an SEO service that will take this responsibility off your shoulders, here are a series of questions to ask any SEO company looking for your business… 1) How will you improve our SEO? Saying that they can get a website to the first page, first result in Google is what virtually every SEO company will tell you. But do they…

The most futuristic factories in the world

Photo by CC user Manecke on Wikimedia Commons While most people think of factories as dirty, grimy places, the manufacturing facilities of the 21st century are quite different from what most people imagine in their heads. Consisting of futuristic designs that are beautiful, highly efficient, and environmentally responsible, these are buildings that even the non-industrial minded person can appreciate. Below, we will give several examples of what we think are the most futuristic factories in the world… Volkswagen’s transparent factory, Dresden, Germany Of all the futuristic factories on this list, one of the most spectacular is the transparent factory that Volkswagen…

How to increase efficiency in a factory

Photo by CC user 64887888@N00 on Flickr If you have built your business to the point where you have opened a factory, there is a good chance that you have run into problems with efficiency. Wasteful processes can cost a business untold amounts of money over the long run. If you are wondering how to increase efficiency in a factory, this post will give you a few ideas on how to do just that…. Set stretch goals with rewards The lack of production goals in a manufacturing facility can lead to an effort that is mediocre at best. Human beings become…

The history of modern manufacturing

Photo by CC user Lewis Hine (public domain) on Wikimedia Commons Humans have been building tools to help improve their lives since the Stone Age, but it is only in the past couple of centuries where manufacturing has truly become a modern process. Below, we will briefly go over the history of modern manufacturing, with an eye on where current trends will take this sector of society… The Industrial Revolution: where it all started Manufacturing has been around ever since tools were invented to assist artisans with building tasks, but it didn’t truly become modern until the Industrial Revolution began. Invention…

How to Transport and Package Dangerous Goods

Dangerous goods have to be packed and transported the proper way. This is where UN 4g boxes come in, which are made of fiberboard. It is made of an outer and inner packaging component, with the actual dangerous goods being in the inner component. On its own, a 4G box is not approved for the transportation of dangerous goods. It is very important for those who transport it to be aware of this, so that they do not indivertibly break the law. The International Code for Air Transport clearly highlights what should appear with the 4G box in order for…

Top Traits That Separate the Top CEOs

Take a look at the CEOs who head up the biggest companies in the world and you’ll start to notice some startling similarities. Not in how they look, not in how old they are – but how they act. To be a CEO, you have to have a certain DNA. You have to be made up of certain attributes and in short, just not everyone has it in them. However, what exactly are these attributes? We’ve delved deep and scrutinized the most successful CEOs in the world and found that the following four characteristics are what separates them from the…

The Life and Career of Charles Phillips

Charles Phillips is considered by many as the leading light in the business software industry and one of the most important CEOs in the world of technology. Phillips is currently CEO of Infor Global Solutions, the third largest software solutions company in the World behind industry giants Oracle Corporation and SAP. Such has been the successful career of Charles Phillips it is no surprise that Infor are now competing with the big players in the software solutions industry and here we take a look at how the once Marine Corps Captain rose to his position at the top of one…

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