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If You Want to Understand What Makes a Company Tick, You Have to Get Your Hands Dirty (or at least your shoes)

In the world of software implementation and business process consulting the necessary first step in making any recommendation, whether it be for a software system or for revisions in processes and procedures, is what we call the discovery process. Normally that entails rather detailed discussions with key stakeholders in a…

Your CPA Firm Brings Additional Value

I’m proud to say that we have had the same outside tax accounting firm for all of our 25 years in business. During that period they have become extremely knowledgeable in our business practices, products and the nuances of our marketplace. It’s truly a luxury to have an advisor we…

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Small companies can now afford the best tools

  You know, I seldom use our blog area to do a commercial. I’d like to think that whatever writing I do in this area has some informational if not educational value, but this time I think I need to break my own rule for a good cause. I’ll follow-up…

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Epic Fail – Chapter Four

Chapter Four – The Working Environment By Phillip G. Perkins, ACUMEN Corporation, President and CEO We’re going to spend a bit of time in this section talking about the working environment that helps prevent an Epic Fail situation. I have to warn you that this may be the shortest chapter…

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Can’t Sell What You Can’t Ship: Inventory Optimization for Distributors and Manufacturers

Welcome to ACUMEN Corporation’s webinar on inventory optimization for distributors and manufacturers.  Give us 45 minutes of your time and you will walk away with some very profitable ideas.  We at ACUMEN have discovered something everyone in business is aware of:  you can’t sell what you can’t ship!  Order fulfillment issues hurt…

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EPIC FAIL – Chapter Three

    Chapter Three in an eBook titled EPIC FAIL By Phillip G. Perkins, ACUMEN Corporation, President and CEO I want to start this chapter by saying that I may have left the reader with the impression that business owners and senior managers take a cavalier attitude towards information systems. Let…

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Responsible for Sales? You Can’t Sell What You Can’t Ship!

Order Fulfillment Issues Hurt Your Sales (and your pocket!) If order fulfillment is a problem, then you’re not at fault for missing your sales goals. Your commissions are seriously impacted and your Sales Manager looks bad, but what can you do? Share this invitation with your Sales Manager, Operations, Warehouse…

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EPIC FAIL – Chapter Two

EPIC FAIL Chapter Two (Chapter Two in an eBook titled the same) By Phillip G. Perkins, ACUMEN Corporation, President and CEO  I’m going to start of this chapter of Epic Fail with an excerpt from my 2003 book “Points of Productivity; Turning Corporate Pain to Gain”. I know that may seem…