Some time back, during a rush period, I was asked by the production supervisor at our printing company if I would visit and quality check a job that a new outside vendor was doing for us.
When I arrived, I was greeted with a friendly "Hello" from the owner, and given an impromptu tour of his company. He let me know immediately that he was "already familiar" with me and my business systems. "I know what you think about how business should be done," he smiled, like a card player, holding all aces.
Philip Beyer, founder/president of Ebiz Products LLC and founder of Beyer Printing Inc. in Nashville Tenn., is a chronic entrepreneur, business systems analyst and consultant. Author of "System Busters: How to Stop Them in Your Business" and recipient of an InterTech Technology Award for the design and development of System100 business process management software. Beyer speaks to business owners across the country on how to bring lean, sustainable order to their businesses. Contact him at (615) 425-2652.