Lean is not just for manufacturers anymore, it’s an important concept for integration companies to start thinking about. Lean Methodologies bring together thinking about the delivery of customer value within the context of minimizing the use of resources in doing so. Fixating on efficiencies without an appreciation for the impact on the former is a […]
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A/V Integrator Leverages Q360 Technology for 20% Year over Year Growth
Article published in Commercial Integrator September 16, 2016 “Breaking the Mold: This Integration Firm Is Programmed Differently” Casaplex’s non-traditional team of non-AV-type-employees has added up to an AV integration firm that can do things with products that others simply can’t. Derek Goldstein was never a DJ. He wasn’t in a band. He never even worked as […]
Keep Track of Project Management Costs in Real Time to Improve Your Bottom Line
There’s a vast echoing gap between the mindset of accounting and project management in most businesses. It has a lot to do with time: The PMO works with a today-and-tomorrow mindset – getting the project done, on time, to specs. Accounting works with a history mindset – keeping track of things that have already happened in order to report, […]
The Pitfalls of Business Process Improvement Initiatives
The business of improving your business is serious business. How many times have you or someone on your team tinkered with a process and had it result in less than desired results? Perhaps it wasn’t adopted, or only partially adopted by a few on the team. Or worse, it had adverse results on other areas of […]