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Lean Principles: How do Manufacturers Recognize Culture?
February 24, 2014
How do manufacturers recognize culture? Culture is invisible; it’s the “way we do things.” However, recognizing work culture in a manufacturing...
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Client Spotlight: Jenner Sales Corporation
February 10, 2014
Jenner Sales an agricultural equipment sales company, discusses how Sikich helps the company with accounting, audit and tax-related challenges, particularly...
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Client Spotlight: T&W Corporation
February 10, 2014
Learn how Sikich provides quality financial financial statement review and advisory to Indianapolis's T & W Corporation.
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Non-Profit Budgeting: Handling Your Cash Flow
February 4, 2014
Most non-profits have recently experienced unpredictable economic trends that could cause those organizations to worry about meeting their financial obligations....
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The Toyota Way: Manufacturing Tools for Continuous Improvement
January 21, 2014
Lean manufacturing gained popularity during the onset of the Toyota Production System (TPS). TPS was established by automobile manufacturer Toyota...
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Is It Clear In Your Manufacturing Cloud?
January 14, 2014
Putting your information system infrastructure and/or data in someone else’s hands via cloud computing offers many advantages as compared to...
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Tax Challenges during C Corporation to S Corporation Conversion
December 10, 2013
Under the right circumstances, S corporations may provide significant tax advantages over C corporations, thus prompting many business owners to convert to...
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Sales Process Expectations
December 7, 2013
As a result, you may find that critical steps or procedures fall through the cracks. In order to ensure a...
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ZS Associates (management consulting firm) | Chris Wright, CEO
November 7, 2013
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Crushing a Behavioral Based Interview
October 2, 2013
How many times have you been in an interview and heard “Tell me about a time when…”? This interviewing technique...
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How to Prepare for an I-9 Audit
September 26, 2013
Recently, there has been considerable government activity surrounding I-9 forms, and many organizations have had these audited. Make sure yours...
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What Must be Included in an Employee Handbook?
September 20, 2013
The employee handbook—it’s a set of expectations that everyone within the organization can follow. It’s a supervisory tool. It’s your...
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Britax Child Safety (manufacturer of car seats and strollers) | K...
September 4, 2013
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Britax Child Safety (manufacturer of car seats and strollers) | K...
September 4, 2013
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3 Characteristics of Manufacturers Planning for the Future
August 26, 2013
The manufacturing industry continues to face “survival of the fittest” challenges. Over the past 15 years, manufacturers have fought through...
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Is Big Data a Big Problem for Manufacturers?
August 19, 2013
Manufacturers of all sizes are confronted with massive amounts of data that is difficult to capture, curate, store, search, share...
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How Can Today’s Manufacturers Find Skilled Workers?
August 15, 2013
About 10 million manufacturing jobs worldwide remain unfilled, because of the skills gap. Attracting and retaining skilled workers is a top...
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6 Ways to Ensure Effective Employee Relations
August 12, 2013
Has anyone ever said, "I want to work in a toxic environment where teamwork and communication are weak, employees have...
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How to Improve Organizational Effectiveness through Training
August 5, 2013
Creating a formal training and development program for your organization not only helps support your compliance efforts, but it also...
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Why You Should Care about Unclaimed Property
July 29, 2013
An item that states have been increasingly looking at is unclaimed property. While not a tax, it is a major...
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Business Owners Can be Personally Liable for Unknown State Taxes ...
July 24, 2013
A few years ago, the 75 percent shareholder and president of a corporation visited the Chicago restaurant owned by the...
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ZS Associates (management consulting firm) | Greg Austin, Head of...
July 24, 2013
"They’ve earned the trust of our seasoned experts…"
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Houston: The Heart of Energy and Oilfield Services
July 17, 2013
Houston is known as the “Energy Capital of the World.” It is the largest city in Texas, home of more...
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Baby Bjorn (maker of products for babies) | Annika Sander, Global...
June 28, 2013
"We looked for an agency that understands us…"
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Personal Exposure for Business Tax
June 25, 2013
More and more business owners, officers and other responsible parties are finding that the “corporate veil” is becoming increasingly easy...
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How to Write Email Subject Lines that Work
June 18, 2013
You’ve crafted possibly the best email of your life and there’s just one thing that separates you from feeling that...
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Understanding Your Nondiscrimination Test Reports
June 12, 2013
As a sponsor of a qualified retirement plan, you must ensure that your 401(k) plan does not favor Highly Compensated...
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6 Email Marketing Mistakes and How to Fix Them
June 11, 2013
If done correctly and tastefully, your emails can generate the highest ROI out of all your marketing methods—so make sure...
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10 Ways to Retain and Motivate Your Best People
June 7, 2013
Although money can be a great motivator, there are other―some might say better—ways to retain and motivate your best people....
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4 Barriers to Innovation and How to Knock Them Down
May 16, 2013
Regardless of what you are trying to achieve—creating a product, being an industry leader or finding a new way to...
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Enhance Your Social Media Strategy with Vine
May 3, 2013
What is Vine? Twitter’s new (and free!) video-sharing mobile app, Vine, was created to serve the same purpose as its strictly-140-characters-or-less...
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