08/03/2010 by Geoff.

We have completed the latest update of our website.

There are:

• New articles to help you and your business - you can access old ones from the archive.
• We’ve made it easier to find information on common business problems by including tabs on our front page that will take you to relevant articles, workshops and our relevant people. We’ve included - Continuous Improvment & LEAN - H&S & Environment - Quality Systems - Education & Training - HR and Recruitment - Strategy & Finance.
• There’s also a business quiz - a bit of fun or more seriously a method of telling how your Company is doing.
• Also for a limited period we’re making our half day audits in a range of areas FREE contact us on enquiries@emseff.co.uk

Don’t forget our Goal is to make our clients more successful. If you’d like to see something on our site to help you then let us know - we update once a quarter - but don’t forget in the blog your reading there’s something new every week.

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08/03/2010 by Geoff.

Whilst driving round the country I started to think about the ever growing distribution centres / estates.

Yes they might be close to our motorways but if they’re not close to end users then what about their carbon foot print?

As already mentioned there seems to be lots of new buildings springing up. This got me thinking how many of these businesses manage the build and move themselves? This type of project needs specific skills and should not be dealt with as an add on to normal activities. Doing it this way is fraught with danger the project could:

• Take longer
• Not achieve its original specification
• Poor communication may reap undesirable effects
• Original forecast budget may be exceeded

Avoid these by getting an expert in  - they go away when the project is completed successfully!

The imput of additional resource and or expertise can pay dividends.

I’d be interested to hear you views on distribution centres?

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