Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on , Published in Business management
Planning for Success and sustained profits!
How can the butcher estimate how his decisions will affect his business? What if an investment in a new cutter or filler is planned, a shop needs to be rebuilt? Is he perhaps planning a new branch, or are there wage increases or new employees? Does he just want to know how economical his branches actually are?
All these questions and especially the effects on the profit and the liquidity of the company cannot be answered by the tax advisor with his bookkeeping! When in doubt, the butcher, as an entrepreneur, has to rely on his gut instinct and rely on the help of the house bank.
Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on , Published in Business management
Almost 9 percent more franchisees than 2011 and even 10 percent more jobs in franchising compared to last year - these are the main results of the current statistics for the development of the franchise industry in Germany 2012. To ensure that growth is significantly stronger than in previous years. In absolute figures that last year more than 72.700 franchisees (2011: 66.900) means 546.200 employees (2011: 496.300) employed. This very positive development is completed by a slight increase in overall sales of the industry by about one percent to 61,2 billion euros. Only when the number of franchisor a marginal decline of 990 985 on systems should be noted.
By industries, the service sector is a significant growth in 48 percent of the largest area (plus 8 2011% against). This is followed by the trade, in the 27 percent of all systems are located (minus 5 2011% against). Light has gained the hospitality industry with 17 percent (plus 1 2011% against). The craft could not keep the growth from the previous year and now stands at 8 percent (minus 4 2011% against).
Office workers "move" every day up to three tons on the computer - important Ergonomic work and breaks
Three small car lift: Many office workers do it every day - simply by tapping on their computer keyboard. "Who writes afloat and creates 50.000 attacks on the day, pushing aggregated about a total weight of about three tonnes," says Uwe Roth, an expert on Health and safety in InfoCenter of R + V Versicherung. The continuous stress leads many employees at workstations to chronic pain in hands and arms - in German offices already suffering good one in five under. The R + V-Info Centre therefore advises: Change posture frequently, do some work standing and installing short "finger aerobics" in the working day.
In rigid posture write, the fingers allow enough rest and not to observe first pain: That's what happened in the office daily routine. However, the health consequences can be severe for those affected often: "The stress factors lead over the years in many people to chronic pain and limitations - to RSI" warns Uwe Roth from R + V-Info Center. These "repetitive strain injuries" are the collective term for diseases such as mouse arm, tendonitis, numbness, loss of strength or motion and pain at rest. RSI is caused by short, fast and frequently repeated movements.
Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on , Published in Marketing
Net advertising revenue is about 2,8 percent to 2,001 billion euros
The indication sheets in Germany reported in fiscal year 2012 in net advertising revenues a slight decrease of 2,8 percent. The decline in sales resulted from various market developments. This was announced by the Federal Association of German Advertising Papers eV (BVDA) in advance of its spring meeting 17. and 18. April 2013 in Berlin.
Following the successful financial years 2010 and 2011 succeeds Germany's weekly with 2,001 billion euros to keep the net advertising revenue relatively stable. With a decrease of EUR 58,5 million, the display leaves the third largest advertising medium in Germany remain behind the television and the newspapers.
Mobile applications afford Traveller valuable assistance. But two-thirds of companies do not give instructions for their use and thus endanger their data security.
Mobile devices have long been an integral part of business. Smartphone apps quickly help you with questions and problems on site. However 65 percent of companies make their employees no guidelines in the use of mobile deals. Thus they compromise the security of sensitive corporate data on mobile devices. For this result, the current survey "Chefsache Business Travel" by Travel Management Companies is the German Travel Association (DRV).
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About 150 executives from industry, trade and brand owners met on 14. March at the German Packaging Congress 2013 in Berlin. The by the German Packaging Institute (dvi) organized industry summit discussed successful strategies for sustainability and principles of ethical business management, brand engagement on packaging, marketing by machines, the latest results from research and concepts for the future. In addition to information and Insights network meeting its participants had plenty of time and room for discussion, knowledge transfer and new contacts. Winfried Batzke, CEO of dvi, draws a positive conclusion: "The positive feedback shows us that the Congress has become firmly established as a networking platform and impetus. The number of participating managing directors and decision-makers is increasing every year and there are very few events that expertise and liaison as good a as the German Packaging Congress. "
A pioneer and leader of sustainability It was reserved for the 8. to open German Packaging Congress: Prof. Dr. Claus Hipp, managing director of HiPP works, Entrepreneur of the Year and winner of several Merit and environmental prices recorded in his presentation a blueprint ethical entrepreneurship and sustainability in practice. The main objective is about to make life for future generations worth living. The packaging falls while the challenging task to obtain the values of the packed Guts and express outwardly. They should not become a burden to use or destroy values, but should on the contrary be valuable as possible for further use.
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BBC World News and BBC.com publish world's largest study of platform-wide news consumption and related habits
According to the study tablet PCs are additionally used for television; 25 34 to-year largest audience in newscasts London, the 26. March 2013 - BBC World News and BBC.com/news published today the results of the largest ever global study on news consumption in the digital age, which was conducted by InSites Consulting. were interviewed about 3600 owners of digital terminals in Australia, Singapore, India, UAE, South Africa, Poland, Germany, France and the USA. The aim of the survey was to assess the growing influence of television, smart phones, tablet PCs and laptops on our news consumption and the related habits. The respondents belonged to the group of top earners and had at least three of the following devices: televisions, tablet PC, smartphone and laptop / desktop computer.
Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on , Published in Business management
The narcissistic a CEO, the higher its willingness to introduce new technology in his or her company - especially when these innovations are perceived by the public as "beneficial", but risky. This connection could first prove in a study carried out together with the IMD in Lausanne and the Pennsylvania State University study, researchers of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). Their findings will be published shortly in the prestigious journal Administrative Science Quarterly.
Personal computer, online news, e-books, and low-cost airlines: These are just some examples of groundbreaking - so-called "discontinuous" - innovations that appeared in principle to contradict their time the existing business understanding and hence all markets swirled. What but it depends on whether an established company committing to a discontinuous technology or not? In one study, Wolf-Christian Gerstner and Andreas König studied (both University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Albrecht Enders (IMD, Lausanne) and Donald C. Hambrick (Pennsylvania State University) possible factors using the example of the reaction of traditional pharmaceutical companies to biotechnology between 1980 and 2008. The result: more than previously thought, the decision is for or against investing into a discontinuous technology of the personality of the CEOs and his ego.
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New to Coop: Easy and convenient to open packaging
Packaging must fulfill a number of important functions. And yet easy to be open. This provides packaging engineers often considerable challenges. Now Coop in Dresden started together with the Schulthess Clinic Zurich and the Fraunhofer Institute AVV the project "Easy to Open". And thus created a true innovation: packaging can be optimized with the aim to facilitate the opening and thus to make it more customer friendly.
The offer wealth of portioned and attractively packaged foods in supermarkets is large. The packaging will play a central role: to protect the product from environmental influences, damage or contamination by germs. They simplify handling when shopping, transportation and storage of food. And they ultimately inform customers about the preparation of the food.
Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on , Published in Marketing
Researchers are investigating the reasons of the exit from the organic farming
Organic farming in Germany is growing. The latest figures were recently presented at the most important trade fair "BioFach". A look behind the growth performance, however, reveals more: rising annually around 600 farms from organic farming from. However, this has so far hardly perceived by the public as more clearly and more businesses have switched to organic farming as got out. Which companies and motives are behind them exits, reveals a new study that has created together with the University of Kassel and other partners the Thünen Institute.
The investigation shows that between 2003 and 2010 190 have about dropouts or average 1,4 percent of existing organic farms per year with agriculture completely stopped each year. More about 410 holdings returned an annual average back to conventional farming. This is after all, a share of average 3,3 percent of existing organic farms.
Scientific work provides new insights into what employees in production
The performance of people is changing during the day. As a scientific work of the Institute of Integrated Production Hannover shows the variations depend greatly on the type: Morning people show thus much more consistent performance than evening people. This type-dependent power fluctuations could prove in his doctoral thesis for manual assembly activities the engineer Jens-Michael Potthast.
Morning people are particularly active and efficient in the early hours of the day. Popular Scientifically they are therefore often referred to as larks. Evening people contrast run - like owls - in later hours in top form. So far, so familiar. A scientific work that has been recently established at the Institute of Integrated Production Hannover, now provides additional insights: Accordingly, the performance highs and lows of the morning and evening people are less pronounced. Morning show people that the investigation over the day more consistent performance. The performance of owls fluctuates compared to the larks much stronger and reaches at night its nadir.
