Use Tax – Your Competitive Advantage (or Just More Profit)

Use Tax – Your Competitive Advantage (or Just More Profit)

Are you collecting and paying “sales tax” on the cabinets you sell and install? Meaning, are you calculating the tax you charge and pay on the “sales price” of the job, which in many states includes the delivery and installation charge?

The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Cash

The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Cash

Are you struggling with Accounts Receivable? Do your customers string you out on collecting money every time they can find a reason to do so? Would your business benefit if you could go out and pick up checks for 50% of all your outstanding A/R tomorrow? Most dealers...
7 Ways to Be a Better Leader

7 Ways to Be a Better Leader

As leaders, we try to do our best – but sometimes we get too set in our ways and need something to help us pick up our game…

How to Fix the Funk Your Team is In

How to Fix the Funk Your Team is In

By understanding the four cornerstones of a successful team, you can avoid making knee-jerk reactions to a drop in team performance, and keep your team running smoothly.

The Most Toxic Phrase in Customer Relations

The Most Toxic Phrase in Customer Relations

“That’s not my responsibility.”  It’s the worst phrase you, or any of your employees, can ever say to a customer. No matter what department you work in within your company, and no matter if the statement is true or not, you should never tell a customer...
Tis the Season to Appreciate Your Employees

Tis the Season to Appreciate Your Employees

Your employees invest a lot of time and mental power (let’s hope) into making your company successful, so it’s always a good idea to let them know you’ve noticed.  Of course there are things you can do throughout the year to show your appreciation,...

Why Your Accounting System is Never Enough – (Part 3 of 3)

Let’s just stick with the purchase order for a moment.  Now that we have a nice one line item sales order for the cabinetry portion of the order, it’s life on easy street, right? The Purchase Order Problem Well, that is until you have to generate the...
Why Your Accounting System is Never Enough – (Part 2 of 3)

Why Your Accounting System is Never Enough – (Part 2 of 3)

Here’s what really happens to the sales side of the house when a dealer buys into an accounting system solution which “does everything.” The Sales Order Problem Your accounting system has functionality to create sales orders.  Sounds straight...