How Automation Assists Sponsors, Facility Management Personnel, Study Directors and QAUs Comply with Good Laboratory PracticesMaintaining a quality system that complies with the FDA's GLP regulations requires the cooperation of four groups and/or individuals. The GLP regulations specify these groups as follows:* Study Sponsors* Facility Management Personnel* Study Directors (usually only one per study)* QAU (Quality Assurance Unit)Extensive...more
If we told you that there are only four ways to make money, would that feel less overwhelming? At The Money Gym we subscribe to Malcolm Gladwell's theory as laid out in The Tipping Point - anything between 3 and 7 is a good number.By breaking it down into the "Four Lanes" we can break down the question of how to become a millionaire within five years and examine each lane to see how suitable it is, as a vehicle to reach this goal.We can then...more
Sales begin from the bottom-up or the top-down. They can begin internally from a perceived need, or they can begin externally from a marketing presentation. No matter how the sale initiates it ends with the executive in charge of the decision saying yes or no. Sales can turn into large accounts if the executives impacted associate you and your company with solutions that benefit each of them. If so, you will be able to use this credibility for more sales and referrals, quicker and easier. If not, your stuff will be considered a commodity and the subordinates will be under tremendous pressure to reduce your price and/or switch vendors. Therefore your goal is to be recognized by the leaders. Executive Make Decisions. Subordinates Recommend Most sales people believe that sales, especially technical sales, are made at lower levels. They argue that the executive is just a rubber stamp. If the executive is so perfunctory, then why is the information about your offering taken to him or her for approval? It's because this executive is intimately involved in the outcome. He or she may have been the thrust behind the bigger solution of which your product plays a part. Most...more
When considering whether or not to buy a property in Polandas an investment it seems prudent to look for expert advice.Is now a good time to buy? Which area is the best to choose?Will the real estate rise in value? But by looking at thehistorical track record of experts in the UK perhaps seekingguidance from those who should know is not such a good...more
This way of analysing the property market is not unique toPoland. Those involved in Western European property havebeen using the same foundations for their calculations andgetting it wrong for decades. The truth is the link betweenaverage salaries, the supply of new homes andprices themselves is weak. Very weak.ARE THERE ENOUGH HOMES NOW?Lets turn...more
The subheading to this article could read:"How the little guy gets squashed by the establishment"You might say: "So what's new. We know that that happens all the time." - And you are probably right.Let's start at the beginning: This morning I was sitting at the breakfast table reading the newspaper when I ran across an AP-article about an accountant in a small town bank. The story said that he is a teacher of accounting now, and that he uses his own story to teach his students.Don't you sometimes hope the little guy wins?Are you sometimes frustrated that the establishment, being it the city administration or government, a corporation, or a large organization seems to get away with things you, as a private person, never would?Not all battles are the same, and not all of them are worth fighting. In one of our communities here a single student wrote a letter to his school demanding that the paintings and sculptures of a warrior Indian be removed form campus. He feels they are offensive and portrait Indians as war-mongering. The school board recently decided to keep the name "Warrior" but remove all signs of the Indian head from everywhere, including letter head, athletic gear,...more
To be a successful investor or trader, a written investment plan is a must! In fact, most broking firms will not allow its professional traders to trade money without a trading plan!Each and every trader must submit their plan and have it approved to...more
As you read this stock market article, you have a few choices. You could choose to continue reading, or you could choose to stop reading it and watch t.v. It's your option. You don't have the obligation to go and watch t.v, just the option.For the...more
When a private company reaches a point in it's development that it requires an injection of capital to expand the business, then the directors have a couple of choices. One of the most popular methods is to FLOAT the company.Floating, also known as...more
The stock market is made up solely of buyers and sellers. These buyers and sellers may be super-huge, billion dollar institutions trading enormous amounts of money everyday or private individuals trading just one or two parcels of shares each year....more
Australians own more shares per capita then any other nation on the planet, with more than 54% of our population owning shares.Until recently, most share investors bought shares and let them sit in the bottom drawer. With improvements in technology...more
Over the past few weeks, we've discussed Covered Calls, which are regarded by many professional investors as one of the most powerful investment strategies available. But what if you don't want to or can't write calls against the shares you own, or...more