Magical but Simple Do-It-At-Home VirtuesMost of the "blockages" to success are originated in cosmic imbalance that slows down the process of attracting abundance or financial prosperity. Learn how to induce your own "Good Luck" combining two magical ingredients and performing simple actions."Good luck" is known as the magical combination between opportunity and readiness. It is said that when opportunity knocks on the door and finds you prepared...more
Trading As A BusinessTrading in the financial markets, whether it be the Stock Market; the Commodities Market; the Futures Market; the Forex Market; or even the Options Market; is taking big risks on your hard-earned money.You have to treat trading as a serious business whether you are trading full-time or part-time if you are ever going to succeed and hold on to your profits in the long run.Yes, you heard me right. You have to plan and manage it...more
Are some customers better than others? Of course they are. So how do you attract the customers you want and deflect or discourage those who would do better elsewhere? First, know your customers. Which ones are making your business successful? Which ones are wasting your time? Second, adjust your business to create a great shopping experience for your best customers. Third, continually fine tune and monitor what you are doing. An Example: Celia has a boutique store that features beauty products and some jewelry. The store caters to women. A customer can try any of the beauty products at any time using sample product that Celia provides. If someone comes in with a friend, she can shop guilt-free while her friend relaxes in a small sitting area that is part of the store. The staff courteously answers questions and focuses on great customer service. Celia offers a variety of weekly specials designed to get people to visit her store. The Problem: Celia's store was just breaking even when we talked. Her staff was working hard, but she needed more customers and wanted to know how to double her sales. Our first step was to look at her customers. Celia discovered she had three kinds of...more
Credit cards are considered to overpass gap between requirements and contentment, disquiet for purchasing and smile for escalating capability of procure even with inadequate cash in hand. Since these synthetic cards came to market, they have allured people with their immediate financing reward through the most complicated situations. Once a person...more
Many kinds of loans are available to the Non-Resident Purchasers in France. Some of them are: French Fixed Interest Rate Loans The interest rate is fixed at the starting of the loan for the duration of mortgage period of 5 to 25 years. The positive side is that the borrower knows the amount of monthly expenses he has to bear on his french mortgage....more
Demand Planning is a dynamic process. The goal is to provide a realistic prediction of sales of the upcoming months enabling the supply chain to procure raw and packing materials that will produce the right mix of finished products, at the right time, to meet anticipated sales demand. If the product is not available at the right time and place, customer service and sales will suffer. If the product is available but the sales do not materialize, there will be excess inventory that both ties up working capital and warehouse space.Demand Planning is, of course, an enhancement and improvement over mere forecasting. Forecasting takes historical sales or shipments and used statistical methods to project what sales will be in the future. Statistical forecasts cannot really be used for new products and harder to use for promotional offers simply because the history does not exist. So, we "Demand Plan." This sounds better than forecasting anyway. Forecasting is about predicting the future. Planning sounds much more solid, determined, thoughtful, and hence, predictive. It is a plan. A plan is like a blue print. Yes, this is what we plan to make and what we plan to sell. What could be easier?...more
Most companies use Material Requirement Planning (MRP) software or an MRP module of an ERP to plan and manage the purchasing and scheduling of materials based on a demand plan or forecast. It is time phased and can manage large numbers of materials...more
There's a lot of talk going around about stimulus packages being offered to stimulate the economy, with all the promises and hopes of the economy coming back to its norm, there's one aspect that the people of power are overlooking, the real estate...more
Most investors profit when a stock, index, or commodity goes up. But the market never goes straight up or down, but worms up and down on its trend in one direction or the other. Most investment dollars are left on the table when the market pulls...more
The ancient Greek playwright, Sophocles once said,"Look and you will find it--what is unsought will go undetected."These words are even more powerful in our contemporary times than they were in ancient Greece. With career options rapidly changing in...more
In Raleigh, North Carolina, new homeowners John and Jennifer Hall made a smart decision: instead of choosing a risky mortgage scheme from a bank a decision that has been catastrophic for so many of their contemporaries, the couple applied for a...more
So, what's the real power of social media? Learning about the mundane, semi-humorous details about the lives of hundreds of people you sort-of know? No, the real power is the advantage that social media gives investors. This article may come across...more