Productivity Blog

ViaExpress Computer,India’s IT Business Weekly By Pratap Vikram Singh Printing is a cost centre that is frequently overlooked by most organizations. They look at printers and copiers purely as CAPEX, ignoring the significant running costs associated with maintaining and running equipment. The fact, however, is that printers and copiers probably represent a significant part of an organization’s operational expenses—typically 1-3% of revenue on average, according to industry experts. MFDs are … Continue reading →

ViaThe PigSite.comCME: Is Higher Productivity Always a Good Thing? So higher productivity is always good, right? Not if costs are rising and output must be reduced in order to drive prices higher … If you missed the CME Group’s webinar on mandatory country-of-origin labeling on Wednesday, it will be available on CME Group website Thursday afternoon. Thank you to the 400-plus who logged in to the webinar and those who … Continue reading →

ViaThe Daily Telegraph Of Australia Paperless office has its day PAPER was such a wonderful invention that it has only been improved, not superseded, since the Egyptians created “sheets” of papyrus 5000 years ago. But it’s role in the office was now over, said Planet Ark founder Jon Dee, who was one of three presenters at an Innovation and Sustainability workshop held yesterday as part of Small Business September. “One … Continue reading →

ViaThe Economic Times of India BPOs rejig business model to earn more NEW DELHI: Next time, when a client’s transaction is forwarded to a BPO in India, he might actually end up getting more value on the service offered than he ever expected. The Indian BPO industry is undergoing a shift in its revenue-generation model to spur more efficiency among the service providers. From the input-based pricing or FTE (full-time … Continue reading →

ViaIT Business Age We often hear how employers will need to offer more flexible work schedules to attract cream-of-the-crop workers. While that may be true for high-skill, salaried positions, some companies are adopting work force management systems that impose structure — and lots of it — on their hourly workers, to boost productivity and reduce payroll costs. Complete Article

THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson It was love at first sight. I was a 15 year old working as a parking lot cashier, when a brand new car pulled up to the booth. I’d never seen anything like it; it was a new model from Toyota called Celica. Approaching the legal driving age, I dreamed of owning a car. Now my dream had a form. For the next two … Continue reading →

ViaNY Times By FERNANDA SANTOS There were more condoms handed out (39,070), more complaints about rats, roaches and other critters (23,000) and more potholes repaired (210,032). There were fewer homicides (516), fewer cars stolen (12,723) and fewer adults smoking (16.9 percent of the population). The numbers — from the serious to the quirky and the surprising — were among the more than 1,219 performance indicators included in the Mayor’s Management … Continue reading →

ViaReuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s landmark legislation to cut carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 will help the state’s economy in the long run, according to a report by the state agency charged with implementing the cuts. A macroeconomic analysis of a California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed plan to implement the emission cuts estimates that in 2020 the state’s productivity will be increased $27 billion over … Continue reading →

HELSINKI (AFP) — The Finnish government said it would offer high-speed broadband connections to nearly all Finns by the end of 2015 in a bid to boost productivity, paying up to a third of the cost. “I have estimated that building fibreoptic cable networks in areas where they would not be built commercially will cost around 200 million euros, of which the government could pay a maximum of one third, … Continue reading →

ViaBusiness Daily Africa Innovation that improves efficiency and quality leading to price cuts Written by Sam Mwangi September 16, 2008: An innovation is mostly the end result of a deliberate search for excellence. It creates previously unrealised value at all levels, unlocking growth through improvements in efficiency, productivity and quality that lead to better positioning in the market. In Kenya, there are several interesting innovations in services and manufacturing. One … Continue reading →