10 Ways Business Systems "Directly" Increase Profit!
Many small businesses have C-grade systems--rudimentary, seat-of-the-pants, and constantly changing as people come and go. A few business owners, however, catch the vision and create A-grade systems that bring about a results-driven culture, delighted customers, and increased profit margins. Which describes you?
I wouldn't be such a fanatic about the importance of effective business systems if there wasn't such a whopping big payoff--a real take to the bank difference. Make no mistake; good systems increase business profit, stakeholder dividends, and personal take-home pay!
Systems Increase Sales and Lower Costs
Below are listed ten ways that business systems provide a direct and measurable return on your investment of time, effort, and financial resources.
- Effective systems generate more sales leads and a higher percentage of conversions (higher sales move up the monthly break-even point and increase profit).
- Good systems elevate customer satisfaction (happy customers buy more products).
- Effective systems reduce employee mistakes, defects, wasted time and rework (quality lowers cost).
- High-quality systems minimize customer returns (less shipping, accounting and recycling costs).
- Well-designed systems increase efficiency, productivity and throughput of goods and services to customers (speed lowers cost).
- Fast systems shorten delivery time (customers choose you over the competition).
- Effective systems accelerate the turnover of inventory and accounts receivable (lower stock levels, faster collections, and accelerated cash flow decrease cost).
- Good systems reduce the number of employees required to get the work done (fewer employees reduce labor cost).
- Systems enable people to perform above their pay grade (less expensive people perform higher-level skills, lowering labor cost).
- Effective systems require less supervision and management oversight (fewer managers mean lower administrative cost).
Don't Be a Skeptic!
It makes good financial sense to learn the art and science of developing effective business systems and processes; it is the only way to build a lasting organization. The alternative--half-baked systems--will eventually land you on a scrap heap with the other 85% of small businesses that failed to execute.
So don't wait another day! Pick the system that is giving you the most pain (insufficient sales, lost customers, inadequate profit) and turn it into a system that shines.
Wishing You Prosperous Times,
Ron
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P.P.S. - Check out my related article, 10 Ways Business Systems "Indirectly" Increase Profit.