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Manufacturing Company Embraces Eap
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... awareness, responsiveness, technology, and administrative efficiencies. Keeping prices low reduces competition. Raising prices invites competition. If the Postal Service had used its dominant position to lower costs and improve services, some of its competitors might never have appeared. As Einstein said, a problem can't be solved with the same thinking that created it. To compete in today's market, the Postal Service must innovate. In the vernacular of the bayou, don't let your alligator mouth overload your tadpole tail (see # 3 above) . Every organization (such as the Postal Service) can excel in some form or fashion — even if only by providing a good, bad example. In today's world, consumers are in charge and competition drives the marketplace. Consumers don't care about your problems (or those of any manufacturer/distributor, such as the Postal Service) . As Peter Drucker so eloquently states, the future will be driven by price-driven costing, not cost-driven pricing. In the past, an organization could add up its costs and then set a profit level to charge a given price. Manufacturers and distributors dominated this cost-driven pricing model, selling to consumers with limited sophistication and access to information. Today, the consumer rules (see # 7 above) . Sophisticated buyers with Internet access can shop from unlimited sources in a global economy. The result: a market based on price-driven costing, in which there's a price consumers will pay for every product or service and the manufacturer/distributor must offer if it wants to stay in business. In this environment, the consumer doesn't care if the price ...
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... x No Thanks Loading.. This Is A Sloppy Industry — Which Creates Great Opportunities!4/30/2013 by CompleteMarkets Editor , Chris Burand This content has not been rated yet. Property/Casualty, and even Benefits, insurance, as practiced, is often sloppy. In many cases, quality is not a true concern. I know that everyone professes quality is critical, but quality is often not reality. I'm surprised that the sloppiness of our industry doesn't receive more attention. The good news: Sloppy industries are ripe for agencies that can deliver quality! Let's first establish the extent of the sloppiness. Insurers manufacture only paper and when claims occur, they manufacture checks and legal defense. Some sophisticated agencies manufacture loss control (risk management) The industry does not manufacture complex machines. In fact, even the forms used are usually standard, boilerplate commodities. Yet, there are insurance companies that can't print and mail, or even e-mail a policy before the effective date, even on renewals where nothing changes. These policies are not merely a day late, a week late, or sometimes even just a month late. I have personally received my business owners policy (BOP) renewal nine months late. That's a longer delay than a space shuttle launch. Keep in mind the complexity of a space shuttle. My BOP had one custom item: my name. That's sloppy. Agencies spend small fortunes checking insurance policies delivered by carriers and brokers for errors. They do this because the error rate is still too high. Years ago, after writing an article about carrier ...
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... reapplied them to solve the puzzle. Although he could never do this the correct way, it was satisfying for him to show us his "accomplishment." &# 160 If you're familiar with the cube, you'll understand his frustration. If you've never seen or played with this toy, you'll never appreciate the challenge. So what does this game have to do with designing effective surveys? Nothing — or perhaps everything. &# 160 In the past, businesses served "mass markets." Although the individual members of these groups differed in age, economics, gender, and race there was no expectation for "tailor made" products. The only possible exception was for the wealthiest members of the "mass" — and even they had limited expectations for customization. &# 160 Although manufacturers would occasionally narrow the mass into market segments by age, economics, etc., this was just dividing the "herd" into smaller "pens." &# 160 Because of this there were only a few competitors, all of whom shared success and profits by selling similar products to the public. Consumers had limited access to information, most of which was controlled by or filtered through manufacturers, distributors, or providers. &# 160 Today, the game has changed. We've joined a global market that's the most competitive in history. The Internet has given every consumer convenient access to full information on any product or service, creating a new "sophisticated" consumer who can shop from an unlimited number of sources in a global economy. This is a significant power shift . & ...
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... x No Thanks Loading.. Good Telephone Skills Mean Success 4/30/2013 by Jack Burke This content has not been rated yet. Nearly 20 years ago, as manager of a growing automotive leasing company, I was researching specialty bus manufacturers to represent. It had finally come down to two manufacturers, either of which would meet the service and pricing needs of my clients in the hotel and car rental industries. One was headquartered in my home state; the other was 2,500 miles away, in California. Based on a telephone voice, I chose the California manufacturer. The sales department secretary had a soft, soothing voice and a tremendous telephone personality. Moreover, she was a great storyteller. If you asked about her weekend, she could rhapsodize about the crisp evening air and star-filled skies encountered on a camping trip to the mountains. Whatever the story, it was always captivating. I invariably looked forward to our telephone chats. Why did this anonymous voice make the final difference in my decision? This woman also fronted as the company's customer service representative. Complaints went to her before being processed to the proper department. Since all clients experience problems at some time or another, I knew that any problem calls would receive a warm, welcoming voice, and that her telephonic talents could disarm the most hostile client. Do your clients and prospects respond to voices or effective telephone personalities when they call your office? Do they hear someone rattling off words like a computer printout, or do they experience the subtle nuances of a pleasant conversational voice? The insurance industry ...