Category Archives: Efficiency

The Love Affair With Excel!

The Love Affair With Excel!

When I first meet with a company, my initial assessment includes the question: What are you still tracking in Excel outside of QuickBooks? There are many reasons why companies still rely on Excel for tracking information internally. Some include: We’ve always tracked ________ that way. (Inventory, Sales by Rep, Commissions, Over/Under Billing, etc) QuickBooks doesn’t accommodateContinue Reading

Have You Heard of Automation Alley? It’s Michigan Made!

Have You Heard of Automation Alley? It’s Michigan Made!

So, it’s not the Silicon Valley or Wall Street Financial District, but Michigan has its very own Automation Alley that is filled with businesses that strive for better automation and products for our auto industry. I believe in automation and in change for the better. I was using a web based CRM design software(Customer RelationshipContinue Reading

Time is Money:  Software to Keep You More Efficient and Profitable

Time is Money: Software to Keep You More Efficient and Profitable

What would you say you are worth in an hour? My last blog had you thinking about how to hire out when it is smarter to pay someone else at a lower rate than what you are worth (and they do it for a living). So, this week we pose the same question but notContinue Reading

Technical Tips – TSheets

Technical Tips – TSheets

If you haven’t been paying attention to my latest emails, I have a new favorite tool that has brought efficiency to Technology In A Box and its called TSheets. Aside from their amazing features and no-brainer approach to online time entry, I am in LOVE with their support and marketing staff. I’ve always thought thatContinue Reading

You Say You Want a Revolution (In your time sheet process)

You Say You Want a Revolution (In your time sheet process)

Well, ya know….there is no doubt about it, TSheets has the ability to cause a revolution in your business. We are full tilt in the TSheets process and taking full advantage of all of the features and functionality so that we can pass our method along to our readers. Our next blog will be more tactical, giving youContinue Reading

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