Category: Business

Yesterday I did not pay attention to my email, IMs, text messages, phone calls, or voice mail.  I got up and worked on one project all day.  I did not multi-task.  I took some breaks, but they were small breaks for coffee, a stretch, and a bit of family business.  I made great strides on the project, but it seems like it will take me all day to catch up with correspondence.  I wonder if that will work as a strategy – every other day a project day.

I added a page to the website of a client (Allied Automotive and Muffler) today announcing that they do DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) cleaning.  I had no idea what Diesel Particulate Filter cleaning was, so I had to look it up.

Apparently there is another filter that needs cleaning regularly to help protect the environment.

It is always interesting what one learns by doing websites for different sorts of businesses.

The basic business process is Order-to-Cash which includes:

• Taking customer sales orders from all the various sales channels
• Fulfilling the order for either products or services
• Generating an invoice
• Collecting revenue

If you are an entrepreneur,  you will receive lots of business advice about various processes, but your Order-to-Cash process should be the basic process.

Set up the process, monitor the process, and improve the process.