Are you collecting and paying “sales tax” on the cabinets you sell and install? Meaning, are you calculating the tax you charge and pay on the “sales price” of the job, which in many states includes the delivery and installation charge?
Have you been whittled down to a skeleton crew throughout the last five years or so?
Owners and management can have lots of useful data at their fingertips based on past sales, but most don’t have data for non-customers
Bringing on new employees can be an expensive task to undertake – especially considering the hidden costs of hiring
As leaders, we try to do our best – but sometimes we get too set in our ways and need something to help us pick up our game…
By understanding the four cornerstones of a successful team, you can avoid making knee-jerk reactions to a drop in team performance, and keep your team running smoothly.
Have you asked yourself how you’re going to figure out if you need to increase or reduce staff?
Cabinet dealers across the country are scrutinizing their income statements looking for creative new ways to slash costs.
So how do you minimize the risk of choosing a supplier that could hurt your business? Here are a few qualifiers to consider…
Most acts of right-sizing occur well after business owners “wrong-sized” their company by throwing people at problems as sales grew.
During this protracted recession, the cabinet industry has experienced an unprecedented shakeout.
There are a lot of things that annoy me about the Cabinet Industry. I started with a much longer list, but I wasn’t ready to write a book…
With industry specific software as the backbone of their cabinet business workflow, 1st Choice Cabinetry didn’t just reap the simple benefit of saving time…
In the long run, is it really in the best interest of your business to outsource this work?
Remember – you’re not building the next generation space shuttle here. You’re just helping people improve their homes, specifically their kitchen.
Running a cabinet dealership is really complicated – maybe not quite as challenging as building the space shuttle, but pretty darn close.
BreakFront released the first kitchen cabinet software solution targeted towards cabinet dealers, remodelers and other industry professionals
Decisions on kitchen software often have an impact on several, if not all, of the departments in your organization …
I think I’ve finally come to the realization that the Cabinet Industry is just as bass-ackwards as trying to get dealers and remodelers to order electronically through design.
It’s actually quite easy to improve your business margins, with a simple technique you can implement tomorrow called F.I.S.T.
