Wednesday, March 5, 2008

10 Tips for Recession Proofing your Business

System ID provides productivity enhancing technology that helps businesses better manage inventories, assets and data collection by improving accuracy and efficiency.

The Prosen Center is a business partner of System ID and has developed the 2008 Ten Tips for Recession Proofing Businesses. By using these tips, we hope this will help you have a smoother ride through the potential recession period.



  1. Always run leaner than the status quo would prefer, especially in good times.
    Warehouse Automation

    Time and Attendance

  2. Verify that at least 50% of customers are loyal. Meaning, they will continue to buy from the company and willingly provide their testimonials and referrals.

  3. Identify the organization's top 3 most critical objectives and have measurement tools in place to ensure they are being met.

  4. Take a critical look at the corporation's performance management system to make certain rewards are tied to results and not how hard people work.

  5. Weed out sales people who haven't been meeting their numbers. Ensure all recognition systems rewards margin, drives revenue and encourages accountability.

  6. Evaluate the accuracy of every sales forecast and make the necessary adjustments to improve the reliability of winning future business.
    Mobile Sales Force

  7. Get receivables in order and ensure appropriate inventory levels.
    Inventory Control

    Asset Management

  8. Measure employee productivity and immediately stop working on non-essential initiatives.

  9. Ensure that your company can operate with a 15% drop in sales, and put a plan in place just in case that should happen.

  10. Discourage buying into the theory that recession means failure; rather, plan ahead to increase efficiency and win a larger share of the available opportunities.
    Efficiency Tools for Every Business.

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