If your company suffers from a bit of a summertime slowdown, don’t let this great opportunity pass you by. This is the perfect time to sign up for those continuing education classes you ‘never have time to take’. It’s a great time to organize your desk, office and filing system. Take advantage of a little quieter time to do some industry research to find out what trends are affecting your industry and what new products and packaging may change the course for machinery. Put together a list of projects you need to work on and prioritize them with dates for start and finish.
Look ahead to your fall show schedule and start working on items that can be handled in advance. Make up ‘To Do’ lists for the shows, so that all the organizing is laid out and can simply be followed step by step come show season. Get a jump start on your 2011 budget planning.
When the jam-packed fall days come rolling in you will be very grateful for any organizing and pre-planning you did in the summertime. Don’t let the ‘Dog Days of Summer’ get you down, use the time wisely and you’ll reap the rewards.
The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at http://www.neminc.com/.
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