Dealing with your management points of pain

Terry Gallagher, managing director of Quote & Print Solutions - distributors of Quote & Print for NSW, ACT and S.A - offers his thoughts on how to keep business pain at the minimum.

When we have an honest look at our businesses, most of us can identify a few "points of pain" in the business, although we may need to do a closer examination to pinpoint the exact causes.

How can you alleviate these business pains?
Quote & Print may be able to assist you in "pain relief" with a wide range of software modules and over twenty years experience in management software for printing companies and related industries.

Do you have a management pressure point in production?
Perhaps you don't know whether you are really making a profit on those large new jobs. Are you unsure how much time your staff are really spending on job changeovers? Many printers have found that Q&P's Shop Floor Management and Employee Times modules can provide real answers and genuine relief for you, the business owner or manager.

In the sales area, are you suffering from reps keeping their contact database hidden in their PDA's?

Q&P's sales module can help you regain control of your database of existing and potential customers.  Or if you are unsure just how much margin your reps are sacrificing to get their sales, then Quote & Print's reporting power can give you answers.

Is Invoicing and Accounts a pain, where you have to re-key details between Estimating and Accounts?
Do you get a headache worrying if you have missed invoicing some jobs that have slipped into the gap between estimating and accounts?
If this is your business, then Q&P's integrated Accounts modules can relieve the pain and make invoicing and Accounts Management easier, more accurate and  less stressful.

Does your business have a recurring ache when your customers treat you as a
"price taker" rather than as a valued partner?
You can use Quote & Print's proven and fully integrated QPONLINE Internet solution to offer your customers more valuable services and a changed relationship. You can also combine that with our Finished Goods Management and Logistics modules to achieve a stronger tie-in with your corporate and government customers.

Please talk to your local Quote & Print partner about our products that can  relieve some of the pain of managing your business.