The first in a series of handbooks on how to maximize profits and minimize risks, The AJM Handbook on Best Business Practices offers expert advice on a range of vital topics:
• Keeping your business profitable in good times and bad.
• Establishing solid credit practices.
• Investing in technology.
• Exploring the benefits of leasing.
• Gearing up for production increases.
• Instituting metal control policies
• Implementing a 5S visual control system.
• Creating a business plan to ensure creative designs earn a profit.
Price: $18.95. MJSA member price: $16.00
Glen A. Beres, owner of GAB Communications, Howell, New Jersey.
Nat Earle, former president of the Jewelers Board of Trade.
Michael T. Gervais, vice president of Geib Refining Corp., Warwick, Rhode Island.
Andrea M. Hill, owner of StrategyWerx, Campbellsport, Wisconsin.
Rob Phillips, freelance writer, Sunriver, Oregon.
John Shanahan, contributing writer, MJSA Journal.
Tina Snyder, editor in chief, MJSA Journal.
Publication date: 2005
ISBN 0-9713495-5-X
Softcover, perfectbound