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In Japanese, the term Kanban means “signboard” or “billboard.” It was originally a scheduling and inventory-control system used by Toyota to standardize the way parts in their JIT (just-in-time) production lines moved from one stage to another. Engineer Taiichi Ohno came up with the idea after seeing a similar system in a US supermarket, where […]

With the continued emergence of new technologies and growing business pressure, the skills required for employees to succeed today are not the same as the skills they may need tomorrow. The misalignment of worker skills with available jobs is becoming a major issue for businesses. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2017 Job Openings […]

Performance management is an important part of any workforce, regardless of your role. For HR managers, it’s important to help increase retention and discover exemplary workers. For department heads, it’s important to see if the team is working well together and to manage career pathing. Performance can even be the reason behind a pay raise. […]

Re-designing your performance management process isn’t a quick, one-step change you can implement overnight. But that’s not to say it isn’t important. Having the right practices in place can impact so many aspects of your organization. From employee engagement strategies to turnover rates to creating an open and communicative company culture, having an effective performance […]

Excel is a powerful tool used by most businesses in some way, shape, or form. It allows you to congregate, track, and manipulate data to serve immediate needs or answer questions. But it was never designed to meet all of your business needs, and it certainly isn’t the best choice for processing or tracking commissions […]

Security has become one of the biggest concerns for all forms of digital communication, and the risks are only growing. For medical practices, exchanging confidential patient information is commonplace, but many aren’t using the most effective tools for keeping that data safe. That’s especially true when it comes to electronic health records (EHR). ALSO READ: […]

Considering an upgrade from your spreadsheet program or paper-based warehouse organization system? Although software-as-a-service (SaaS) or cloud-based warehouse management systems are rapidly increasing in popularity, thanks to their lower ownership costs and painless implementation, a number of WMS providers still promote some form of on-premise solution. So what are the pros and cons? In a […]

Gantt charts are a great tool for seeing a bird’s-eye view of your project timeline. All the data you need is laid out in an easily digestible, visual format. A Gantt chart lays out your project’s tasks in horizontal bars representing each task’s start and end dates, as well as their duration. Gantt charts can […]

Over the last few years, telemedical technology has proven hugely disruptive, changing many aspects of both the healthcare industry and the patient experience. Thanks to the accessibility telemedicine offers, patients whose geographical location or mobility issues would otherwise prevent them from seeking consultation now have on-demand access to healthcare specialists. With providers around the world […]

Key takeaways Let’s face it. With over 700 learning management system (LMS) vendors to choose from, narrowing down which LMS is right for your business can be tough. Even so, there are some key features and functionality that should be part of any modern solution. When choosing a learning management system, make sure you see […]

This article is a guest post from Lea Chatham, Editor-in-Chief of Kareo’s Getting Paid blog. She develops educational resources to help small medical practices improve their businesses and to help physicians, staff, and patients understand the intersection of healthcare and technology. Her work has been published in many leading journals including Physicians Practice, Medical Economics, […]

This is a guest post from Henrik Petersen, the Sales & Marketing Director at Deskera. Peterson has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry and has worked for Navision Software, Microsoft, and Seagate in the Asia Pacific region. ____ If you’re like most fast-growing organizations, you automated your business processes one-by-one […]