Embarking upon product development is an arduous task, no matter the size of your business. When you think about this process, you often concern yourself with the creative process at the very beginning and the various analysis that happens before production begins. One area that is often overlooked is concept testing.
In this article, we’ll be taking a closer look at concept testing and understanding its pivotal role within the process of new product development.
What is Concept Testing?
Firstly, we need to understand where concept testing fits into the wider picture of new product development.…
In 2016, Forbes claimed that team building is the most important investment you’ll ever make for boosting productivity. They found that team building builds trust, diminishes conflict, opens up communication, and increases collaborative work. Employees become more engaged, which is good for the company’s culture and ultimately leads to a boost in profit.
The benefits of team building for productivity are evidently numerous, so here we show you 5 ways to achieve this that your company may not have considered. Take a look!…
2020 is officially right around the corner. With it, we can expect big changes in the world of Human Resources (HR). From filling the demand for new talent to fighting for diversity, there are a lot of changes on the horizon. The good news is that many of these trends are positive things that will drive the industry further into the future of innovation and progress.
How will the trends of next year differ from what we’re all experiencing right now?…
Transportation businesses thrive on meeting deadlines. They need to make these deadlines in order to fulfill and keep orders coming in. Though there are, of course, extenuating circumstances, these need to be dealt with immediately and updated to the client as soon as possible.
Improving the efficiency of your company can help in many ways towards this problem, and by addressing the issues as outlined below is a great place to start.
How to Improve Efficiency For Pre and Post Check
Use simple solutions to make it easier to spot defaults and make fixes, and of course, invest in a DVIR that is electronic so that you can instantly keep your system updated and improve roadside inspections.…
Waste has been a huge point of conversation across mainstream news and social media channels in the recent years — with pictures of the ocean suffocated by a churning blanket of plastic and rubbish and landfills scarring the countryside. Notoriously, food is being thrown out by everyone from big chain hotels to the average household.
Data from Wrap shows over 2 million tonnes of waste produced each year across the UK’s food and hospitality sector:
Hotels — produce 289,700 tonne of waste each year, including 79,000 tonnes of food waste (9% total food waste from the sector).…
A one size fits all method for business storage usually means compromising in some way. Like many things in life, business storage is better if it is made to measure.
The right sort of storage for your enterprise could be determined by the number of square metres you have available in your stockroom. There again, you may have to limit your storage options depending on the height of your premises. Of course, the specifics of what you want your storage to do for you could also be a big factor in determining the system you go for.…
Unemployment is a problem for both the government and the public. For the public, the issue of relying on benefits to cover day-to-day costs can be stressful. Meanwhile, the government has the issue of the public having less expendable income as a result, which then weakens the economy. But for many, trying to get out of unemployment can be difficult for a variety of reasons, from disabilities to high street stores closing in waves.
In particular, the threat of unemployment is weighing heavily on retail staff.…
Dubbed as one of the leading outsourcing hubs in Asia and the most ideal outsourcing destinations for most foreign companies, the Philippine Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. Instead, it keeps on growing bigger and sturdier.
The IT-BPO industry has opened a lot of opportunities for the Philippines. It has helped secure and strengthen the country’s growth and development ever since it was introduced. Remarkably, it is one of the fastest growing sectors that played an important part in lessening the unemployment rate in the country.…
Promoting inclusion in the workplace is becoming more important as world populations become more diverse. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 44.2 percent of Millennials identify as an ethnicity other than “white” or Caucasian. By 2020, the percentage of minorities in the workforce is expected to rise to 37 percent. The overall Caucasian population is also expected to fall to 63 percent.
Ethnicity is not the only aspect of promoting inclusion in the workplace, as gender, disability status, and even personality differences are emerging as ways to recognize diverse populations.…
Modernizing the workplace is an essential part of keeping a business competitive, lean, and prosperous. One of the most effective and easy ways to initiate this process is through the implementation of document management systems.
A document management system is a modernized means of handling physical, paper documents in order to boost productivity, leanness, and convenience.
In the workplace, these systems can be applied to not only maximize how individuals work, but to also bring the space into the 21st century—a digital medium.…
