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    Hello Friends

    1)Network:Try networking your business with other businesses. You could trade leads or mailing lists. This will cut down on your marketing and advertising costs. You may also try bartering goods and services with them.

    2)Wholesale/Bulk:You'll save money buying your business supplies in bulk quantities. You could get a membership at a wholesale warehouse or buy them through a mail order wholesaler. Buy the supplies you are always running out of.

    3)Borrow/Rent:Have you ever purchased business equipment you only needed for a small period of time? You could have just borrowed the equipment from someone else or rented the equipment from a "rent-all" store.

    4)Online/Offline Auctions:You can find lower prices on business supplies and equipment at online and offline auctions. I'm not saying all the time, but before you go pay retail for these items try bidding on them first.

    5)Plan Ahead:Make a list of business supplies or equipment you'll need in the future. Keep an eye out for stores that have big sales. Purchase the supplies when they go on sale before you need them.

    6)Negotiate:You should always try negotiate a lower price for any business equipment or supplies. It doesn't hurt to try. Pretend you are talking to a salesman at a car lot.

    7)Search:You can always be searching for new suppliers for your business supplies and equipment. Look for suppliers with lower prices and better quality. Don't just be satisfied with a few.

    Have a nice day

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    Hi

    Here are more

    1. Used Stuff If your business equipment and supplies don't need to be new, buy them used. You can find used items at yard and garage sales, used stores, used stuff for sale message boards and newsgroups etc.
    3. Negotiate You should always try negotiate a lower price for any business equipment or supplies. It doesn't hurt to try. Pretend you are talking to a salesman at a car lot.
    3. Search You can always be searching for new suppliers for your business supplies and equipment. Look for suppliers with lower prices and better quality. Don't just be satisfied with a few.

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    1. Barter
    If you have a business you should be bartering goods
    and services with other businesses. You should try to
    trade for something before you buy it. Barter deals
    usually require little or no money.
    2. Network
    Try networking your business with other businesses.
    You could trade leads or mailing lists. This will cut
    down on your marketing and advertising costs. You
    may also try bartering goods and services with them.
    3. Wholesale/Bulk
    You'll save money buying your business supplies in
    bulk quantities. You could get a membership at a
    wholesale warehouse or buy them through a mail
    order wholesaler. Buy the supplies you are always
    running out of.
    4. Free Stuff
    You should try visiting the thousands of freebie sites
    on the internet before buying your business supplies.
    You can find free software, graphics, backgrounds,
    online business services etc.
    5. Borrow/Rent
    Have you ever purchased business equipment you
    only needed for a small period of time? You could
    have just borrowed the equipment from someone
    else or rented the equipment from a "rent-all" store.
    6. Online/Offline Auctions
    You can find lower prices on business supplies and
    equipment at online and offline auctions. I'm not
    saying all the time, but before you go pay retail for
    these items try bidding on them first.
    7. Plan Ahead
    Make a list of business supplies or equipment you'll
    need in the future. Keep an eye out for stores that
    have big sales. Purchase the supplies when they go
    on sale before you need them.
    8. Used Stuff
    If your business equipment and supplies don't need
    to be new, buy them used. You can find used items
    at yard and garage sales, used stores, used stuff
    for sale message boards and newsgroups etc.
    9. Negotiate
    You should always try negotiate a lower price for
    any business equipment or supplies. It doesn't hurt
    to try. Pretend you are talking to a salesman at a car
    lot.
    10. Search
    You can always be searching for new suppliers for
    your business supplies and equipment. Look for
    suppliers with lower prices and better quality. Don't
    just be satisfied with a few.

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    Hello,
    Thank you for sharing these nice tips.keep sharing like this.

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    Initial extensive research is also very important. Nice tips altogether !

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    I think research is the most effective as you research for everything and you research how to minimize the costs in any way possible.

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    Hi guys

    No matter what the reason is, if you want to be successful and make serious money online then there is nothing that could stop you from doing so.
    You should first set your goals. How much do you want to make online? Do you just need some extra income, or do you want to become a full time online marketer? You need to establish that right from the beginning. I would suggest you to write it down and hang it somewhere next to your computer.
    Next, you want to think about the timeline. How much time do you think is it going to take to achieve your goals? Mark that in your calendar and never forget it.
    First of all, I want to inform you that probably 90% of people fail and never make any substantial money online. The reason for that is because they do it wrong, or they compete against too many people.
    Before I made any serious cash on the Internet I failed with almost everything I did. It took me a long time to figure out how to do it the right way.
    Below I am going to talk about different ways you could start making money online with. I am going to go over proven methods that work so you can start your journey in the right direction.


    Thanks for all

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    Hello,

    Here are some tips for reducing your business cost.

    1.Reduce Space: Imai estimates that most manufacturing companies use four times as much space as needed. Like long production lines using too much space invites muda (i.e. inventory) to come. When we free up space we should aim to add more capacity after getting after our sales force to get us some more business!
    2. Reduce Lead Time: This is perhaps the funnest aspect of lean. We simply determine the time it takes between getting an order and collecting payment for the finished product… and then shorten it. Once we shorten it we do it again, and again, and again. And that, my good friends, is what this stuff called lean manufacturing is all about.

    Thank you
    Last edited by chris27; 03-23-2010 at 04:50 AM.

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    Hello,
    I want to add some more tips there.

    1. Improve Quality: Imai stresses how good quality is a prerequisite to making lean work. He even speaks about things like control charts which you don’t find mentioned in many lean books.

    2. Improve Productivity: Productivity improves when less input produces more output. The book stresses how freed up human resources should be used for more kaizen (not fired).

    3. Reduce Inventory: Inventory can be nasty stuff if not controlled. It takes up space, slows cash flow, and all kinds of other nasty things.

    4. Shorten the Production Line: Long, football field like, assembly lines need to go. When shortened we reduce all kinds of muda (i.e. transportation, motion, waiting, etc.).

    5. Reduce Machine Downtime: Next to quality, Imai stresses an excellent Total Productive Maintenance program is essential to TPS. Like jidoka, TPM doesn’t seem to get the love it deserves from western lean practitioners. Not sexy enough I guess. Funny I mention this lack of love since I just realized I have never blogged extensively about TPM before. Guess I just found my next series topic!

    Thank you for sharing
    Regards
    Chris

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    Hello,
    you have shared really a very nice and wonderful tips. keep sharing your views like this.
    Keep sharing
    vanny



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