2016-11-16 - 2016-11-16
The Sheraton Suites Galleria, Houston, Texas
The ways in which companies increased revenues and made a profit included managing variable items like marketing, labor, cost of goods sold, inventory, shrink, team member training, and negotiating with landlords and suppliers. If you knew your numbers you could predict revenue and profits. All of these numbers related to manufacturing a product [sandwich, oil change, haircut, fine meal, etc.] and businesses was characterized by having what is referred to as a manufacturing mentality, i.e. “How can we make it better, quicker, faster, less expensively, and with fewer errors.”
