Businesses Can Quickly Create A Finance And Treasury Management System Of Internal Controls Using Easily Editable Policies, Procedures, And Forms

St. Louis, MO — March 25, 2008 — Bizmanualz, Inc., a business publications, training and consulting company based in St. Louis, MO, today announced the release of a unique new finance, treasury, and accounting resource designed for business owners, controllers, treasurers and executives interested in utilizing internal controls to improve financial operations compliance.

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A “Biz-y” Year

We have had a great 2007 at Bizmanualz, with considerable successes for all three product areas (training, off-the-shelf manuals, and consulting) in our mission to help businesses and organizations discover and follow the path to success.

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Last week we brought up the topic of why we need procedures. While some would answer this question by providing very long lists of reasons why, these lists sometimes aren’t useful. They are too long to really remember and absorb, plus there is too much overlap and redundancy. I, however, listed four very basic reasons that I feel demonstrate why we should develop procedures

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“Why do we need policies and procedures?”  Have you heard that question before?  Perhaps you were even the one asking it.  How happy were you with the answer you gave, or with the one you received?  Frequently people struggle to give a clear and meaningful response to such an obvious question. 

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Question of the month: How can a Kaizen program help a company in its improvement journey?

At Bizmanualz, our mission is to help businesses and organizations improve by helping them implement innovative techniques and proven best practices. That philosophy carries through to our manuals, our training classes, and our consulting efforts.

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In our last article we discussed why creating a culture of learning in an organization is important. One reason is that an organization that values learning is very likely to be an organization that more readily embraces change, including improved technologies and methods. Also, while job-related training is important, a broad approach to encouraging all kinds of educational opportunities really promotes a learning culture.

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Do you feel like training is too expensive or perhaps you cannot afford the lost work time, or maybe you do not want to send your employees on a “mini-vacation.” To some degree these views make sense to those focusing on near term results, such as the production numbers for tomorrow or sales figures for the month. However, does such a view make sense for anyone seeking long term growth and success?

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A frequent topic at Bizmanualz is innovation.  Innovation means being willing to look at what you’re doing from a fresh perspective or to think outside the box.  Innovation fuels improvement:  improved products and features, improved methods, and improved knowledge. 

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Question of the month: What is the difference between continuous and continual improvement?

After a series of articles about the Road to Six Sigma in October, we talked some more about control charts and statistical process control (SPC) in November. We also launched the Policies, Procedures and Processes Blog in November and

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In the previous series of articles, we discussed applying Statistical Process Control (SPC) to business processes. Although SPC has been around for a long time and is applicable to the current world of Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO, it is often overlooked.

SPC is a great tool to not only monitor the current and recent behavior of a process, but is also a great tool to support Continuous Improvement activities.

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