The current rule in business is “work harder, faster and longer”. People, however, have been doing this for years, without adding sustainable value. In today’s tough economic times, people also have to take on more work. The key to creating sustainable value lies not in working your staff to death, but rather in implementing smart, efficient work practices to achieve the vision and goals of the organisation.

To bring about organisational change and growth, increase human productivity and ensure employee engagement, a number of steps are necessary. Organisations need to know where they are, where they want to be and how to get there.

Freshlook Business Consulting Services (FBCS) acts as a consulting company to enable organisations to evaluate their services, productivity, efficiency and profitability, assess their weaknesses and optimise their business and operating models to ensure added value for both customers and stakeholders

Key Areas of Services Provided

The success of an organisation depends on accurate, timely administration. FBCS specializes in the following fields to ensure optimum returns at the end of each month and fiscal:

Ø Stock Control Systems, Evaluations and Implementation

Ø Debtors and Creditors Functions

Ø Credit Management/Collections

Ø New Business Development

Ø General Management

Stock control and inventory

Stock control systems - keeping track manually

Stocktaking involves making an inventory, or list, of stock, and noting its location and value. It's often an annual exercise - a kind of audit to work out the value of the stock as part of the accounting process.

Codes, including barcodes, can make the whole process much easier but it can still be quite time consuming. Checking stock more frequently - a rolling stock take - avoids a massive annual exercise, but demands constant attention throughout the year. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging using hand-held readers can offer a simple and efficient way to maintain a continuous check on inventory.

Any stock control system must enable you to:

- track stock levels

· make orders

· issue stock

The simplest manual system is the stock book, which suits small businesses with few stock items. It enables you to keep a log of stock received and stock issued.

It can be used alongside a simple reorder system. For example, the two-bin system works by having two containers of stock items. When one is empty, it's time to start using the second bin and order more stock to fill up the empty one.