Small and large companies share many of the same challenges on their paths to success. For a company to be successful, management needs to understand that many different moving pieces need to be … [Read more...] about Best Practices For Small Businesses
OSHA and the Small Business Owner
The Occupational Safety Administration (OSHA) was created in 1970 when the Occupational Safety Act (OSH Act) was passed. The OSH act was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed … [Read more...] about OSHA and the Small Business Owner
Sales Management Helps Businesses Grow
When a client was faced with stagnating sales metrics after maintaining steady growth for 20 years. Cogent Analytics was able to help them increase their sales through better sales management. This … [Read more...] about Sales Management Helps Businesses Grow
Transforming Small Businesses
Tony Winyard, a professional speaker and member of the Professional Speaking Association, is the host of Exceeding Expectations, a podcast where individuals share their experiences whether it is … [Read more...] about Transforming Small Businesses
Honorably Representing Small Business
The Daily Grind Podcast, hosted by author and former professional athlete Colin Morgan, was inspired by helping others make progress through the practice of daily behaviors. It's his goal, to help all … [Read more...] about Honorably Representing Small Business
Operations Improvement can Increase Profitability
In this Case Study, Cogent Analytics discusses how a client was experiencing issues with their operations and work flow, which caused them to be severely inefficient and miss deadlines and back up … [Read more...] about Operations Improvement can Increase Profitability
Time Tracking For Increased Efficiency in Production
The use of time tracking is important for measuring production, it allows for increased efficiency, productivity and increased profits. This case study focuses on a situation where a Cogent Client did … [Read more...] about Time Tracking For Increased Efficiency in Production
Metrics to Use to Manage Business by the Numbers
Which metrics should businesses use daily? Choosing the right metrics can often be challenging for small business owners. Many times the choice made is not to look at any metrics at all and still … [Read more...] about Metrics to Use to Manage Business by the Numbers
Small Business Mistakes to Avoid
Tom Morkes, an entrepreneur, business leader, and host of In The Trenches podcast, features CEO of Cogent Analytics, Rob Braiman. In this episode, Braiman and Morkes go in depth about the … [Read more...] about Small Business Mistakes to Avoid
7 Steps to Increase Productivity
Henrique Dos Santos, Senior Project Director at Cogent Analytics and recently published in Contractor Magazine, writes about seven steps to increase productivity in your business: A common source … [Read more...] about 7 Steps to Increase Productivity
Do Not Settle For Average
The Employer Blueprint Podcast is a business focused podcast designed to encourage and help the small business owner through everyday struggles and hardship. By helping business owners navigate the … [Read more...] about Do Not Settle For Average
SOPs to Improve Performance and Profit
Day to day operations of a business are what drive the week to week and year to year profits. The most valuable asset that companies sometimes overlook is time. Proficient allocation of time is a … [Read more...] about SOPs to Improve Performance and Profit
Empower Employees by Giving them a Voice in 3 steps
The workplace can seem like a tug of war between who gets heard from one day to the next. This can seem like it is even more true for a small business where each role has more weight, and delegation … [Read more...] about Empower Employees by Giving them a Voice in 3 steps
Manage Time Wisely for Effective Business
It would be easy to think that 19th-century writer, Leo Tolstoy, was thinking of the challenges a small business faces, when he wrote, “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” How many … [Read more...] about Manage Time Wisely for Effective Business
Charge Up Your Workplace With Effective Feedback
“That particular receiving clerk is always charged up and looking for a way to help!” “Bill is so distracted and negative that he cannot get charged up about anything!” Businesses can count on … [Read more...] about Charge Up Your Workplace With Effective Feedback
Cogent Analytics Earns Growth Award – #14 on Triad’s Fast 50
Greensboro, North Carolina – September 2, 2019 The Triad Business Journal Fast 50 Awards revealed that COGENT ANALYTICS is No. 14 on its annual Triad Fast 50, 2019; the most prestigious ranking of the … [Read more...] about Cogent Analytics Earns Growth Award – #14 on Triad’s Fast 50
How Great Businesses Are Born: Conscious Millionaire
Conscious Millionaire Network has over 1,800 episodes and over 12 million Listeners in 190 countries! Host of the Conscious Millionaire Show, JV Crum III engages with numerous successful entrepreneurs … [Read more...] about How Great Businesses Are Born: Conscious Millionaire
Cogent Analytics Makes Inc. 5000 For 3rd Consecutive Year
Cogent Analytics Makes Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies for Third Consecutive Year NEW YORK, August 14, 2019 – Inc. magazine today revealed that COGENT ANALYTICS is No. 2085 on its … [Read more...] about Cogent Analytics Makes Inc. 5000 For 3rd Consecutive Year
Creating A Leadership Perspective
The transition from employee to supervisor involves many changes that require both hard-work and concentration, but the payoffs are enormous, both personally and professionally. It is the beginning of … [Read more...] about Creating A Leadership Perspective
Monitoring Costs and Losses to Improve Savings
THE CLIENT: The client owns an environmental remediation company with annual revenue of over 2 million. The owner started the business in 1994 with two other partners. Each initially … [Read more...] about Monitoring Costs and Losses to Improve Savings
What’s Not Being Said- Body Language
Despite the amount of attention directed to numbers, schedules, and plans, the most important aspect of business is the interaction among people. It is during face-to-face interaction with other … [Read more...] about What’s Not Being Said- Body Language
When Just-In-Time is Just-Not-Right
THE CLIENT: The Client is a Tier 1 Supplier in the Material Handling Industry. The plant works four, ten-hour shifts each week. Additionally, the plant must maintain a 98% on-time delivery … [Read more...] about When Just-In-Time is Just-Not-Right
How Company Values Improve Your Bottom Line
Internationally recognized business leader and award-winning speaker, Diane Helbig speaks with President of Cogent Analytics, Rob Braiman. While strategies and business principles are important, it's … [Read more...] about How Company Values Improve Your Bottom Line
Committing to Commitment- “Burn the Ships”
A business owner will make many commitments along his/her journey to building a successful company. The first, and foremost, compromise is often leaving somewhere, or something, behind and venturing … [Read more...] about Committing to Commitment- “Burn the Ships”
The Tenuous Triangle
One of the most common, yet critical, mistakes that small business owners make is blurring the boundaries between three closely-related but dramatically different decision-making forums. An important … [Read more...] about The Tenuous Triangle
Leading Your Employees
Are you a small business owner? Are you frustrated when your employees and leadership aren't working towards what you think are the company's priorities? If you answered 'yes' to both of those … [Read more...] about Leading Your Employees
How to Perform an End of Business Quarter Evaluation
As you come to the close of a business quarter, small business owners and managers must make the time to evaluate how well the quarter has gone to begin the next business quarter with confidence. This … [Read more...] about How to Perform an End of Business Quarter Evaluation
How to Repair Your Failing Digital Marketing Strategies
As a small business owner or a corporate pro; there will come a time when you will have to repair something that is negatively affecting your digital marketing strategies. It will never be as easy as … [Read more...] about How to Repair Your Failing Digital Marketing Strategies
Attract, Hire and Retain Employees
Having the ability to attract, hire and retain quality employees will always provide significant benefit to any small business who can master this ability. High employee turnover within a small … [Read more...] about Attract, Hire and Retain Employees
Succession Planning Tips From Popular Television
After the final season of the acclaimed and award-winning series Game of Thrones, many die-hard fans, such as myself, were somewhat underwhelmed with the ending. As dedicated fans, we have invested … [Read more...] about Succession Planning Tips From Popular Television
Breakfast Leadership Podcast
Michael Levitt, CEO of Breakfast Leadership Inc. and Host of the Breakfast Leadership podcast speaks with President and CEO of Cogent Analytics, Rob Braiman. Listen here as Levitt and Braiman have … [Read more...] about Breakfast Leadership Podcast
Leading to Success or Managing Fires
In The Missing Piece of Leadership by Doug Krug, a leader is defined as someone who has a responsibility to produce results through people. As an owner, regardless of the size of … [Read more...] about Leading to Success or Managing Fires
Accomplishing The Uncomfortable
Recently I've found several of my clients doing their employees jobs while neglecting their duties as an owner. The most typical reason I hear is, it's easier to do it myself, or I really needed it … [Read more...] about Accomplishing The Uncomfortable
Creating Accountability in the Workplace
Accountability in the workplace is a topic everyone seems to care about, but surprisingly few people understand. Many people feel like it refers to some type of “score keeping” … [Read more...] about Creating Accountability in the Workplace
How to Achieve Long Term Profitability
Dr. Jürgen Strauss, marketing strategist, chief innovator, and host of InnovaBuzz speaks to President of Cogent Analytics, Rob Braiman. Listen here as Strauss and Braiman speak in depth about … [Read more...] about How to Achieve Long Term Profitability
Strategic Planning Leads to Increases in Sales
THE CLIENT: This client is a custom woodworking company whose primary business was serving retail shoe companies making display racks for shoes in their stores. They had three main customers … [Read more...] about Strategic Planning Leads to Increases in Sales
Targeting the Problem Leads to Million Dollar Profit
THE CLIENT: The company was a septic tank installer in the Carolinas. It was run by two brothers who had bought it from their dad. The majority of their business involved installations in … [Read more...] about Targeting the Problem Leads to Million Dollar Profit
Instituting Budget and Sales Goals for Increased Revenue
THE CLIENT: The client was a sandblasting and painting company. The Company specialized in painting both the inside and outside of private and municipal water tanks. It was owned by a single … [Read more...] about Instituting Budget and Sales Goals for Increased Revenue
Improvements in Management, Analysis, and Performance
THE CLIENT: This particular business, the local site of a sub-assembly manufacturer, was a bit of hustle and bustle in a sleepy village. The gravel roads fooled most, but if you looked past … [Read more...] about Improvements in Management, Analysis, and Performance
Making Financial Changes for Increased Earnings
THE CLIENT: The company was located in a mid-sized college town. It had four separate divisions: two were interconnected, and the other two were related but stood alone. The first was a … [Read more...] about Making Financial Changes for Increased Earnings
Using Forward-Looking Metrics to Run the Business
THE CLIENT: The company is in the business of buying and distributing various fasteners, nuts, bolts, and specialty fasteners for a variety of industries. A couple of examples would be on … [Read more...] about Using Forward-Looking Metrics to Run the Business
Focus on Equipment Utilization To Maximize Profits
THE CLIENT: The client is a provider of transportation services. They have an extensive fleet of vehicles (approximately 100), and the sub-fleet ranges from Black Sedans, SUVs, Vans, and … [Read more...] about Focus on Equipment Utilization To Maximize Profits
Creating a Business Plan 101
A business plan is a document that spells out the direction the business will take and the actions that will execute the plan. Creating a business plan is not an arduous effort, the challenge for an … [Read more...] about Creating a Business Plan 101
It’s Time for a Business Health Check
Roy Mendez writes about how any business would benefit greatly from a "business health check." There are eight areas to check in a business that are essential to the life and health of a … [Read more...] about It’s Time for a Business Health Check
WTR Entrepreneur Interview: Rob Braiman
Kevin Dumont, Host of the Wealth Tactic Rebels Entrepreneur Interview Podcast interviews, Rob Braiman, the President of Cogent Analytics. Learn more as Kevin and Rob speak in depth about the early … [Read more...] about WTR Entrepreneur Interview: Rob Braiman
Business Continuity For Small Business Owners
Business Continuity is a highly relevant concept for any business. For an SMB/SME, it is even more critical as the SMB/SME typically has less duplication and redundancy than a Fortune 500 … [Read more...] about Business Continuity For Small Business Owners
The Dream vs. The Reality of Entrepreneurial Control
For many people in our country the American Dream of owning their own business and gaining entrepreneurial control is still alive and well. Moreover, they're not just dreaming, they're doing something … [Read more...] about The Dream vs. The Reality of Entrepreneurial Control
Net Cash Flow for Small Business Owners
Net Cash Flow for an SMB/E is a critical component of a correct cash flow analysis. To make a correct Net Cash Flow for an SMB/E the SMB/E’s accounting needs to be in at least good order. … [Read more...] about Net Cash Flow for Small Business Owners
For Lead Generation, Look for the 3 A’s
A company’s sales plan is only as good as the people who execute it. Sales talent acquisition is an on-going problem for business owners. Too many companies have order takers who wait for the customer … [Read more...] about For Lead Generation, Look for the 3 A’s
Business Goal Examples For Any Small Business
Business goals are more than just numbers, they are what drive your business forward. As an SMB/SME owner, you have a purpose with your business just as you have a purpose in your life. Goals are … [Read more...] about Business Goal Examples For Any Small Business
