The transportation and logistics industry is currently going through some major transformations. These changes are creating opportunities and challenges. Successful shippers are looking for ways to … [Read more...] about 3 Topics For Transportation and Logistics
Protecting and Retaining Your Business Assets
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Adding a Happy Hour To Your Business
The Happy Hour ConceptHave you ever wondered why bars have Happy Hours or restaurants have early bird specials? Why would anyone want to discount their food or drink offerings and make less money … [Read more...] about Adding a Happy Hour To Your Business
Distributor Case Study – Business Leadership Transition
Distributor Management ConsultingThis distributor case study focuses on a Cogent Analytics client, a full-service commercial truck dealership in the southeastern United States, with total … [Read more...] about Distributor Case Study – Business Leadership Transition
Defining, Addressing, & Capturing Your Target Market
To most of us, Marketing is magic.We hire some resources, spend some money, and hope our business grows as a result. Unfortunately, our experience with business marketing is that we spend a lot … [Read more...] about Defining, Addressing, & Capturing Your Target Market
Manufacturer Case Study – Business Process Management
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How To Be A Successful Entrepreneur With Adam Torres
In this podcast, Adam Torres from Mission Matters speaks with CEO Rob Braiman about the important steps in an entrepreneur’s journey.Rob and Adam discuss the Cogent Analytics Profit Platform, … [Read more...] about How To Be A Successful Entrepreneur With Adam Torres
Why Its Important To Maintain A Healthy Backlog
As businesses grow, we often experience times of plenty and times of drought. The balancing of these ‘feast or famine’ cycles is important to growing your business while steadily increasing … [Read more...] about Why Its Important To Maintain A Healthy Backlog
Finding Alternative Suppliers For Your Business
One of the unforeseen aftereffects of a global pandemic has been an ongoing broken supply chain. Many companies have relied on a constant and consistent stream of products and raw materials from … [Read more...] about Finding Alternative Suppliers For Your Business
Take Back Control of Your Revenue
Sales revenue is the fuel for your business. The revenue from sales allows the business to generate profit, value, and ultimately freedom for business owners. Do you feel that you are not in control … [Read more...] about Take Back Control of Your Revenue
Strategic Planning for Factory Objectives Case Study
Client InformationMiddle Size Factory Company in Modular Containers Market.There is a market of making containers into offices, warehouses, country homes, among other uses. This market has … [Read more...] about Strategic Planning for Factory Objectives Case Study
Sales Management Optics Funnel Management
GENERAL Sales Funnel Management is a sales productivity tool that allows Salespeople and Managers, to manage the sales process. Managing the sales process is critical to ensuring long … [Read more...] about Sales Management Optics Funnel Management
How To Improve Cash Flow When Your Business Is Growing
Cash flow is basically what describes what comes in and comes out of a business treasury, such as income from sales and/or bill payments. Its’ importance lies in the fact that it allows us to quickly … [Read more...] about How To Improve Cash Flow When Your Business Is Growing
How To Increase Revenues Through Market Segmentation
Sales revenue is the fuel for your business. Developing a product or service that provides value that customers will pay for is what businesses strive for. The revenue from these sales is what … [Read more...] about How To Increase Revenues Through Market Segmentation
Fostering Organizational Accountability
Cogent Analytics Project Director John McNichols, recently wrote an article titled, “Fostering Organizational Accountability” to provide insight on how to create a structured work environment in a … [Read more...] about Fostering Organizational Accountability
Supply Chain Management and Operational Procedures Case Study
CLIENT INFORMATIONTrucking is responsible for most of the overland freight movement in the United States, with the market being worth 791.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2019. Trucking is … [Read more...] about Supply Chain Management and Operational Procedures Case Study
A Brave New World – Working From Home
Cogent Analytics Project Director, Pete Villari, recently wrote an article titled, “A Brave New World – Working From Home” to provide insight on how to create a positive work environment while working … [Read more...] about A Brave New World – Working From Home
Up My Influence With Josh Elledge & Rob Braiman
Up My Influence, hosted by founder and CEO, Josh Elledge welcomes CEO of Cogent Analytics, Rob Braiman. Together, Elledge and Braiman dive into the mission of Cogent Analytics and talk about the … [Read more...] about Up My Influence With Josh Elledge & Rob Braiman
Maximizing Your Supply Chain Advantage
Every business relies on other businesses to provide materials, products, and services to accomplish your mission. These relationships are collectively referred to as your supply chain. They supply … [Read more...] about Maximizing Your Supply Chain Advantage
Small Business Succession Planning
Succession HappensIt is either planned or forced. All people move on. If you're not planning for succession, you're not running your business.Succession planning is simple in theory but takes … [Read more...] about Small Business Succession Planning
The Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur
The Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur is a business-oriented podcast dedicated to ask CEO’s what type of legacy they want to leave behind. Timmy Bauer, host of The Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur, devotes his … [Read more...] about The Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur
Case Study of Seafood Import Company In Columbus Ohio
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How to Adapt Operations and Scale Your Business
Every business owner dreams of his company growing from the very beginning. This dream often includes providing more income, more jobs, more products on a large scale. The challenge is, … [Read more...] about How to Adapt Operations and Scale Your Business
Successful Business Owners Don’t Worry About Profit
Published By Industry TodayCogent Analytics Project Director, Leo Banjo, recently wrote an article titled, ‘Successful Business Owners Don’t Worry About Profit' to provide valuable insight … [Read more...] about Successful Business Owners Don’t Worry About Profit
Strategic Planning – Clear examples of Success
What is strategic planning?Let’s start with the most basic. Strategic planning is the process in which a business defines and executes a long-term plan to achieve organizational objectives through … [Read more...] about Strategic Planning – Clear examples of Success
Entrepreneurs on Fire with John Lee Dumas
In this podcast, Rob Braiman shares his previous experience in the consulting industry and how it drove him to start his own consulting firm. Along with his history, he discusses other various topics … [Read more...] about Entrepreneurs on Fire with John Lee Dumas
What Is Supply Chain Risk?
What do you know about critical supplies and the path travelled to your door?Discussions of risk have been at the front of our national and international dialog for over a year now. … [Read more...] about What Is Supply Chain Risk?
How Accounts Receivable Impact Cash Flow and Net Profits
The extension of ‘credit’ is often very lax in the startup phase of a business, and usually, no written policy exists. Past due accounts receivable is often a result of not clearly defining the … [Read more...] about How Accounts Receivable Impact Cash Flow and Net Profits
Influential Entrepreneurs with Rob Braiman
Mike Saunders, marketing strategist, member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and host of Influential Entrepreneurs, speaks to President of Cogent Analytics, Rob Braiman.Cogent Analytics, LLC … [Read more...] about Influential Entrepreneurs with Rob Braiman
Business Talk Radio Series with Rob Braiman
CEO of Cogent Analytics, Rob Braiman host Business Talk Radio an exclusive four part series focusing on comprehensive business topics to improve efficiencies, revenue, and profit.Cogent … [Read more...] about Business Talk Radio Series with Rob Braiman
How to Design Incentive Programs that Work
To use incentives or not to use incentives, that is the question often being asked by managers in today’s competitive marketplace. Combating high turnover and looking for ways to increase productivity … [Read more...] about How to Design Incentive Programs that Work
How to Assess Revenue vs Profits for Business Health
Why to Learn How to Assess RevenueWall Street judges you on it. Shareholders demand it. Management scrambles to make it happen. Revenue growth is the mantra of modern-day business. Quarter by … [Read more...] about How to Assess Revenue vs Profits for Business Health
Leadership and Succession Planning
Typically, when starting a business, it is very uncommon for the entrepreneurial mind to see itself not being part of that business in the future. As companies endure through time, it becomes … [Read more...] about Leadership and Succession Planning
How to Manage Time Wisely for Effective Business
Defining time management.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 … [Read more...] about How to Manage Time Wisely for Effective Business
Increasing Profitability In A Organization
A challenge facing owners and managers of all businesses is how to increase the profitability of the company. The focus almost always turns to increase sales revenue. The strategy is to increase sales … [Read more...] about Increasing Profitability In A Organization
How to Align Sales Strategy Across the Organization
Published by Industry today.Cogent Analytics Project Director, Paul Batista, recently wrote an article that was published by Industry Today. The article titled, “How to Align Sales … [Read more...] about How to Align Sales Strategy Across the Organization
A Lesson in Finding the Root Cause of Declining Productivity
(Broaden Your Perspective)A credit card processing operation made an expensive investment in upgrading its remittance system hardware and software to process customer payments. The new system was … [Read more...] about A Lesson in Finding the Root Cause of Declining Productivity
Is Pricing Your Problem? Opening the Door to Higher Profitability
In startup and established businesses, the need to maintain a consistent revenue flow is constant pressure on management. In responding to the demands of management, sales efforts for any shortfall … [Read more...] about Is Pricing Your Problem? Opening the Door to Higher Profitability
80% of Failing Businesses Have Poor Job Costing
Job costing is where your revenue comes from. Poorly designed bidding structure and job costing means that profit margins are decreased or even nonexistent. Conversely, a well designed structure will … [Read more...] about 80% of Failing Businesses Have Poor Job Costing
Two Ways to Make Your Business More Successful
You know what is odd? Nobody expects successful experts - doctors, electricians, sports figures, lawyers, plumbers - to just wing it. We know they put a lot of time into learning about and training … [Read more...] about Two Ways to Make Your Business More Successful
How to Increase Profits Without Raising Prices
While it's undoubtedly true that one way to increase profits is to raise your prices, it's rarely the most reliable. It can be difficult to predict the effect price increases will have on your sales … [Read more...] about How to Increase Profits Without Raising Prices
The Secret to Business Success
Small business owners often struggle with how they can attract top talent for positions within their company that will best grow their business. Every business started small and will have at some … [Read more...] about The Secret to Business Success
Cogent Analytics Celebrates 7 Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECogent Analytics Celebrates Seven Years of Ensuring Client SuccessGreensboro, NC – April 22, 2021 – Cogent Analytics, a business management consulting firm, is celebrating … [Read more...] about Cogent Analytics Celebrates 7 Years
Planning and Scheduling Improves Productivity
Planning and SchedulingPlanning and scheduling are different but united aspects of managing a power station that produces energy. Planning chiefly deals with selecting the appropriate strategies … [Read more...] about Planning and Scheduling Improves Productivity
Using Outlook to Get Organized in a Digital World
Why become organized with Outlook? Because the tools it offers can help you master the myriad and an increasing number of tasks you undertake each day. Disorganized people suffer more stress, become … [Read more...] about Using Outlook to Get Organized in a Digital World
Forming Strategic Partnerships Checklist
Look around and you will see that at every level of business - from Nike and Apple to your local landscaper and painter - companies are joining forces. Strategic partnerships are becoming more common … [Read more...] about Forming Strategic Partnerships Checklist
Financial Times Ranks Cogent Analytics on the Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
Cogent Analytics' earned its position on the Financial Times list ranking #466 with Three-Year Revenue Growth of 86.5%PRESS RELEASE:Greensboro, NC, April 2021 – The Financial Times … [Read more...] about Financial Times Ranks Cogent Analytics on the Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
Time Management in Small Business
Managing your time is relevant to everyone, from kids in school to people at home or work. The issue of time management becomes even more paramount to owners of small businesses. We have all either … [Read more...] about Time Management in Small Business
Revenue Growth Through Product Development
Difficult times often require rethinking a company's products and markets to maintain or grow revenue. These last months have certainly been a time for owners to review their business model and … [Read more...] about Revenue Growth Through Product Development
Designing Organizational Systems
In today’s global market, it is becoming more complex and competitive to efficiently and effectively run an organization. This article will address some key principles which need to be … [Read more...] about Designing Organizational Systems
