How to Keep Supplier Records Clean in a Small Business

How to Keep Supplier Records Clean in a Small Business

To keep supplier records clean, hold one record per supplier, name the roles allowed to add or change a record, require every change to arrive as a request that leaves evidence, merge duplicates to a single record of use without discarding anything, and review the...
How to Bring a New Bookkeeper Up to Speed: A Handover Pack

How to Bring a New Bookkeeper Up to Speed: A Handover Pack

To bring a new bookkeeper up to speed, hand them a written pack rather than a conversation: the list of recurring tasks, a short directory of who to ask about what, a map of where the records and source documents live, a list of everything currently open and...
How to Document Approval Authority in a Small Business

How to Document Approval Authority in a Small Business

To document approval authority, list every kind of commitment the organization can make on one page, name the role that approves each kind, name who deputizes when that role is away, and state how each approval is evidenced. That page is the whole thing. Every limit...
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