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-Time based accounting, time line accounting, time accounting, adilas content, adilas content management. -Add a clean-up function for all temp files that get created – images, PDFs, xls, etc. Random outline on the progression and needs of accounting and book keeping: Build on common ground, keep it positive. Win more bees with honey than salt, keep it light and fun. Thinking about the progression of accounting: - Way back governments wanted to tax people and merchants. - Businesses had a staff of accountants and book keepers. - People expected it to take some time for a transaction. - Purchases were usually bigger orders – here is what I need for the next n (time frame). - Transactions were simpler – this for that, pretty cut and dry. - Everything was done on paper, entered into journals and then filed to create a paper trail. - Computers started to come on to the scene. - Processing and tracking improved. - Huge book keeping and accounting staffs started to go down. - People started making more complicated purchases instead of this for that – it became this, this, this, this, this and that for that price unless you can do this, then I’ll give you that for this minus 10%. - People started to expect a transaction to take less time. The drive up window and fast food mentality. - Business owners grew and diversified but kept the same size accounting departments or people. Increased the load. - Business owners are needing faster and faster reports and numbers. - More and more complicated tracking needs. - Somewhere along the way costs and price plays into the mix. - Somewhere along the way sheer volume plays a role. - Somewhere along the way cash flow, economic times, trends, supply and demand and customer service play in. - Marketing, promotions, loyalty, just in time inventories, credit cards, internet, mobile devices, cloud computing, push vs. pull, city, county, state, federal regulations and expectations. - Accounting staff is overworked and swamped, element of control, perfectionism and traditions. Business owners and accounting staff thoughts: - Limited resources, worried about a “new” or “unknowns”, mentality – I can do it best, pressure to produce more than you are able, getting tired, don’t have anybody trained with experience, element of pride, etc. - Worries about the future, your company, your customers, and your role in the company. - You almost get stuck and feel like you are in a rut…. It almost gets to the point where the straw will break the camel’s back. - Maybe you have a vision of the future or where you want to go and that gives you strength to hold on a little longer. - Good work ethic and a drive to succeed. -Somewhat unrelated but similar – think about myself working on adilas. More and more complicated demands, limited time and resources, no body trained to take on the load, more and more pressure, still have the drive to keep going, looking and hoping for the future… -Maybe instead of saying, look what we have, say something like “if this helps, great! If not, that’s okay – we just wanted to share what we’ve learned” -Build on common ground and keep an open positive flair! The glass is half full! |