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Taxes

Changes to Know for the 2024 Tax Year

Familiarize your team with 2024 tax changes so they can better guide your clients.
By planning ahead and staying up to date, your team can work more confidently and help your clients faster.
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Tech Upgrades for the Food and Beverage Industry

Focus on key operational areas when deciding where to expand your business's software systems.
Look at all your company's processes to pinpoint the most important pain points to immediately address.
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Why Collaboration Is Key to Better Healthcare

Collaboration is key to making any team successful, especially in healthcare.
Delivering quality patient care requires a high level of interprofessional collaboration.
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Risk Management in Manufacturing

Taking some strategic precautions and proactive measures can help manufacturing leaders effectively manage risk.
Put safeguards in place to help you manage the financial risks specific to your business.
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What Nonprofits Need to Know About Endowment Funds

Nonprofits are always in fundraising mode. Relieve some of the pressure with an endowment fund.
Setting up an endowment fund gives organizations a way to generate money over time.
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How the Cannabis and Hemp Industry Can Thrive in 2024

Five steps hemp and cannabis businesses can take to prepare for legislative changes in 2024 and emerge stronger.
New legislation—even if it's primarily positive—may bring new unknowns, and that's why proactive planning is essential.
Operations

Construction Inflation Costs: Are You Feeling the Squeeze?

Here's the latest update on construction supply chains, as well as how your business can manage rising costs.
Although supply has been squeezed, demand for construction and housing starts have been soaring, further driving up the price of materials.
Operations

Preventing Logistics and Supply Chain Fraud

Logistics and supply chain management have grown more complex and competitive.
Data analytics can be a powerful, cost-effective tool to increase visibility along your supply chain.
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Tips for Creating a Hemp Farm Business Plan

If you're thinking about opening a hemp farm, an agricultural business plan can help you succeed.
Before you clear a field or turn over soil, you'll need to understand the costs of starting a hemp farm, along with future potential profit.
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New VR Technology as a Program Management Tool

Here are the ways your firm could use this technology to help your staff and clients.
New VR technology allows architects to simulate what they want to build in 3D.
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Make Your Dream Dental Practice Doable by Managing Your Student Debt

Here's how to manage your dental school debt and get ready to launch your own practice.
If you manage your debt effectively, you may still be able to open your dream practice.
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All About the Fee-for-Service Compensation Model

In FFS, the dental services you offer aren't limited to what insurance companies might cover.
Adopting this model might bring about some changes in your client base and office finances.
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The Business and Financial Side of Running a Dental Practice

A customer-focused outlook will help guide your dental practice toward financial success.
View your operations from the perspective of a business owner focused on customer service.
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Useful Social Media Monitoring and Analysis Tools for Insurance Agents

Social media data can help improve underwriting, speed claims and increase revenue.
It's much easier for someone seeking a policy to lie on an insurance application than it is for someone to hide how they live and behave in the world every day.
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The Importance of Offering Legal Support to Baby Boomers

As the baby boomer generation ages, demand for specialized legal services will only grow larger.
They're murky to begin with, but evolving healthcare regulations present new guidelines—and obstacles—every year.
Operations

Why Businesses Should Diversify Their Supply Chains

Learn about the moral, social and economic benefits of diversifying your supply chain.
Supplier diversity programs can be part of a company's efforts to maintain high moral and ethical standards.

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