eKourier Oct 2009

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Dappled Cities ANOTHER KENNARDS FIRST An album launch in the storage units at Waterloo “DAPPLED CITIES” hosted a listening party to launch their album ‘ZOUNDS’. 12 local young & emerging artists were involved in a collaborative art project decorating 12 storage units to the theme of each of Dappled Cities 12 tracks. Over 400 fans attended & soaked up the atmosphere in each of the units. The launch featured in more that two dozen web sites as well as several magazines such as Kluster.

StorMan will add the stock back to inventory, tell you the amount to refund (based on KSS buyback price), and allow you to add the refund directly through the transaction tab from “other credit sales”. This means that you no longer require your “buy back” booklets, do not need to calculate the buyback refund amount, do not have to add an inventory purchase to add the stock back and do not have to reconcile buy backs in the bank reconciliation separately! What changes will apply in the near future? Centralised Refunds Petty Cash using “other credit sales” SMS Notices and Adhoc messaging

Automated Rate Reviews based on Occupancy thresholds What changes are coming in 2010 Version 9? Call Centre Module National Accounts Automation Promotions Module eCommerce and hundreds of more features! Where can I send feedback both good and bad about anything to do with StorMan V8? Good and bad feedback is encouraged. Send all feedback to jeff@kss.com.au or delna@kss.com.au

Jeff Xanthos

NEV’S NOTES...

“First Minute Panic” Avoiding Last Minute Panic by getting things done early

We all know what so often happens when we set out to go somewhere or do something. Typically we start out with plenty of time, but then start running late, ending up with that rush and stress of Last Minute Panic. We get there, or get the job done, but we scramble to meet the deadline. And in our last minute scramble we often take risks, make mistakes, leave things undone, and spend more than we needed to. “If only we’d had more time” is the lament. “Next time we’ll get organised earlier”, or “We didn’t get onto it soon enough”…….sound familiar? Examining the time we did have available, mostly we find that there was a period, or periods, where time just slipped away. Often this is early in the project (though it could be in the middle). To start reducing the stress, the mistakes and the extra costs of Last Minute Panic, I advocate some “First Minute Panic”. There are several benefits to First Minute Panic (FMP). Firstly, you can initiate it and be in control. You can stimulate a sense of urgency early. Secondly you can get some “Momentum” going - get things rolling early. Thirdly you will have time to consider how to improve your “project”, how to do it better, cheaper, easier. Fourthly, you can build in a “buffer period” - some time which can be used if things do start to run a bit late (as they invariably do). “Momentum”, once started, needs less effort to keep rolling than to initiate or restart, so when you start a project rolling early, some attention and energy is needed to keep it going, but not as much as with restarting, and far less than with Last Minute Panic. Whether it be some new storage spaces at KSS, a new kitchen at home or taking the family on holidays, some FMP in the planning and initiating stage can eliminate - or at least reduce - the chance of that awful and costly Last Minute Panic. Nev Kennard

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Kennards Kourier October 2009