The processes you use to order merchandise for your company are vital to control risks, prevent fraud, ensure maximum savings and maintain regulatory requirements. You should develop a checklist to ...

I’ve always been a fan of checklists, and checklists are kind of what people think of when they think of systematizing their businesses. Checklists, or in this case, step-by-step standard operating ...

In our hectic, always-on world of work, it’s imperative to take the opportunity to orient yourself on what’s important every day. The alternative is to let circumstances dictate where you go and what ...

In the ten years since Dr. Atul Gawande published The Checklist Manifesto, the use of checklists has proliferated in fields from medicine to investing. Gawande, a surgeon, made a particular focus on ...

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When to use paper checklists, versus digital checklists, depends on circumstances, and the people involved in a task. For example, when multiple people collaborate in processing a job, task, or ...

Job Safety Analysis can be a highly effective tool for identifying workplace hazards and preventing serious incidents – if you have a process to ensure steps are followed properly and the information ...

One of the biggest obstacles traders face is staying focused on the process of trading and acting in accordance to their game-plan. By implementing a systematic way of making sure you are 'doing the ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. What do test pilots, surgeons, architects and hedge fund managers all have in common? They all turn to one simple tool to make them more ...

Mistakes are inevitable in any industry. But in healthcare, they often come with a higher price tag and significant impact. One surprisingly simple strategy that has proven effective at minimizing ...

“The better decision maker has at his/her disposal repertoires of possible actions; checklists of things to think about before he acts; and he has mechanisms in his mind to... bring these to his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I will showcase an important prompting ...