by Sam Klaidman | Feb 21, 2019 | Growth
We were in a meeting room in a downtown Madison, Wisconsin, hotel. It was -25oF outside, and I was talking with Dan Brinkman, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Medical Equipment Repair Associates (MERA), a large independent medical service company. It was...
by Sam Klaidman | Nov 2, 2018 | Growth
On October 30, 2018, Reuters published an online article titled General Electric reveals deeper regulatory probe, restructuring. In the section titled INVESTIGATION DEEPENS, the article reported: GE has said it learned of regulatory scrutiny last November, when the...
by Sam Klaidman | Oct 8, 2018 | Growth
New standards limit the “smoothing” of revenue and income in long-term service contracts By Sam Klaidman and Ron Giuntini. This post originally appeared on Si2 Service in Industry Hub INTRODUCTION For many years, revenue recognition financial accounting...
by Sam Klaidman | Aug 9, 2018 | Growth
Collecting and using customer data is the first step in creating products and services that drive improving customers’ desired outcomes. And this is the prerequisite to growing shareholder value. How do we know that data is so important? Deming was a globally...
by Sam Klaidman | Jun 15, 2018 | Customer Loyalty
Introduction Warranty expense reduction is probably not part of your job description. But it should be. Here are the top three reasons why service and support executives should own warranty expense reduction. Remember, you are the customer advocate. And warranty...
