Mel Braverman

Organization:

CDS Consulting Co-op

Website:

http://www.cdsconsulting.coop

Email:

melbraverman@cdsconsulting.coop

Mel Braverman is a member of CDS Consulting Co-op, specializing in operational and financial improvement.

Articles by Mel Braverman

Time Management

Issue: #160 May - June - 2012

"Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase efficiency or...

How Are We Doing?

Issue: #151 November - December 2010

In my work with department managers,
I typically ask, "How do you feel you are performing?" Almost every manager easily responds to this question. Then I ask how they think their supervisor...

Staying Healthy in an Unhealthy Economy

Issue: #142 May - June - 2009

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Managing Key Indicators

Issue: #137 July - August - 2008

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Closing the ‘Gap’

Issue: #126 September - October - 2006

Many cooperatives struggle to find appropriate operational benchmarks and to set challenging yet attainable goals. Without the use of external data to help them understand how the industry may be...

Small Town Success from Building Membership

Issue: #114 September - October - 2004

The small community of Barneveld, Wisconsin (population 1,100), opened its grocery cooperative, Harvest Market Cooperative, on July 10, 2004 and had its grand opening on July 24. The store has a...

Get Down, Get Ahead

Issue: #112 May - June - 2004

The Common Cooperative Financial Statements (CoCoFiSt) data sharing program has evolved over several years into widely used, multi-functional benchmarking, budgeting, and operational improvement...

Operational Improvement and You

Issue: #104 January - February - 2003

Operational Improvement and You

CoCoFiSt Tools Boost Southeast Co-ops

Issue: #094 May - June - 2001

Editor's note: A new wave of acronyms has been spawned in the past three years by a data sharing program for co-op managers, CoCoFiSt: Common Cooperative Financial Statements, an innovative...

Building Accountability

Issue: #085 November - December - 1999

Who would choose to work for an organization that does not hold the general manager accountable? Would you want to work for an organization that does not hold your co-workers...