I am watching with great interest what is happening in our government to address the economic crisis. As a business owner I am concerned with credit and with cash flow. It is everyone's problem. I think that answers to our current situation are not partisan, but by nature should be bipartisan.

Like other business owners, I am looking for ways to cut costs and reduce overhead while also being innovative and creating new ways to deliver product and service. We are also looking for new product and service. We are focusing on what our expertise can do to help other companies.

I started a consulting company many years ago during the Clinton administration and right after the defense crash in the late 1980's. It was a challenge then to balance taxes and cash flow with innovative product and services. There were lots of people who were either layed off or were leaving corporate America to start new businesses. It was both scary and exciting. It was never dull.

Today it feels the same. People are starting up new businesses and established businesses are trying to be more efficient and productive. The problem is, as it was then, how can we do more with less?

At Ingenuus, I think we have the expertise to help other companies find ways to cut costs and improve productivity - even without automating processes. Of course automating processes is a great idea, but much can be done without formal process automation. One thing that can be done is to document and store process information and documentation in a process repository. Having a process repository makes evaluation and optimization of processes easier.

There is much that can be done, and I think companies will find a way. If we can help, give us a call.