Recording studios are being left out of the mix. Tom McCauley didn't plan on making house calls when he started in the music business.
As a recording engineer, McCauley made a good living working out of the many commercial studios that had grown up throughout the Los Angeles area to serve the music, film and television industries. But with the advent of software that allows high-end recording from a personal computer, the 53-year-old Sherman Oaks resident has traded the quasi-industrial atmosphere of the commercial studio for his customers' garages or living rooms.
On a recent Monday afternoon McCauley opened a wooden gate to the backyard of a Valley Village house, walked past a pool and into a studio converted from a guest house. He sat in front of dual computer monitors, opened up Pro Tools recording software and tested microphones. "The old days were big budgets, top-of-the-line equipment and 'How do you want your espresso and can I get it for you? ' "You used to patch everything into a big console. Nathan.olivarezgiles@latimes.com. Performance Monitoring. This lesson is designed to be used in the classroom or as a homework task to support the teaching and learning of Performance Monitoring in BTEC Business.
This resource is designed specifically for Unit 2 of the Edexcel BTEC National qualification, 'Business and Management'. Image: If a company aims to reduce its impact on the environment how will it measure its performance? Copyright: Kenn Kiser All businesses, whatever sector they are in, will have plans, aims and objectives. In some cases these can be very sophisticated but in some small businesses very modest. Aims Aims are the long-term goals of a business. Aims of a business might be: SurvivalMaximise profitMaximise revenueBe environmentally friendlyBoost share price Objectives Objectives are the means by which the business will seek to achieve its aims.
Task 1 Take two of the aims in the list above and think about what objectives a business might identify to achieve the aim selected. The mind map below summarises these main areas: Task 2. 5 Great Reasons for Small Businesses to Invest In a Stock Control System. When it comes to stock control, people are always faced with the dilemma of whether or not investment in a stock control or inventory management system will pay off.
Later in this article we’ll give you 5 great reasons why a good stock control or inventory management system simply must be on your priority list, particularly in today’s tough economic climate. But before looking at those, it’s probably useful to describe exactly what we mean when we use the term “stock control or inventory management system”. Not so very long ago, stock control or inventory management systems would have been largely paper based. Reasons to monitor staff and what monitoring includes.