Flowchart Symbols Defined: Business Process Map and Flow Chart Symbols and their Meanings Flowchart Symbols and Their Meanings By Nicholas Hebb The following is a basic overview, with descriptions and meanings, of the most common flowchart symbols - also commonly called flowchart shapes, flow diagram symbols or process mapping symbols, depending upon what type of diagram you're creating. The table below lists the flowchart symbol drawing, the name of the flowchart symbol in Microsoft Office (with aliases in parentheses), and a short description of where and how the flowchart symbol is used. Excel Flowchart Wizard FlowBreeze is a flowchart add-in for Microsoft Excel that makes creating flowcharts simple and pain free. Learn more » Download Process / Operation Symbols Branching and Control of Flow Symbols Input and Output Symbols File and Information Storage Symbols Data Processing Symbols The flowchart symbol names in parentheses are common alternates for a given shape. The Most Commonly used Flowchart Symbols About the Flowchart Symbols
428 Gift Patterns For Sewing Addicts : I posted this list of sewing links a few weeks ago. Today, I’m reposting it, for anyone who might have missed it the first time around! It’s time to start creating handcrafted gifts for the holidays. With that in mind, here are 428 Gift Patterns from Craft Stew. Included here are all your favorite sewing patterns from past posts….. anything that is appropriate for gift giving. 428 Gift Patterns Free Tote Bag Patterns – Favorite? Home Sewing Projects – Favorite? Free Hat Patterns – Favorite? Free Fleece Hat Patterns – Favorite? 70 Free Lingerie Patterns – Favorite? 38 Free Apron Patterns – Favorite? Free Shrug Patterns – Favorite? 25+ Free Vest Patterns - Favorite? 32 Free Handbag Patterns - Favorite? Pick A Free Bag Pattern - Favorite? How To Make A Placemat Purse - Favorite?
Revista Business - Inicio World News Better Budgeting Just the word “budgeting” is enough to induce groans from employees at most companies. For many retailers, the budgeting process is especially onerous, given the large number of locations and the various channels through which they may conduct business. Throw into the mix a blend of franchise and company-owned stores, as well as many retailers’ manufacturing and wholesaling operations, and the complexity is magnified. Red Wing Shoes, based in Red Wing, Minn., was no exception. It consists of about 170 company-owned and 300 dealership stores, as well as manufacturing and tanning facilities. In addition, more than 4,000 retailers, including REI, Gander Mountain, Urban Feet and The Shoe Box, carry its products. Red Wing implemented a new ERP system in 2005, but found that its budgeting application was cumbersome to work with. As a result, Tongen and her colleagues were doing much of their work in Excel.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB, commonly pronounced "peekaboo") is a private-sector, nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies and other issuers in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate and independent audit reports. Since 2010, the PCAOB also oversees the audits of broker-dealers, including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws, to promote investor protection. All PCAOB rules and standards must be approved by the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In creating the PCAOB, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act required that auditors of U.S. public companies be subject to external and independent oversight for the first time in history. Previously, the profession was self-regulated. The PCAOB has four primary functions in overseeing these auditors: registration, inspection, standard setting and enforcement.
You Have to Jump First Startups are founded by people that make the leap before anyone else. If you don’t leap first, you don’t stand a chance of winning. Jump. It’s up to you. No one else can jump for you or before you. If you’re waiting for some form of validation from existing co-workers, family or even worse, investors, you’ll be waiting a long time. Julien Smith gets right to the point in his post about making things happen. You can’t go to an investor and say, “I’m going to leave my job, just as soon as I get funding. Bullshit. You have to jump first. Every so often someone asks me, “What are you looking for in an entrepreneur?” You can’t expect investors, business partners, employees or anyone else — even a co-founder — to take a leap of faith with you if you’re not willing to do so first. You have to jump first. Jump.
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