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Business View Australia - June 2015 133
MANUFACTURING
Computerisation
Greg is always looking out for ways
to improve the business and save
on costs. Here he describes one
such step that he took, “I have been
butchering for 50 years this year
and I have been in this shop for
44 years. I have worked elsewhere
during my apprenticeship. I love
technology, I think its terrific. When
we first took over the business we
computerised our operations. My
wife took over all the work relat-
ing to wages and tax statements.
“We switched over from handwrit-
ten dockets to computerised dock-
ets. There are ways and means of
doing things. In the first two years
we used to print a full A4 page for
a docket and it used to frustrate
me because it looked very big and
cumbersome. So we found a way of
creating two dockets on one page
sideways and with this little change
we have saved $6000 in one year
in ink cartridges and paper.”
Suppliers
Greg has built a network of reli-
able suppliers that provide his es-
tablishment with everything that
he needs to run his business. He