When you are starting a new small business or trying to bring a small business to life, the first thing that you need to do is develop a company tree. Company trees are vital to the success of any business. They provide your customers with a clear and concise view of your company, and this helps to brand your company. Here are some tips on developing the perfect company tree.
The first step in creating a company tree is to choose your workgroups wisely. There are different workgroups such as staff, customers, public relations and so on. Think about what these workgroups are working towards and which area within each group will you work in. Then you need to make a tree for each group which will contain all of their worksheets.
Once you have the worksheets for each of your selected workgroups, you need to select the tree from the tree pane. There are a few different ways to do this. You could write each group's name in the tree pane, or you could use the search functions to locate the workgroups. If you want to search by name, just type the company name and click OK.
The next step is to find the start date. You need to enter the start date here, even if it is set already. You want to ensure that the start date is before the check box that you check, as this is how you track the success of each work item. After you have done this, you can move onto the work items. The way that I do it is to simply click on each item and scroll down to the sub menu which contains the check box that you checked. At the sub menu, there is a button called "waiting time", which is a positive number which you want to increase.
After you have increased the waiting time, I always go back to the main tree pane and check the check box for the workgroup that is selected. If I have multiple groups, then I select all of them and check the check box. Once all of the groups are done, then I go ahead and select the subtotal for that workgroup. The subtotal tells me the total number of units that I need to produce in order to produce an income for that particular workgroup. This is extremely important, because it will tell me how many more groups I have to create in order to meet the requirements for revenue!
After all of these groups have been created, you should go ahead and select the subtotal in the company tree pane. In the left pane, there is a column called "Company Revenue." There are several formats for displaying the numbers, such as percent of sales, dollars earned etc. Once the percentage is set, I know the start date for each of the new workgroups that I am creating. At this point, I know how many new groups I am going to create, and I can tell which group memberships I am going to add to my sales representatives for new workgroups.