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Saving Money on Overhead for Your Small Business

When you own a small business, saving on overhead costs is critical, and if you do not manage the costs of your operating expenses effectively and properly, it can kill your business. Of all the expenses involved that are not directly related to manufacturing your product or delivering it, expanding overhead expenses are dangerous.  Here are three critical aspects that you need to be aware of concerning operating expenses or overhead:

Even in small businesses, overhead expenses have the tendency to increase, usually slowly and often times unnoticed.  You may find yourself confronted with a serious situation - your overhead expenses have grown and are out of control.

Swollen overhead costs are a threat to the competitiveness of your small business as well. By the same token, lower overhead costs can become one of the best competitive weapons in your arsenal.

Creeping costs can oftentimes be insidious.  Those seemingly minor costs that get added here and there start to add up.  Just remember that it is very easy to add additional overhead expenses, but eliminating them can be far more difficult.

Your office space is a prime example of a major overhead expense.  The big mistake that most new business owners make is that they have more space or higher quality office space than what is actually necessary.  I call this one “overkill”, but the only thing that really gets killed is your cash flow and your profits.  Keeping overhead expenses in check is the most ideal reason for designing and using a home office.

I consider this list of the 6 most important action steps to deal with first in order to help you save money on overhead in your small business:

1) Focus on cutting your energy costs – this is one of the major areas that drain a business’ bank account and they are continually rising.  A terrific source of assistance in cutting energy costs is the government-backed program called Energy Star.

2) Control your inventory – carrying excess inventory or the wrong inventory hinders your turns on that merchandise and can ultimately cripple your operation.  Inventory control software is available online and it is highly advisable that you invest in this.

3) Do you have a cost-effective insurance policy? – another critical area is business insurance.  You might want to consider re-evaluating the type of coverage that you have versus what you actually need.

4) Don’t waste money by spending it on waste – sounds redundant doesn’t it? I’m referring to what it costs you monthly to have your trash removed.  Try using smaller receptacles and having fewer pick-ups per month.

5) Spend less time on the phone – phone costs can be lethal.  A good suggestion here is to look into converting your landline over to VoIP (an internet-based phone service provider).  This is much cheaper than the standard phone service.

6) Involve your employees – believe it or not, you would be amazed at how adept your employees can be when it comes to identifying wasteful spending in your business.  It is always advisable to enlist their assistance in your cost-cutting mission, just be sure that you can reward their valuable input if that is warranted.

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