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The Haulover Miami Deep Sea Fishing crew wants to prepare you for one of the largest automobile events in the country. This event is the South Florida International Auto Show. South Florida International Auto Show has been around for many years and is widely known across the state of Florida. Only a week away will be one of the largest auto shows of the year in Miami Beach. Miami Beach is the perfect place for such a grand event as there will be many activities surrounding the automobiles displayed. Here is some information about the auto show.

Com-Serve is a U.S.-based consulting firm that offers free consultation for fair deal in Cell Tower Lease. It is committed to helping anyone who understands how to get the most out of their Cell Tower Lease.

Pinnacle Strategies recently announced that Christoph Lenhartz, former COO of VISTEM GmbH & Co. KG and internationally-known business management expert, joined the company as General Manager of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) operations. He will lead new Oslo-based EMEA office.

The peak body for training and development in Australia, the Australian Institute of Training and Development, conducts its annual National Training Excellence Awards ceremony to celebrate the best in training and organizational development for the current year. Each year, many applicants compete for one of the six prestigious awards. This year, the award for Council Member of the Year is granted to Leslie Allan, Managing Director of Business Performance P/L.

RABIT process, a proprietary system by Pinnacle Strategies, addresses entrenched problems and solves them with a strategy known as Critical Chain Project Management. RABIT is an acronym for Rapid Analysis and Bottleneck Improvement Team. When project deadlines are falling like dominoes and problems are multiplying manufacturers need a RABIT. When systemic problems remain unaddressed, every deadline is in constant jeopardy. Each failure to deliver a project as promised, impacts the bottom-line; it also impacts client satisfaction, reputation, and repeat customers.

Mark Woeppel, President and CEO of Pinnacle Strategies, said, “RABIT is drawn from the company’s own staff. We help recruit appropriate personnel from across our client’s business. Guided by Pinnacle Strategy consultants, the new team starts to apply highly effective new project management skills. Each day manufacturers see practical, concrete improvements in workflow.”

On October 5, Trio Consulting, LLC, unveiled its newly renovated Lake Ridge Facility. Trio hosted its grand opening event introducing guests and colleagues to the facilities. Currently, Trio offers certified DAU (Defense Acquisition University) training and defense capability consulting supporting the defense capability development process. In addition to its service offerings, Trio also offers conference & meeting services in its expansive facilities.

KG TAX, one of the leading legal consultancy service providers originally based in Poland has now entered the English Market

According to Pinnacle Strategies’ President & CEO, “Many organizations struggle with their continuous improvement (CI) efforts; achieving real bottom line results, whether in cost savings or increased revenues, has proven to be difficult. In spite of the widespread implementation of Lean and Six Sigma principles, poor results persist. The TLS process generates 15-­?20 times better performance than Lean or Six Sigma. The root causes of poor CI program performance must be examined and a systematic framework formed to create ongoing bottom line results.”

"Success, itself, rests on effective project management, so it's hard to understand why more businesses don't do a better job of it," pondered Mark Woeppel, President and CEO of Pinnacle Strategies. Companies have a habit of dealing with the fallout of project management disasters after they happen, rather than identifying and implementing a workable solution before problems arise.

Pinnacle Strategies just released a white paper about RABIT, Rapid Analysis and Bottleneck Improvement Team. To request the entire white paper go to pinnaclestrategies.com/Engineering-Rapid-Analysis-Bottleneck-Improvement-Team/. It is a tool needed by manufacturers when rapidly improved throughput is required. Companies including BP and FMC Technologies have utilized the RABIT methodology quite successfully. The RABIT methodology, a proprietary approach, concentrates on implementing quick response solutions with rapid results. The RABIT methodology culminates years of practical experience and expertise in continuous improvement; it consistently delivers dramatic increases in process output to deliver solutions to industrial and manufacturing firms worldwide. Industry leaders using this approach have realized 20% more output in just two months.

Dr. Madeline Ann Lewis, President/CEO of the Deline Institute for Professional Development was selected from over 5,000 submissions to be featured in The 2013 Woman’s Advantage Shared Wisdom Calendar. The calendar provides advice for women business owners from influential women leaders across the US and around the world.

Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler recently contributed a feature article in AutomationMedia.com, titled, “Pinpointing the Real Source of Project Management Snafus.” Cutler profiled the different approaches used by Pinnacle Strategies.

In the wake of yet another series of horrific workplace shootings and other attacks in companies all across the country, author, trainer, and internationally recognized self-defense and workplace violence expert, Jeffrey M. Miller will be in Nacogdoches, TX and surrounding areas from October 10th through the 17th. What will he be doing? Good question. And the answer is: He will be helping concerned groups, including nurses and others, fill in the missing link in most corporate and business workplace violence training programs.

Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, recently authored a feature article for WTG InSights. The article profiled how Pinnacle Strategies helps manufacturers significantly improve output. According to Cutler, “Frequently in engineering and manufacturing environments, there are an uncontrollable number of projects, yet customers demand immediate completion. Teams of hardworking professionals get so far behind that even the simplest of tasks cannot be completed. Lacking the necessary inputs, work is constantly starting and stopping; communications snafus create more delays, causing project lead times to grow exponentially.

Pathfinder, LLC was pleased to accept the Export Achievement Award from the US Department of Commerce at the US Commercial Service Global Business Forum - Discover 2012 on September 25, 2012. Under Secretary for International Trade, Francisco Sanchez, presented Paul Williams, Vice President of Pathfinder, LLC, with the certificate – pictured are Nicole DeSilvis, Commercial Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Bogota, Colombia; Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce; Paul Williams, Vice President, Pathfinder LLC and Richard Steffens, Minister Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, Canada. This award recognizes small and medium-sized organizations that have successfully entered the international marketplace. Pathfinder was recognized for recent endeavors in Mexico and Canada. Pathfinder has investigated and entered new international markets by utilizing the Department’s Gold Key services and attending Trade Winds and other Conferences.

Probabilistic project scheduling uses knowledge of the variation in project tasks and the project environment (project risks) to make a quantitative prediction of a range of project outcomes. Instead of providing a fixed date to answer the question, “When will the project be completed?” probabilistic scheduling provides an answer with a range of certainty, i.e., “There is a 50% chance of project completion by date x or sooner, and a 90% chance of achieving it by date y or sooner.”

D3 Consulting announced this week the milestone of obtaining over 10,000 Facebook followers. “Social media is one of the more aggressive ways we market our programs”, said Karl Dedolph, President of D3 Consulting. “If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest population on the planet”.

Probabilistic project scheduling uses knowledge of the variation in project tasks and the project environment (project risks) to make a quantitative prediction of a range of project outcomes. Instead of providing a fixed date to project completion, probabilistic scheduling provides an answer with a range of certainty such as a 50% chance of project completion by a given date or sooner, and a 90% chance of achieving it by another date or sooner.

The first-of-its-kind website offers management consulting firms an opportunity to contract top-tier MBA student talent on a project-by-project basis, allowing them to outsource tasks to well-qualified soon-to-be or have-been consultants. As a double-benefit, the site offers consulting firms an outlet to not only get immediate assistance on projects but also a chance to test out potential long-term hires.

The latest version of the ‘Product Launch Formula’ by Jeff Walkers will be released on September 18, 2012. Called ‘Product Launch Formula Elite’, the version would include all the details that one must cover in order to ensure a successful launch of a product resulting in high monetary revenue.

For many businesses, human capital costs account for more than half of their total costs. And yet surveys report CEOs are frustrated that the people factor is one of the least effectively managed of their organization's functions. Furthermore, since the GFC, organizations are now under greater pressure to recruit and retain the best talent in the employment marketplace, to do more with less, and maximize their flexibility.

D3 Consulting announced today that it would attend Hot Rod Magazine’s upcoming 8th Annual Drag Week. The six-day event starts on August 9th in Tulsa, OK and marries hot cars and horsepower across multiple states and drag strips.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of Burns and Roe. The company started as a partnership between Ralph Roe and Allan Burns. During the company’s inception, Ralph Roe managed the firm with a vision of exceptional people focused on creating a global service company that provides complete customer satisfaction. In 1963, Kenneth Roe became President, succeeding his father. He led Burns and Roe through a period of unprecedented growth built on strategic customer alliances. He never lost his vision of empowering talented people to meet the challenges of a growing world.

D3 Consulting, a recognized global leader in racing filtration and lubrication, announced this week that it would attend and support its OEM customers at the 31st Annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals on Aug. 16-19 at Brainerd Int’l Raceway (BIR), Brainerd, MN.