CAD Manager's Newsletter (#152)
7 Jun, 2006 By: Robert GreenCAD Management Finances, Part 1 These tips will help you get the equipment your department needs to get the job done In the past two issues of CAD Manager's Newsletter (click here for archives), I examined some business, economic and technology trends that affect CAD managers' working environments. In this installment I begin a new series on how you can tap current trends to turn your CAD management job into a savings-generating tool that can increase your company's productivity and work throughput. The recommendations I make are based on 15 years of independent business experience and good, old-fashioned trial and error. Here goes. You Can't Sell, But You Sure Can Save I've spoken with many CAD managers who are frustrated by their inability to get the big-budget items they've been requesting, such as plotters, major software upgrades and so forth. When I ask these managers how they've approached their management with budget requests, it quickly becomes clear that CAD managers are asking for new purchases in the technical terms they're familiar with rather than persuading upper management with sales-type terms. Let me clarify. Read more >>How can I do my job in a way that's most conducive to getting a promotion and raise? And if I can't get a promotion, how can I still get a raise? Robert Green responds: Great questions! In fact, the answers to these questions will form the basis for a much more detailed explanation during the next few issues of CAD Manager's Newsletter, so be sure to read them! Here's the short answer: Show your management that you save them more money doing CAD management than you cost them in salary! I'll share some tips you can use to start saving and getting on the promotion/raise track.Read more >> Submit your questions to Robert Green atrgreen@greenconsulting.com. Productivity-Boosting Utilities for AutoCAD: Reader Danny B. Seymour writes to tell CAD managers about one of his favorite resources. Cadlantic develops productivity-boosting AutoCAD utilities. "They are the most dynamic and very useful (and cheap!)" he says. The company also writes custom AutoCAD utilities, and its Web site includes a Freebies area offering a collection of AutoLISP and Visual LISP routines. Thanks for the tip, Danny -- your new Cadalyst t-shirt is on its way! Send us the address of your favorite Web site or other resource and a few words about why you like it. If we publish it, we'll send you a Cadalyst t-shirt! E-maileditors@cadalyst.com. Accelerate Your Ideas 2007 -- Building Solutions Accelerate Your Ideas 2007 -- Infrastructure
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