Having credentialed employees on staff allows a tree care company to show that it is committed to the professional practice of arboriculture — something that may help when trying to woo customers and employees.
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When it comes to starting any business, there’s no sure-fire formula for success. While a foolproof equation for starting a company doesn’t necessarily exist, we did compile some advice that might help.
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Lean is a set of principles aimed at eliminating waste. And make no mistake, there are always non-value-added activities eating away at efficiencies, no matter how well-run the company.
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Jeffrey Meredith Jr., owner of Sussex Tree Inc., discovered that organizing the way his crews and equipment are scheduled helps reduce the amount of time spent getting to the jobsites each day.
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An important part of buying used equipment is evaluating who you are buying from. Read about the pros and cons of three sources of pre-owned equipment: dealerships, contractors and auctions.
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Lean is a set of principles aimed at eliminating waste and making better use of resources with a goal of increasing productivity. Lean starts with learning what waste is, how to identify it and how to eliminate it.
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Employee benefits and incentives can be a powerful recruiting and retention tool. Perks can be a great way to boost employee satisfaction and, in turn, company culture and productivity.
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Happy employees make happy customers. It’s more than employees being well-compensated and feeling professionally satisfied, however. What they learn through the certification process (and the ongoing educational opportunities then made available to them) obviously helps them on the job.
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An employee is standing around on a jobsite. Maybe he’s waiting for material to run through a brush chipper while the other crew members are taking down another tree. Meanwhile, the stump from the first removal is ready for grinding. One potential solution for this problem is to cross-train employees.
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With more than 100 employees, Great Scott Tree Service is one of the largest tree care companies in Orange County, California. To help manage the thousands of trees the company cares for, Great Scott developed its own geographic information system (GIS) called TrimIt.
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