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Tracking the Bodega Félix Solís

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       Today, the Visionary Track follows the path of a company that knew how to overcome difficulties and triumphs in foreign markets.        Bodega Félix Solís Avantis , a pioneer in wine exports and elected the best Spanish Bodega in 2018, winning the International Berliner Win Trophy with seven gold medals and one silver.        Founded in Valdepeñas more than 60 years ago, Felix Solís Avantis disseminates brands as popular as Los Molinos, Caliza, La Única, Arnegui and many others.        The creators of the company, Félix Solís Fernández and Leonor Yáñes, perhaps did not imagine the creation of a company, Spanish pioneer in export. Fabulous to predict that their children and grandchildren would take their name and family strength into a company where success goes through generations.        'The first step outside Valdepeña was in Madrid. With the transfer of wine bottling to the square of Quevedo in the 1960s, in Madrid, they started selling to the most famous restaurants in

DO YOU COMUNICATE S-A-F-E?

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Organizing ideas and collecting insights regarding the matter "effective communication" I realized that, the good communicators give their messages using three essential tools - Self-awareness, Feedbacks, and Empathy.  Together, those instruments create what I am calling here "the SAFE communication technique".  Breaking down each of those elements, we find that: Self-awareness - Every excellent communicator is attentive to his interactions and is aware of the impact that his way of being has on his image. The great communicators build initially, his way of expressing himself and interacting with others. He is attentive to his feelings and for that reason, works his reactions thoroughly. It is crucial to highlight that self-knowledge prevents your body language (which, according to studies, represents 65% of communication) from been unadjusted with your verbal expression. To reach the right communicator level, reading articles and book

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT CB-A PLAN?

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Every successful business has in common the effective track of their actions. CB-A PLAN is developed to do that in correlation with the broad used BSC and SMART tools. Different from those, CB-A PLAN focuses on a specific objective that materialises the company's vision and provides the team (or an individual player), with the exact picture of what is expect.   CB-A PLAN is a complete tool to be used to: FOCUS on a particular goal ADJUST ACTIONS with mission, vision and values  STIMULATE CREATIVITY by seeking to innovation  PREDICT what is needed to achieve a specific objective COLLECT problem-solving database  ANALYSE the advantages and disadvantages of the process RECOGNISE the efforts of the players To provide a context to the use of CB-A plan, a brief explanation about the BSC and the SMART tools: BSC - Balance Score Card The Balance ScoreCard (BSC) was developed by Kaplan and Norton and is a business tool that aims t

IS YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN PROTECTED AGAINST FRAUD?

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The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners definition to fraud is  “the use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organisation’s resources or assets.” Nowadays, the desire to advance quickly and be successful is common among us. Commonly, employees with greed mindset are the most desired in companies. Contradictory, the pressure involved in this mentality is one of the elements that can lead employees to commit fraud.  According to social-psychological studies led by Donald Cressey ( *Why Do Trusted Persons Commit Fraud? A Social-Psychological Study of Defalcators) , trusted persons are attempted to become violators when they face: ·        Pressure:  Motivation or incentive to commit fraud that can occur in the workplace or personal lives.  The first most common type of pressure emerges from financial desire to quickly achieve social status, while the second derives from  uncontrollable financia

GREEN LOGISTIC: THE PROMISSORY SECTOR

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GREEN LOGISTIC: THE PROMISSORY SECTOR The high possibility to reach goods leads the world to a constant consumption cycle. In one hand, to satisfy the market demand, the increase of technology permits a continuous and massive production of innovative products. On the other hand, the discontinuation of the old products and the constant output leavings lead the society to a dramatic reality related to garbage output. With these worries, emerging markets quickly grow. In this text, we will talk about a specific sector wherein earlier times had low or no importance, but now is crucial for the development of industrial activities. This emerging area is seeing from visionaries as a sector of vital importance within the company context:  The Green Logistic. The green practices observance can represent (most times represents) an extra cost for companies. That cost has been avoided for many decades in most industries; nevertheless, two recent main factors changed how compa