business operations
How firms function
Business operations are the day-to-day activities that keep a company running—everything from manufacturing and logistics to customer service and payroll.
The term encompasses the practical machinery of commerce: how goods get made, how services get delivered, how money flows in and out.
She oversees business operations for the entire West Coast region.
Operations is often used alone in the same sense: He started in sales but moved to operations.
- day to dayOccurring each morning
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- back officeInternal administrative functions
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- lean and meanEfficient and tough
profitability · risk management · workflow · delegate · manage · run the show · streamline · supply chain management · control · bottleneck · throughput · processes · moving parts · cost overrun · logistics · boots on the ground · behind the scenes · daily grind
- sales taxsales tax, use tax, tax collection, tax rate, tax rates
business operationsbusiness strategy
Plan for competitive advantage
corporate strategy · strategic planning · long-term planning · vision · strategic objectives
business operationsshutdown
Cessation of operations
liquidation · dormancy · inactivity · bankruptcy · standstill
business operationscustomer relations
Buyer interaction management
external affairs · public relations · investor relations · stakeholder engagement · business development
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