LMT - dental laboratory news  
Search:  
Business Strategies for Dental Laboratory Decision-Makers
Home Contact Us Article Archive Advertising Lab Day Shows Useful Links Subscriptions About Us
Article Archive
Financial Management
  • By the numbers: how to use them & improve them
    For those who are intimidated by accounting terminology and financial reports, LMT tells you what to look for, how to understand the reports and explains how to take a systematic approach to running a financially successful laboratory. More…
  • The dollars and sense of pick-up and delivery
    It is still standard practice in our industry to provide case pick-up and delivery as a free service for local dentist-clients. However, many laboratory owners don’t track their delivery expenses or consider how these costs can affect their profitability. Owners and managers share their strategies for making pick-up and delivery service as cost-efficient as possible. More…
  • How to put a price tag on your business
    LMT explains the valuation process and various methods used by professional appraisers. Also included: strategies for adding value to your laboratory if you are putting it on the market. More…
  • The piecework payoff
    Piecework, once a dirty word in our industry, gets a second look from laboratory owners now convinced that pay-by-the-unit compensation offers them greater control over their labor costs, minimizes management headaches and results in a quality product with fewer remakes. More…
  • Prior to the pitch: how to secure a bank loan
    Considering a commercial bank loan to take your business to the next level? LMT offers advice for the financing novice and also explores alternative financing options. More…
  • R&E Tax Credit
    Experimenting with new products? Adding new equipment? Learn how to turn your research and experimentation efforts into dollars for your laboratory; this is especially good news for million-dollar-plus labs. More…
Copyright © 2008 LMT Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.   Cannot be reprinted without permission from LMT. Call 203-459-2888.
 
June/July 2008
LMT Magazine Cove
 
Put LMT to work for you! Download an LMT media kit.
 
Be a marketing guru:
learn how to find and keep clients with LMT's archive of sales and marketing articles
 
Wage Survey Are you paying your technicians enough? Click here to read LMT's latest Wage Survey
 
Fee Survey Should you raise your fees to dentist clients? Click here to read LMT's latest Fee Survey
 
© 2008 LMT Communications, Inc. 731 Main St, Ste. A2, Monroe, CT 06468 • 203-459-2888 • 203-459-2889 (fax) • info@lmtcommunications.com