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How to Stay Motivated and Not Quit Your Home-Based Business e title is keyed in say in row 5. Then the first title is keyed into cell B5. Let me illustrate what I meant as follows:-Let's face it, there is no get rich overnight home-based business. It takes persistence, determination, action and planning in order to build your home-based business. This article will list somethings you should do before starting your business.First find out your desire. What is motivating you to start your home-based business? Is it a better future for your kids? A better life for you? Do you need money to take care of a sick parent? Wh At Cell:B5, Date | Line # | Process Name | Loss qty | 12/6/06 | 2 | Polishing | 231 | Data I am sharing this because as a facilitator to TQM Improvement Team, I have seen team members spend unnecessary time dealing with data collected and managing these data. To appreciate the content of this article, reader must understand the basics of MS Excel in terms of terminology, example; menu, scroll bar, cell, row and column etc. I am going to share with your some of the common mistake that my team members did without knowing they can cut down up to 80% of their time. Firstly, I like to cover the following topics. Layout of the worksheet Very often, the first row of the worksheet is used up for a title of the spreadsheet. Let’s say we call it "Material Loss Report". In some case, team member use up more than 3 rows. Then several rows are left blank, the title is keyed in say in row 5. Then the first title is keyed into cell B5. Let me illustrate what I meant as follows:- At Cell:B5, Date | Line # | Process Name | Loss qty | 12/6/06 | 2 | Polishing | 231 | Data E I am sharing this because as a facilitator to TQM Improvement Team, I have seen team members spend unnecessary time dealing with data collected and managing these data. To appreciate the content of this article, reader must understand the basics of MS Excel in terms of terminology, example; menu, scroll bar, cell, row and column etc. I am going to share with your some of the common mistake that my team members did without knowing they can cut down up to 80% of their time. Firstly, I like to cover the following topics. Layout of the worksheet Very often, the first row of the worksheet is used up for a title of the spreadsheet. Let’s say we call it "Material Loss Report". In some case, team member use up more than 3 rows. Then several rows are left blank, the title is keyed in say in row 5. Then the first title is keyed into cell B5. Let me illustrate what I meant as follows:- At Cell:B5, Date | Line # | Process Name | Loss qty | 12/6/06 | 2 | Polishing | 231 | Data Layout of the worksheet Very often, the first row of the worksheet is used up for a title of the spreadsheet. Let’s say we call it "Material Loss Report". In some case, team member use up more than 3 rows. Then several rows are left blank, the title is keyed in say in row 5. Then the first title is keyed into cell B5. Let me illustrate what I meant as follows:- At Cell:B5, Date | Line # | Process Name | Loss qty | 12/6/06 | 2 | Polishing | 231 | Data Layout of the worksheet Very often, the first row of the worksheet is used up for a title of the spreadsheet. Let’s say we call it "Material Loss Report". In some case, team member use up more than 3 rows. Then several rows are left blank, the title is keyed in say in row 5. Then the first title is keyed into cell B5. Let me illustrate what I meant as follows:- At Cell:B5, Date | Line # | Process Name | Loss qty | 12/6/06 | 2 | Polishing | 231 | Data At Cell:B5, Date | Line # | Process Name | Loss qty | 12/6/06 | 2 | Polishing | 231 | Data Entry Method Having properly designed layout in the spreadsheet would save a lot of time in data entry using some of the build in functions in MS Excel. An effective data entry would result in data accuracy and integrity which is very critical for an improvement project. Here is what I meant; Often, team members would move their cursor into the spreadsheet to do data entry within the format they created. It is not an issue when the spreadsheet is still small can contain not too many row or column. However, it will become very tedious when the number of row and column increases. Next issue is that data entry into the spreadsheet direct from the format will create data entry error due to fatigue. What is the option then, it is simple. Use the build in function in the "data" menu, click on the "form". A form will appear that show the title above in the nice format for easy for data entry. When data is completed for one record, you click the close button, the data will automatically updated to the spreadsheet. While you are still in the f
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