Holiday Retirement Corporations

April 20th, 2010


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Holiday Retirement Corp. is the biggest proprietor and operator of retirement housing in the globe. The corporation and its affiliates runs more than two-hundred sixty retirement facilities located in thirty-nine states in the US, six provinces in Canada, and properties in France and the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1971 as Holiday Management Company with a general partnership made up of three current company shareholders, the Holiday Retirement Corp. was formed in 1987 and presently employs seven thousand five hundred people with about two hundred located in its company headquarters in Salem, Oregon.

With its forerunner Holiday Management Company, the Holiday Retirement Corp. has spent the last thirty years developing the infrastructure for the running of various retirement projects on a national basis whilst preserving a consistently high quality of service for the residents of Holiday.

Residents of Holiday Retirement Corp. takes pleasure in the organized social activities and the meal and maid services, making them probably feel like they’re on a permanent vacation. Holiday Retirement ensures facilities management by hiring couples to live on-site and run the communities. Here are some of the Holiday Retirement Corp. communities in the US:

The Marquette

The Marquette is located at Park Lake Road, Michigan and features suites and apartments with studio types, one bedroom units, and two bedroom units. Amenities of The Marquette includes three meals per day, guest room, housekeeping, utilities included, laundry service, transportation, scheduled trips, resident manager, thermostat control in unit, emergency call (panic button), and sprinkler system. For entertainment amenities, The Marquette features cable TV, big-screen TV lounge, billiard room, library, craft and activity room, exercise room, and fitness trail, plus just across the street Golf Course.

Yardley Commons

Yardley Commons is located at Laurel Road, New Jersey with suite and apartment features that include kitchenettes, one bedroom unit, two bedroom unit, and studios. Amenities feature housekeeping, guest room, three meals per day, laundry service, transportation, utilities included, scheduled trips, resident manager, thermostat control, and emergency call. Activities and Entertainment include Big-screen TV lounge, billiard room, library, craft and activity room, and exercise room.

The Bentley

This Holiday Retirement community is located At Forest Lane, Dallas Texas and offers cottages, kitchenettes, one bedroom units, two bedroom units, and studios. Amenities include three meals per day or one meal per day for cottages, guest room, housekeeping, laundry service, transportation, scheduled trips, resident manager, thermostat control in unit, utilities included, and emergency call. Activities and entertainment features billiard room, library, exercise room, craft and activity room, big-screen TV lounge, and nearby Golf Course which is just less than a mile.

All of the communities of Holiday Retirement Corp. allow for gracious retirement living, giving each community “The Touch” that underlies the company’s fundamental belief and outlook in life that is based on treating people the way we would like to be treated ourselves, making their residences completely unique.

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Why Computerize My Small Business? Part I – Understanding an Automated Business

April 19th, 2010


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The whole point of computerizing a business is to increase profits, save time, and increase efficiency. With a basic understanding of a what a computer can do, you will begin to see the many ways that computerizing can increase the profitability of your business. In the course of this series of articles, I will show you why a good computer system (hardware and software) should earn you at least a 300 percent return on investment annually.

A “Point-of-Sale” (POS) system refers to a computer with specialized software that can act as an electronic cash register, but also maintains and integrates inventory records, sales records, and other data. The beauty of a “Point-of-Sale” system is that all of the information is generated at the sales counter when you ring a sale.

Inventory Records

Computerizing your business means that all inventory updates happen instantly and automatically, and that inventory data can be freely accessed and used. When you sell an item, the on-hand count is reduced. If the customer returns that item, the on-hand count is increased. Using this information, along with past sales history, the computer provides a Reorder Report, which lists merchandise that needs to be reordered. You can then select the items you would like to order, and the computer will prepare a Purchase Order. When the order arrives, the quantities are entered into the computer, and the on-hand counts increase automatically. If any items are backordered, such items remain on order in the system.

Sales Records

A computerized business also means that sales records are immediately stored and organized, and available for evaluation. When you ring up a sale or service, the computer calculates the total cash receipts, credit card sales, sales tax and accounts receivable. At the end of the day, you have a complete list of all transactions and a summary of cash and credit information. The computer is also collecting profit, and commission information. Using this information, the computer provides sales, sales by department or category, profit, margin, markup, accounts receivable, payroll, and commission reports. It also generates account statements and invoices.

Customer Records

Customer records are also maintained in an automated business. The computer stores the transaction information and provides reports that list customer purchase history, merchandise rented, and account charges and payments. You can also print mailing labels and personalized letters. This makes it much less time consuming to send out service reminders, special sale announcements, invoices, account statements, and so on.

Conclusion

This is just a brief overview of what a computer/point-of-sale system is capable of. Such a combination can have a powerful impact on day-to-day business functions. A computer system can simultaneously accomplish tasks such as calculations, record-keeping, organization, and inventory control, in a matter of seconds, where manual record-keeping would require a step-by-step, time consuming approach with much more room for error.

Watch for the next three parts to this series, as I will go into more detail about the benefits of computerizing, including controlling your inventory, policing your profit margins, and more.

Craig Aberle is the President of Ebiz Corp, the publisher of http://www.barcode.com and http://www.pointofsale.com both online magazines dedicated to their respective industries. He was the founder and CEO of MicroBiz Corp from 1986 to 2000, a leading developer of software for small business.

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