by Chad Fleming | Jun 17, 2021 | Manage with Excellence, Management, Practice Growth
Dr. Fleming shares the frame model that has been successful in his offices over the last several years and how the same model can benefit other independent practices. Have questions or want to learn more?Partners in Profit Dr. Fleming can be contacted...
by Gabriel Avila | May 19, 2021 | Guest Post, Manage with Excellence, Management, Practice Growth
Innovators love ideas and innovative optometrist love metrics, especially metrics that prove creative endeavors rewarding. One doctor, a fellow member of Partners In Profit (PIP), recently said: “I looked at our numbers and I was shocked. Our COGS were at...
by Chad Fleming | Apr 4, 2018 | Day in the Life, Manage with Excellence, Practice Growth
The optical industry flourishes because it dictates the rules of how frames are sold. Opticians purchase large inventories of product and hope to sell it. If the product does not sell, then it is returned for other product. This method greatly favors the eyeglass...
by Chad Fleming | Mar 14, 2018 | Manage with Excellence, Practice Growth, Pursue Growth
In one month, our optical department sold 70 pairs of glasses to cash-paying customers. This success story isn’t a fairy tale, it’s fact. Like a lot of small optometric offices, we believed we couldn’t make much of a profit on optical. We assumed...
by Chad Fleming | Jan 24, 2018 | Day in the Life, Manage with Excellence, Practice Growth, Pursue Growth, Staff Management
Three years ago, I was approaching burnout. I was seeing 18-20 patients per day in my optometry clinic and I thought my fingers were going to fall off from constant charting. Patient care was suffering because I spent more time in front of the computer screen than I...
by Chad Fleming | Oct 18, 2017 | Day in the Life, Manage with Excellence, Management
Many optometric practices do not have a full-service lab but instead have an abbreviated lab just for edging. The most profitable and effective way to manage an edging-only lab is to partner with an edging company that is knowledgeable and reasonable to do business...