It was not that long ago that most manufacturers and distributors carried entirely too much inventory. The drag on cash flow was never offset by …
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Please Stop Building Inventory!
Category Archives: Current-Events
How Outdated is Your Job?
Are you a pneumatic tube operator? A COO is not a COO is not a COO. While the title Chief Operating Officer should indicate range …
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Moving Manufacturing Operations From China Because…..
A number of manufacturers have announced plans to leave China, primarily due to the upheaval in Hong Kong and impacts of the government’s “zero covid” …
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Why Not Replace Yourself?
These are strange times for the workforce. Disney, the picture of stability, recently fired the CEO they had groomed for the job, and brought back …
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A Chip is Not a Chip
In 2019 manufacturers were struggling to onboard and retain important workers, to obtain supplies when needed, and to meet the level of performance that customers …
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C’mon Man! Stop Blaming Your Supply Chain
My computer is running slow today. They keep moving things around here. Someone called off so I’m doing it all myself. And now, it’s the …
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Building Business Muscle
Maximizing current profits by definition sacrifices the long term investments that attaining your mission requires. My concept of “strategic profits” addresses how to think about …
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Stop the Pendulum!
Following the inflation, high interest rates, and economic downturn of the late 1970s and early 1980s, American manufactures felt significant price pressures. They, wrongly, believed …
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Leveraging Diversity
Could your manufacturing company utilize a retiring Brigadier General who has led small and large international groups in theaters of war and in standing up …
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Digital Transformation: Blockchain
It is always smart to start with a business case before deciding to move forward with a specific technology in your digital transformation. The same …
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