Manufacturers typically fall into three categories: those with proprietary products sold under their brand names, those who contract manufacture for others, and those who do both. …
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How Contract Manufacturers Can Thrive
Category Archives: Current-Events
How are Global Supply Chain, Covid Vaccine Distribution, and China Changing Now?
An exception to our 6 minute limit, this 30 minute podcast addresses “what are current supply chain conditions internationally?” “What is the challenge with vaccine …
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Vaccine Distribution Is Not That Difficult
Now that approved vaccines for Covid-19 exist, why is it so difficult to get them from the manufacturers into the hands of those who inject, …
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Thank You
The words “thank you,” said with honest energy mean a lot to the person receiving them. This has been one heck of a year for …
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Are Your Leading Indicators Leading You?
Your business has metrics that you invest in recording and considering. In normal times you know generally how to interpret them. You can quickly perceive …
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What the 3rd Wave Means for You
What a few months ago we called crisis and swirling ambiguity we now call life. Spreading equipment apart, requiring facemasks inside, sanitizing every surface that …
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Should Manufacturers Invest Now?
I saw today that two privately held manufacturers in the Greater Cleveland Ohio area are investing heavily in expanding their production footprint. I am excited …
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Is Your Supply Chain Safe Now?
The paucity of adequate contingency planning for our supply chains became apparent early in the COVID-19 emergency. Sensitivity analysis with contingencies is an active responsibility …
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What Do We Really Know?
Despite the fact that none of us can predict the future, all of us know some of what is coming. And most of us can …
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Evolving Business Models
It is very likely that your business model will have to change within a few short years. Here I share 3 quick examples to help …
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