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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Addressing Supply Chain Risk
Why are our supply chains in such a mess? While Covid made it much worse, it merely reflected the weakness in how most companies view …
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Great Places to Find Great Employees
“Round up the usual suspects” — a line from Casablanca — unfortunately describes the hiring strategy of many manufacturers. Don’t be one of them! If …
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An Inefficient MarketPlace
“Didn’t used to be!” That was my grandmother’s reply to my screaming “there’s a stop sign there!” as she barreled through an intersection years ago. …
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