
The business model in manufacturing and distribution has long been own it, sell it, get paid for it. For most of those companies, it still …
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The business model in manufacturing and distribution has long been own it, sell it, get paid for it. For most of those companies, it still …
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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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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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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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An enduring business must offer more than today’s product and serve more than today’s industries. Products come and go, as do industries. Just ask the …
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Is there a business anywhere that has not been impacted by the changes of the last few years? I can’t think of one. Is there …
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Energy around the world is now expensive and in many places unavailable. The transition from carbon-based to renewables is coming, and brings with it complexities …
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It wasn’t difficult to see this coming. This podcast from 2013 explained how chasing cheap labor was very short sighted and doomed to fail. The …
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I wish we would all quit acting like everything was “normal,” implying steady and predictable, before Covid. It’s like we’ve all decided to recall “the …
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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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