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Category Archives: General-Business
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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Product Rationalization
We all know we have to be innovative. Many of us demonstrate that by introducing new products regularly. Do they all make sense? Should we …
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Firing Customers
Not all markets are good markets for you. Not all customers are good customers for you. And not all orders are good orders for you. …
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How to Deploy Your Strategy Effectively
Every one of your employees must clearly see how his actions and decisions impact execution of the business strategy. This is accomplished through a line-of-sight …
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Machine Health and Digital Transformation
In manufacturing, reliable healthy equipment is a fundamental requirement. Yet so many of us struggle with unplanned downtime due to equipment failures. Digital transformation often …
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Succession Planning: Should You Train, Manage, Coach, or Mentor?
Most of us believe we know training when we see it, and many of us think we know what coaching is. But all too frequently …
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Not Safe Enough
My grandfather was involved in two very serious accidents as a farmer. In the first, his little brother was killed as the two of them …
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To Reduce Lead-Time, First Define It
Leadtime is either a competitive advantage, or a competitive disadvantage to your manufacturing business. Most of you want to improve it, i.e., reduce it. That …
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Why Strategy Must Lead Product
It’s easy to become enamored with a product concept. The concept of the possible is exciting. But if you want to make a difference, or …
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