
When a recorded message for customers is considered a snide comment you’ve failed. Yet the way to fix that is not to prevent customers from …
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When a recorded message for customers is considered a snide comment you’ve failed. Yet the way to fix that is not to prevent customers from …
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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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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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Prior podcasts have introduced the digital transformation business categories of “machine health” and “connected employees.” In this episode we discuss “smart products.” Some manufacturing products …
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Connected employees is a phrase that can intimate workers and confuse leadership. When clarified, it becomes an integral part of your digital transformation. Connected employees …
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In last week’s podcast I suggested any effort to reduce lead time start with the obvious (not to all, sadly). Define it. And I encourage …
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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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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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Industry 4.0 is all about the wise capture, analytics, and use of data. Typically companies seek to improve the speed and quality of decision-making, often …
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Industry 4.0 is the topic of conversation in manufacturing today. But most of us have not yet figured out all we can and should do …
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