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Using Data to Transform Your Manufacturing Business
Category Archives: Strategy
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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Preparing For Change
Practice makes perfect. We all know that to be largely true, so let’s use that axiom to prepare our businesses for change. Your organization likely …
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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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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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Lessons From Children Bowling
Think about bowling. The American kind. Where we, hopefully, roll the ball down the lane to knock over a set of 10 pins. As children, …
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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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The Why, When, Where, and How Much of Data Collection
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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Are You Today’s Buggy Whip?
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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