This week between Christmas and New Year is commonly wasted by US manufacturers. I get the holiday spirit, and that people need to relax and …
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You’re Already Behind!
The end of the calendar year is just that. Nothing more, nothing less. We behave as if the turning of the calendar page marks a …
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Low Expectations in Manufacturing
You face numerous external obstacles to success, and those you identify and address. But your internally generated obstacles are often overlooked entirely. Surprising to many …
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Disciplined Leadership
No manufacturing organization can become successful, much less enduring, without a leadership team and culture that is disciplined. We all know that variability negatively impacts …
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Leveraging Priorities
Entirely too many leaders refuse to lead. The evidence? They refuse to sequence priorities and share the reasoning of that sequence with all employees to …
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Iterative or Innovative?
Most everyone is declaring the importance of innovation and an innovative culture to future success. And many claim to offer both now. Not true in …
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Your Energy Crisis
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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Implications of Transparency
Full transparency is coming to your manufacturing business. People are demanding it. Technology is enabling it. The 2021 supply chain disruptions demonstrated the need for …
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Manufacturing Metamorphosis Imperative
To endure a manufacturing business must continually metamorphose into an organization delivering increasing value to all of its constituents. Why? Because the competition is not …
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Becoming Essential
Snow storms and federal government shutdowns introduced the concept of “essential workers” decades ago. COVID-19 not only brought it front and center; the pandemic completely …
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