Excerpted From: © 2021 Manufacturing Mastery: The Path to Building Successful and Enduring Manufacturing Businesses; Taylor & Francis, Author: Rebecca Morgan “I have long advised …
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Determining Your Speed of Change
Category Archives: Technology
Are Drones The Answer?
In the late 1970s, Ken Olson, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, had very different predictions for the future …
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Two Levels of Operational Effectiveness
You’ve all heard that great strategy with poor execution is no better than poor strategy with great execution. Operational effectiveness requires excellence at both levels. …
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Your Career in Operations
I’ve invested the vast majority of my long career in operations. I find it fascinating. Regardless of industry, operations includes the technologies, processes, materials, and …
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Seven Levers to Shape Your Manufacturing Business
Why are some manufacturing businesses a hot mess, while others are a great place to work as you provide exciting value to the market? A …
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ChatGPT and Manufacturing
Manufacturing has played a major role over time in advancing automation, computerization, digitization, and more. Our industries are amazingly different now than they were 15 …
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Could You Make A Forever Promise?
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 Chip is Not a Chip
In 2019 manufacturers were struggling to onboard and retain important workers, to obtain supplies when needed, and to meet the level of performance that customers …
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C’mon Man! Stop Blaming Your Supply Chain
My computer is running slow today. They keep moving things around here. Someone called off so I’m doing it all myself. And now, it’s the …
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Choosing Your Digital Transformation Partner(s)
No manufacturer can afford to ignore the concept of Digital Transformation. Yes, there continues some small need for manual lathes, but don’t plan your future …
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