We came across this article by Jon Terry published in IndustryWeek on August 1st and, to be frank, our first reaction was to pass it by. We’ve all read SO many articles about Lean that they begin to look and read the same. And then we engaged with a manufacturing company that hasn’t…
We came across this article “Changing Company Culture: It’s a Matter of Principles” by Paul Borders published in IndustryWeek. The article seeks to “roadmap” a process leading to culture change. Mr. Borders uses charts to summarize the values, behaviours and results of reactive company cultures versus reliability-focused cultures. Certainly, the changes in…
October was “Manufacturing Month” in North America. And, since most of our Clients are manufacturers we thought this article by Mark Humphlett deserved a reprint. In the article, Mark effectively summarizes the impact of change on both manufacturing jobs and the industry in general. He also sounds the alarm…
When we first saw this article “Unconscious Gender Bias Still Obstructs Women in Manufacturing” at www.industryweek.com. My first inclination was to pass it by as outdated since we are so much more enlightened. And then I thought about just how few women we know running manufacturing operations here in…
When we first saw this article “Unconscious Gender Bias Still Obstructs Women in Manufacturing” at www.industryweek.com, my first inclination was to pass it by as outdated since we are so much more enlightened. And then I thought about just how few women we know running manufacturing operations here in SW…
We came across this article by Joel Hans, Managing Editor of Manufacturing.net. Discussing barriers to the recent trend and enthusiasm for Re-Shoring business and jobs back to North America. As the challenges of inconsistent Quality, inconsistent Delivery and rising pricing from Chinese out-sourced manufacturers wear on North American manufacturers….
So, it’s a new year and we’re being bombarded, again, by articles about the war for talent, the shortage of hirable talent, the pending retirements of the last of the Baby Boomers and all are with merit. There IS a shallow talent pool to draw our next industrial leaders from…
When Jim Collins published ‘Good to Great’ almost fifteen years ago. His message of getting the right people on the bus quickly became “the mantra” of that decade and into today. An article we found by Lee Schwartz provides not just a good reminder of Jim Collins’ work but a…
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