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Leaders, Learn Proper Personality Placement on the Job
There’s no such thing as a weakness. But there are weak leaders and weak placements.
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Creative Recruiting Ideas
A recent survey of small and medium-size metalworking manufacturers found that 91 percent of them are experiencing significant challenges in finding qualified employees.
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Learning Life Lessons Just in Time
When companies look for productivity, profitability and throughput, too often we overlook the greatest resources we have: listening to and involving our people.
Read MoreThink Direct Margin over Cost Accounting
The direct margin model subracts direct costs from revenue to arrive at direct margin.
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Just Like Precision Machining, Marketing is a Process
Spend money on a marketing program to grow your brand, improve your image and perhaps double your revenue.
Read MoreTo Communicate More, Try Communicating Less
Communication is a sign of dysfunction. It means people aren’t working together in a close, organic way.
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10 Ways to Kill a Sales Call
In manufacturing, it’s so easy to show up for your sales call looking prepared, so why do so few do it?
Read MoreManufacturing Trends for the Next 5 Years
Manufacturing has seen significant change in the last decade, and this rate of change will continue.
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Bridging the Sales/Operations Divide
I recently assembled a group of manufacturing industry sales and operations professionals to solicit their input on this topic.
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Two Hours a Day in ‘The Gemba’ Could Save Your Job
The Gemba is the place we go to reduce cost, improve quality, create satisfied customers and build better teams.
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Ask Critical Questions About How Your Shop Runs
'Machining: Impossible.' Sounds like a fantastic TV program. Maybe we shouldn't wait for the pilot to air before starring in our own version in our shop.
Read MoreEnsure Your Next Kaizen Event is a Colossal Failure
Choose an opinionated, closed-minded facilitator; suppliers; keep out; exclude all but the manufacturing team.
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