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How Your People Deliver for You
We’re talking about how to stay one step ahead of your customers. How do you predict what they need...
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How is MES different than ERP and other software? (4)
What the Customer Expects
Whether you make to order or stock to inventory, you’re always thinking of the customer. Your...
What's in a Name?
Names are important. A name can make or break you. A well-chosen name for a product or a company...
Truth in Advertising, Truth in Manufacturing?
I’m a person that does a fair amount of research into companies before I buy something. I want to...
Investing in your shop to save your investment in your people
Last week, we talked about measuring the output of your people and protecting the investment that...
How are you celebrating National Manufacturing Day?
We’ve spent this year educating readers on the core processes in manufacturing – how they go right...
What are you doing with your best talent?
When it comes to the things that cost you money, no matter what business you’re in, people are...
How Can A Tool Help You Stay Productive?
Last week, we talked about the laws of physics and motion. No matter what industry you’re in and...
What's in motion stays in motion. Or does it?
Newton’s law tells us that a body in motion will stay in motion and a body at rest will stay at...
Requirements 101
More than half of the manufacturers we talk to come to the table with more than enough challenges...
Can't See The Forest For The Trees
We’re going way back in time for today’s blog. The year 1546 to be exact. That’s when John Heywood...
The Quickest Decision You Make
No, it’s not software. I don’t need 26 years of experience to tell you that software is not a...
What does Data do for your Shop?
We talked last week about the basic requirements for Industry 4.0 in the middle market. You need...
Defining Industry 4.0 for the Middle Market
We were at the Advanced Manufacturing Expo (AME) show last week. The show was bigger than last year...
The Surgical Checklist in Your Shop
You may not be in the medical field or make medical equipment, but we could all take a lesson from...