What values do you stand for? Do your employees know your values? Are they apparent in how people behave or are they just on a piece of paper? Are you willing to let your top performer go because he/she doesn't live up to the values?
How significant is freight to your bottom line? For example, when I was a VP of Operations for an absorbent healthcare products manufacturer (adult diapers, hospital underpads), freight was a BIG concern.
Are you following your passion / enjoy what you do? Or, can you incorporate some elements of your passion into what you do? I have no doubt you can!
Where would you prefer to locate your operation? Most likely as close to customers and your supply base as possible. In this case, it means rates are going through the roof - if you can even get them.
Are you taking a hard look at your collaborations and partners?
At the Southern California Supply Chain and Logistics Summit conference, there were several keynote speakers from industry icons such as Amazon, UPS, Union Pacific and more. One might expect quite a lot of interesting insights into the latest supply chain trends yet the most common theme among the presentations tied back to the skills gap.
Our most successful clients pay attention to data.
At the Southern California E-Commerce and Logistics Summit, there was much discussion on e-commerce.
Last week, I attended the inaugural Inland Empire Women in Manufacturing event. It was fun seeing old colleagues from throughout the years as well as meeting new ones.
When we look back over the last 13 years of consulting with closely-held building products manufacturers to medium, private-equity backed food and beverage firms to large aerospace corporations, every single client has one goal in common – achieving scalable, profitable growth. It sounds somewhat easy but is far from simple in reality.
