Stay on top of your supply chain strategy. Can supply chain strategy have a profound impact on your bottom line? Without a doubt! Recently, we worked with a client that wanted to review their operations strategy and look for ways to optimize and improve. To begin, we evaluated many [...]
To take a profitable path forward engage a team to spot hidden opportunities and reward the whole team for its collaborative efforts. Situation: Our client was performing on par with their industry; however, to remain viable over the long-term, they had to kick it up a notch to grow [...]
Don’t be short-sided and make quick fixes that won’t be profitable over the long run. Take a longer, more strategic view, to grow a profitable business. We all know we should think long term. And we talk about thinking long term. But, do we actually think long term - [...]
It is easy to narrow your thinking and stay focused on work at hand, but we need to get our head out of our operations and think big to innovate and grow. We not only work across many manufacturing and distribution industries such as aerospace, building products and food [...]
Have you put your organization under review to look for ideas and solutions that may be right in front of you? Take a step back and look for those strategic weapons with an eagle eye at improving performance and your bottom line. As we brainstormed our unique value proposition [...]
Have you put your organization under review to look for ideas and solutions that may be right in front of you? Take a step back and look for those strategic weapons with an eagle eye at improving performance and your bottom line. One of our favorite clients related to [...]
Being able to define your culture in your workplace is the starting point to being able to make positive changes to the beliefs that govern behavior. There is quite a bit of talk on culture in organizations; however, if you were asked to define your culture, could you? I [...]
It’s easy to lose track of priorities with so many competing distractions in the supply chain business, but a vigilant and observant team will spot the essential priorities and get down to the business of achieving results. When I talk about The Manufacturing Connector(SM), I am referring to the [...]
Focus your eagle eye on making an honest assessment of your business to make change and motivate your team. I will be rolling out a new diagram/ graphic next month that depicts how my service lines "work together" to dramatically improve performance. In the interim, I thought I'd talk [...]
Bring order to chaos – organize and redefine your priorities. Organization is one of the key tenets required to be successful with an eagle eye strategic focus so that you can rapidly assess strategic priorities. I’ve yet to run across an organization with just the right amount of priorities [...]
