2016 Blog Archive
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If I Knew Then What I Know Now
It’s funny how as I get older I find myself saying if I knew then what I know now I would do things differently. Do any of you remember the old commercial “Pay me now or Pay me later”? As I go...
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Five Benefits of Embracing Sustainability and Green Manufacturing
Embracing sustainable and green principles is not just a trend. Cultivating sustainable and green practices helps organizations become more efficient, competitive and profitable. It’s more than...
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Total Cost of Ownership
Total Cost of Ownership (“TCO”) is a concept that examines all of the costs related to the acquisition, transportation, and storage of products within the supply chain. It goes way beyond the...
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Instant Sustainability
The 4th of July. When I think of this holiday, I think of extravagant aerials blowing up in the sky. Lots of sparkles and shimmers and multitudes of colors coming together to entertain us. Not to...
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The Majors Use Scouts, Why Shouldn’t You?
Preliminary results of the recent MAMTC/Kansas Department of Commerce survey reveal not surprisingly that the biggest challenge facing Kansas manufacturers is finding and keeping qualified employees...
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What's Your Company's Export Strategy?
Exporting seems to be a hot topic now days. With the oil industry and farming sectors taking a negative economic turn a lot of organizations and business are wondering, “What do we do now??? Can...
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The 5S Doctor is In - Part 3 of 3
Thanks for waiting, again. The 5S doctor will see you now. Recall from my previous post the definition of encapsulitis is the accumulation of 'stuff' in anything that can be closed and its...
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We're #3! We're #3!
Did you know that Kansas ranks third in states west of the Mississippi for manufacturing as a percentage of its overall workforce? Stated another way, according to the National Association of...
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3 Ways to Address the Supply Chain Labor Shortage
By 2018, America's supply chain will need to fill 1.4 million new jobs, and this doesn’t even count jobs people will be retiring from. While it’s great to see this kind of growth, there may not be...
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The 5S Doctor is In - Part 2 of 3
Thanks for waiting. The 5S doctor will see you now. Recall from my previous post the definition of horizontalitis is the accumulation of 'stuff' on any horizontal surface. 'Stuff' is anything...
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