While your experience working for a PE firm-owned manufacturer may have been miserable and driven by short term views, that world is changing significantly. More and more are investing in true operational expertise that will thrive over time.

If you’re not designing for re-use, your operations are making a serious mistake. You may not believe in Global Warming, but maximizing market share and profitability while serving customers for the long haul is fundamental these days. Make recycling and re-use simple and effective.

Do you know what your true competitive advantage is? Learn from the folks at Piaggio, who design and produce some of the best transportation available in confined spaces. Create new markets leveraging your advantage.

You don’t need CNC operators or machinists nearly as much as you need the one skill that truly matters long term to successful manufacturing companies. Technology is changing so rapidly that current skills have a short life span. Hire the one that lasts forever.

On average, manufacturing companies must succeed with average people. Here is advice on how to do just that in your manufacturing operations.

There are certainties within the ambiguity of radical change in manufacturing companies. And achieving your vision likely requires change far beyond continuous improvement. Consider these insights on known aspects of the journey, and what to do if you’re not committed to what is required.

Why is CI insufficient for long term success, and what can you do about it? Here is advice for all manufacturing leaders to create operations that move you in front of those relying on CI.

Every manufacturing business is being disrupted, soon if not right now. These examples of how to recognize disruption and think about your required “big turn” are helpful, regardless of your industry.

Waiting for genius to strike doesn’t work in New Product Development (NPD) in manufacturing. You have a business to run, and serendipity is not a healthy strategy. Here’s a few quick steps to both speeding time-to-market and increasing profitability of your new products.

Rebecca explains why lack of trust infiltrating your organization is a significant source of friction that slows transactions and relationships, and what you can do about it. Technology is only part of the answer.