Manufacturers Category

The Future of Sales Distribution for Equipment Manufacturers

Posted onAugust 16, 2023August 16, 2023

Traditional sales distribution strategies for equipment manufacturers Traditional sales distribution strategies for equipment manufacturers have often relied on intermediaries such as dealers and distributors to reach customers. These intermediaries are crucial in the distribution process, from warehousing and logistics to marketing and sales. However, this traditional approach can present challenges for manufacturers, such as limited Read More …

Choosing the Right Distribution Channels

Posted onMarch 27, 2023March 18, 2023

Identifying and selecting the right channels that best suit your business operations is key when crafting an effective distribution channels plan for your marketing framework. Distribution channels are the different paths to deliver a product or service to its intended customer. These channels enable companies to increase their reach and expand their customer base in Read More …

How Adaptable is Your Supply Chain?

Posted onMarch 22, 2020March 22, 2020

Lean for many years has promoted the idea of a flow-based system tied to actual demand and TOC has helped solve other associated problems with Drum-Buffer-Rope. Both of these systems offer flow-based thinking which I believe is a current minimum requirement over the cost-based systems of the past. However, they both start breaking down when Read More …

The Real Story on How to Keep Jobs at Home

Posted onDecember 19, 2016November 11, 2017

The Dynamic, Collaborative Management Model That Saved a U.S. Manufacturing City SECOND SHIFT: The Inside Story of the Keep GM Movement (McGraw-Hill; August 2016; HC, $30.00;) details the complexities of an automotive industry rapidly transforming due to external economic and market forces; a community reliant upon a local manufacturing facility scheduled to be added to Read More …

Guidance for the New Manager

Posted onMarch 20, 2016November 12, 2017

Bryan Armentrout is the owner of The Food Leadership Group, a food safety and quality systems consulting firm. He has written a new book called The New Manager Mindset: How to Master the Four Secrets of Leadership that College Doesn’t Teach You which is about passing along what he has learned in over 20+ years as Read More …

Middle Manager Stack

Posted onMarch 4, 2016November 10, 2017

This is a collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions that are assembled for the Middle Manager. I tried to create a mix of Leadership and Process that was more centered around the tactical side of management. Middle Manager Stacks are a new way to organize your own publications, as well as any other publications that you Read More …