The communication between suppliers or vendors and their customers is often using a mix of specifications and requirements.
Customers set requirements and suppliers offer specifications. When they match, or when a supplier component specifications meet the customer’s requirements, we have the potential for a transaction. Continue reading
Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and is used in virtually every type of clothing, as well as in medical supplies and home goods such as upholstery. Continue reading
Without a basic grasp of financial concepts at the C-suite (executive) level, small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) may be limited in their ability to compete in an increasingly crowded marketplace. This is why financial literacy is near and dear to my heart. Continue reading
Today, employee wellness and safety remain a top priority for corporations, and having a first-in-class safety management system put in place is not just a nice-to-have, it’s essential. As digital capabilities continue to evolve, modernizing ineffective, slow, and expensive processes with renewed tools is one way to invest in industrial & occupational safety professionals and improve workplace health and safety. Continue reading
If your goals are ambitious and crazy enough, even failure will be a pretty good achievement.
Laszlo Bock – Author
FOW process rules are guidelines, tips and tools that can lead to success. Thomas Davenport,
The author of Thinking for a Living, said:
“To treat something as a process is to impose a formal structure on it – to identify its beginning, end, and intermediate steps, to clarify who the customer is for it, to measure it, to take stock of how well it is currently being performed, and ultimately to improve Continue reading