Technology vendors may be offering 0% financing deals to manufacturers, but raw materials providers and other suppliers might not be so generous. What's a cash-strapped manufacturer to do?
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Finding Working Capital
Posted in Lean Matters Tagged financing, forecasting, inventory, Lean manufacturing, working capital Leave a comment
A New Era of Thrift
Will the fear of economic failure that so many of us have experienced over the past 12+ months remain in our bloodstream long after the fact? I think it will. And the consequence will be a new era of thrift...
Posted in Lean Matters Tagged consumer spending, demand, economy, great recession, manufacturers Leave a comment
Lean for the Rest of Us
A recent press release announcing a partnership between lean software provider Invistics and lean consultancy Camelot IDPro AG called out specialty chemical, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and electronics companies as laggards in honing lean manufacturing processes...
Posted in Lean Matters Tagged industry benchmark, Lean manufacturing, operational excellence, software Leave a comment
Ending Product Proliferation
CEOs, product managers, and PR specialists sweat one new product launch after the next. But are they creating new markets or simply fragmenting the old ones?
Maintaining Lean After an Acquisition