09 Oct, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 3: So many wrenches, so few wrench turners By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less Over the past few years, America’s factory talent pool has regularly made front-page news. These workers played a central role in...
20 Sep, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 2: The music has stopped on salaried churn. Now what? By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
25 Aug, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor Part 1: These labor pains aren’t temporary By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
23 Aug, 2022 What happens when no one opens the door? How seemingly small actions can hint at larger problems. By Michael Cardinale My friend’s son is working as a summer intern at a multi-billion-dollar company that sells software and services. This company, like many...
22 Aug, 2022 The basics are the game changers in manufacturing By Sreedhar Vangavolu “I prefer to attend this meeting when I am half asleep….then go eat my breakfast to get ready for the shift” – overheard by a production...
04 Aug, 2022 Feeling the squeeze, Part 3: Warehouse storage By Joe Cubellis Mark Scales Kevin Trembach Disruption has gone from buzzword to everyday reality for wholesale distributors in recent years. From manufacturer shortages to port...
29 Jul, 2022 COE or SSC? The difference and why it matters By Ashish Malhotra A common point of confusion for companies undergoing an organizational transformation is establishing Centers of Excellence (COE) and...
23 Jun, 2022 Automation Part 2: One size doesn't fit all By Derek Knueve Chandan Singh We recently argued that automation’s move from the experimental phase to necessity phase has accelerated amid the pandemic, supply chain...
14 Jun, 2022 PE's Savings Opportunity in Shared Services By Connor Lott Saurabh Singh Ashish Malhotra Vinay Prathy +1 more... Show less Some General Partners (GPs) are missing out on significant savings opportunities by not combining shared services functions across their...
31 May, 2022 Increasing Your ESG Rating with Cloud By Megha Kalsi Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores are top of mind for most executives today. Organizations want to be known as...
27 Apr, 2022 Automation: The pandemic economy moved automation from experiment to necessity By Derek Knueve Chandan Singh In the years leading to the pandemic, business leaders warmed up to the role automation could play in addressing challenges presented by...
26 Apr, 2022 Food distribution – mitigating the “perfect storm” of disruption By Peter Appel Joe Cubellis Mat Accardo Of all the challenges facing American consumers in 2022, rising prices and inconsistent availability of food has one of – if not the –...