- Next Generation Manufacturing Services
- Systemic Continuous Improvement
- Customer Focused Innovation
- Sustainable Products & Process Development
- Advanced Talent Management
- Global Engagement
- Extended Enterprise Management
- Customer Successes
- Advanced Talent Management
- Customer Focused Innovation
- Extended Enterprise Management
- Global Engagement
- Sustainable Products and Process Development
- Systemic Continuous Improvement
- Sadoff & Rudoy Scraps Waste
- Centerline Machine: Lean = Triple-digit growth
- Dalco Metals: Lean Office Cuts Processing Time 50%
- Design Specialties, Inc.: Lean Reduces Inventory by 80%
- GenMet Revs Up Sales with Lean
- Gusmer Enterprises: Reduces Setup Time by 70%
- Marsh Electronics Surges with EBT
- Bachhuber's Strategic Planning Reveals Profit
- Berntsen Reaches Summit with Strategic Planning
- Events & Workshops
- Resources
- Research & Reports
Manufacturing Matters! 2010 Highlights
Keynote speaker and author Don Peppers shared some startling statistics on how technological change can both challenge and promote business. According to Peppers, “No matter how innovative your product is today, tomorrow it’s going to be a commodity."
Check out clips from Don's presentation by clicking the links below.
- Technology is increasing speed of change
- Innovation
- The "Commitment Model" of customer relationships
- Developing customer trust in the age of transparency
- Customer memory
- See things from the customer's point of view
- The "Goldfish Principle"
- Opposing characteristics of Operations vs Innovation
- Technology is increasing the speed of change
Manufacturing Excellence Panel
The conference also introduced the Manufacturing Excellence Panel. Moderated by Mary Isbister, president of GenMet, this panel of award-winning manufacturing executives discussed the issues facing manufacturers today.
The MM! 2010 Manufacturing Excellence Panel, moderated by Mary Isbister, president of GenMet, included 2009 MOTY award winners Brian Baker, vice president and chief financial officer of Sentry Equipment Corp., Chad Abel, president of Northwoods Paper Converting, Inc., and Tom Duffey, president of Plastic Components, Inc.
- Sustainable practices at Sentry
- Sustainable practices at Northwoods Paper Converting
- How Northwoods Paper Converting attracts and keeps good employees
- Mission is important at Sentry
- Tom Duffey, president of PCI, discusses the impact a book had on his operation
- Tom Duffey discusses how to make the most of your employees
- Raising the awareness of manufacturing
- Tom Duffey - learning from competitors
- Getting young people interested in manufacturing
- Customer-focused innovation at Northwoods Paper Converting