Service Line Leader/Senior Consultant for Operational Excellence 608.732.5077 | [email protected] Beth has over 17 years of experience in manufacturing and engineering leadership roles in medical device, automotive and industrial product industries. Beth’s career has concentrated on helping organizations achieve Operational […]
Category Archives: Strategic Planning
Strategic Workforce Planning
- Post Category Human Capital
- April 19, 2019
- Author: Benny Syverson
Working with the WMEP, your Strategic Workforce Plan will help your company proactively build a workforce to meet production and internal demands. Benefits include managing attrition rates due to a tight labor market; proactively addressing the looming retirement bubble; ensuring […]
2018 Manufacturer of the Year Award Winners
- Post Category Growth
- April 15, 2019
- Author: Benny Syverson
By: John Stampen All six Wisconsin companies that recently received prestigious Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards for outstanding achievements in manufacturing have had a fruitful working relationship with the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The annual Manufacturer of the Year […]
Strategy Deployment & Execution
- Post Category Growth
- April 12, 2019
- Author: Benny Syverson
Focusing on the right things, holding people accountable, getting results while moving towards your vision is what strategy deployment and execution is all about. With WMEP’s Strategy Deployment – Execution service you get an organized, proven approach to strategy deployment […]
Financial Analysis for Profit Improvement (FAPI™)
- Post Category Cost and Efficiency
- March 27, 2019
- Author: Benny Syverson
WMEP’s Financial Analysis for Profit Improvement (FAPI™) service involves a complete and thorough review of your financial statements and processes. It also includes benchmarking of financial ratios against companies of similar size, industry and geography. We will study your financial […]
Customer Retention & Growth
- Post Category Customer Retention
- March 27, 2019
- Author: Benny Syverson
Maximizing business in current markets with current customers is typically the fastest way to profitable growth. To maximize growth you must understand what is important to customers, how your company is performing and how your company is perceived by the […]
Gondola Train: a formal plan to tap foreign markets
- Post Category Global Expansion
- August 21, 2018
- Author: Rich Rovito, Industry Reporter, WMEP
Global Strategies for Growth: The Strategic Export Process Gondola Train, a manufacturer and distributor of shelf moving systems, has successfully grown its business by focusing almost exclusively on customers in the United States. Download the PDF of this case study […]
Testimonials
- Post Category Certification and Compliance
- June 06, 2018
- Author: Benny Syverson
One of the best ways to communicate what WMEP is and what we do is to share real-world testimonials. Direct quotes from those we’ve been privileged to work shoulder-to-shoulder with solving challenges unique to them but shared by many. Here are […]
TPI – Transformational Productivity Initiative
- Post Category Cost and Efficiency
- May 17, 2018
- Author: Benny Syverson
Increasing the productivity of Wisconsin manufacturers The goal of the Total Productivity Initiative is to increase productivity at the company level, and to bring these improvements to scale where the aggregate gains drive economic expansion in the state of […]
To sell or not to sell: That is the question
- Post Category Manufacturing Matters
- February 02, 2018
- Author: Guest Blog
Guest Blog by Ann Hanna, Managing Director and Owner; Taureau Group, LLC To sell or not sell: That is the Question In today’s environment, a business owner does not have to search far to hear and read about the strong […]
