Value Based Pricing
Boost margins and customer loyalty with effective customer value based pricing strategies. See why every CEO agrees!
Food & Beverage and Future Proofing Your Business
As I have been thinking about the food and beverage industry (and process manufacturing) and future proofing your business, I see several examples of proactive clients and colleagues' future proofing their business. As this is my latest, hot-off-the-press LMA-i, LMA Intelligence topic, I thought we'd explore a few trends related to food and beverage.
Clearing the Mind for Innovation & the Santa Barbara Coastline
I recently attended a CEO retreat in Santa Barbara. We talked about both our business goals as well as our personal goals and spent two half-days enjoying the area. I took the opportunity to clear my mind so that I could think innovatively.
Ethics Come from the Inside-Out in Exceptional Leaders
CLAREMONT, CA—The tide of ethical scandals ebbs and flows into the public spotlight. But according to members of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting, exceptionally ethical leaders set their moral compass early on and continually prioritize high ethical standards. Ethics Are Integral To Business Success “Ethics are the [...]
Celebrating Manufacturing Day and Its Impact
October 3, 2019 In our Manufacturing month Profit through People newsletter article, we discussed the relevance of manufacturing on the economy, jobs and quality of life. For example, for every $1 spent in manufacturing, $1.82 is added to the economy which is the HIGHEST multiplier effect of any economic [...]
Students Win Global Case Competition
For three years, Kash Gokli, professor of manufacturing practice and Engineering Clinic director, has advised a team of students competing in the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) student case competition.
Customer Care 1.01 & The SLURPY Method by Guest Blogger, Steve Weimar
When we think of why a customer buys from us and how to retain them we need to look at every aspect of our business, who adds value and who are the Contact Points or CP’s. We also need to adopt a simple company operating philosophy I call SLURPY.
Taos and Unplugging from Technology
Gain perspective on life's pace by unplugging from technology and observing the world. Lisa Anderson shares her experience in Taos.
The Power of WHY And Your Business
I was always the inquisitive, and sometimes annoying, child in elementary school asking the teacher WHY as it pertained to certain math problems as I wanted to understand how and WHY that answer was correct or WHY my answer wasn’t. In most cases it was easy to understand [...]