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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.

2024-02-16T18:57:02-08:00October 10, 2019|Categories: I've Been Thinking, Innovation|Tags: , |

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 [...]

2024-06-16T16:46:32-07:00October 3, 2019|Categories: Business & the Economy, Press Releases|Tags: , |

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 [...]

2023-11-16T17:22:58-08:00October 3, 2019|Categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain Briefing|Tags: , |

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.

2024-06-09T17:45:18-07:00October 3, 2019|Categories: In The News, Supply Chain (End-to-End)|Tags: , , , , |

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.

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 [...]

2024-02-16T19:03:56-08:00September 26, 2019|Categories: Business & the Economy|

Reigniting Job Search &/or Career

I was recently quoted in an article in MSNBC titled “Discouraged? Time to Reignite Job Search” about the frustrating job search process many job seekers are encountering, it’s affect on morale and how to reignite the process. Unfortunately, I happen to know several job seekers who are some of [...]

2023-11-16T18:09:45-08:00September 21, 2019|Categories: Talent / Skills Gap|

Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Sees Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Manufacturing Profit, Inventory Levels and Cash

CLAREMONT, Calif., Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert,  Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) and human learning will impact most aspects of manufacturing resulting in improved profits, inventory levels and cash.  "Our manufacturing clients have really [...]

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