The Pressing Need to Reshore, Nearshore, or Insource
How Supply Chain Issues are Magnifying Manufacturing Challenges in 2022 As we begin the second half of 2022, US manufacturers are experiencing a multitude of pressures. Supply chain disruptions continue to plague many industries. Most of the offshore problems revolve around geographical distance issues like freight, delivery, and inventory. While other challenges are country specific…
Read MoreYoda and Deming on Innovation
Innovation Engineering is an innovation method that applies principles from Dr. Deming (and Master Yoda) to strategy, innovation, and how people work together in companies.
Read MoreA Healthy Culture Reduces Ankle Biters
Meet Scout. Scout is an English Springer Spaniel. Scout is cute. Scout is a lot of work. My wife and I are dog lovers. We talked about our dogs on our first date. We always assumed that we would have a dog at some point during our married lives. Our first dog was Cooper.…
Read MoreWe Can Do It – Bridging the Manufacturing-Labor Gap
On March 7, I had the pleasure of presenting at PivotPoint, a thought-leadership event designed for the manufacturing and industrial community in southwest Michigan. My topic centered around the biggest challenge facing many manufactures today: how to fill skilled-labor jobs. One solution that delivers proven results is to harness the potential of experience workers using…
Read MoreTips to Creating Culture Visuals
I love being right… and the importance of creating meaningful culture visuals is one of those times. Being right doesn’t happen as often as I think it should happen but when it does— it feels sweet. Yes, one of my many personality challenges is the internal conviction that when I have an idea, it is…
Read MoreAll I Got for My 5th Anniversary was a Rock
Building a Culture That Thrives™ I just completed five years at DISHER. This milestone was recognized and celebrated at an all-company meeting a few weeks ago where I was given a rock. Yes, you read that correctly. They gave me a ROCK. And you know what? I was thrilled. Why? If you look closely, it…
Read MoreDISHER Business Solutions
Employs Proven Techniques to Help Organizations Thrive For most of you CAD users out there, you probably can’t imagine designing and creating drawings on a drafting board with mechanical pencils, electric erasers(!), and vellum. Back in the early 80’s while a student at the University of Cincinnati, I worked for a small manufacturer in northern…
Read MoreCharting Your Course
Attend a Strategic Vision Mapping Workshop Looking to inspire your team towards unified action and mobilize resources towards a clear and compelling vision? The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC-West), The Right Place, and DISHER hosted a half-day workshop on July 19th that empowered West Michigan organizations to answer that very question. Organizations ranging from OEM…
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