Articles by SCMFG/Staff

COMMUNICATION BREAKTHROUGH FOR BUSINESS (Digital Event)

Would you like to improve the effectiveness of your team?  Would you like to Better communicate with team members? Do you want to improve business results? The Communication Breakthrough for Business program combines powerful analytic tools with virtual group training for companies and individuals looking to take…




COVID-19 Spurs Digital Transformation in Marketing Industry

Letter From the Publisher: Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, face-to-face meetings, trade shows, plant tours and just about every other external business activity have all been suspended until the threat is over. So, how are businesses adapting? How are they getting new clientele? In the education world…


Classroom Training has Become Obsolete

It was Monday morning, March 16, 2020 and you had just been told that beginning on Wednesday, March 18th everyone will begin to work from home.  You previously scheduled your team for a training session to be held on April 6, 2020 in the company’s training facility. …


Discovering South Carolina; The Big 3 Debate

Letter from the Publisher Travelling the state, I occasionally find myself  in territorial debates about population, size and economic impact with my fellow “Sandlappers.” The debate is most heated when comparing the areas of Charleston (the Low-Country), Columbia (the Midlands) and Greenville (the Upstate). Some may argue this goes as far back as 1786 when […]


SCETV and Toppe Bros. Partner on Workforce Show

For too long South Carolina has lagged in workforce development, leaving our state short on skilled hands, headquartered companies, research, and development. THE ANSWER: An incumbent workforce of native South Carolinians, grown and nurtured inside one of our 46 counties, educated in our public schools and in our…


What is the one thing that inhibits a manufacturer’s ability to make money?

All for-profit businesses exist to make money.  Manufacturers do this by producing and selling a product.  What is the one thing that inhibits a manufacturer’s ability to make money? The answer is variation.  Variation negatively impacts a manufacturer’s business results whether it relates to safety, reliability, quality,…


Life Lesson #2 – Take Care of Everyone

KTM Solutions celebrated 15 years in business on April 21, 2020. Although COVID impacted our celebration plans, this milestone gave me pause to reflect on 15 years in business and the life lessons learned. I would like to continue to share those with you as maybe they…


GADC: Greenville County Adding First Major “Class A” Business Park in Over a Decade

Virtual Annual Meeting “Draws” Hundreds GREENVILLE, S.C. – June 16, 2020 – The Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC), charged with promoting and enhancing quality of life in Greenville County by facilitating job growth and investment, today announced a positive economic outlook accented by the addition of Fox Hill Business Park in Fountain Inn — the […]