Employers can soon expect more Clemson University engineering graduates to enter the workforce with advanced language and culture skills that will set them up for success in international businesses, a cornerstone of South Carolina’s economy. A new collaborative initiative, “Engineering + Language,” is expected to prepare engineering…
It is early morning, and you get out of bed after a restless night of sleep. You go through your normal morning routine. You are pre-occupied with something you saw in a blog you read yesterday. A small manufacturer was explaining how Industry 4.0 is being deployed…
Join FocalPoint Coaches Jerry Pilewski and Mike Ungar for their next Business Advantage free webinar on November 17th from Noon to 1 PM for: 7 Steps to Goal Achievement High-achieving people use a series of systematic processes and plans to achieve their goals. Unsuccessful people, on the…
“A sleeping pill for night squawks.” The campy slogan in the magazine ad belied the danger of a prescription drug called Doriden. Introduced in the 1950s, it was touted as a safe alternative to barbiturates. It would turn out to be about as safe as a long-tailed…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – An app designed to streamline the home buying and selling process has launched exclusively with listings from the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors. Quitchet allows buyers to access accurate direct data while choosing basic or the most extensive filters for home features available anywhere,…
SENECA, S.C. Oct. 13, 2020 — BASF has named Elba Lizardi as the Site Director for its Seneca manufacturing facility in Oconee County. Lizardi has been in the manufacturing industry for more than 25 years. She previously served as Global Product Manager for Battery Recycling at BASF’s…
Indian Summer The euphemism used to describe those not-quite-Fall days that slink in unannounced after a cool snap, as a reminder that sultry Southern summers linger well into October. Those days when a frost-licked morning melts into a day so balmy you’d swear it was still the…
“You manage what you measure.” This philosophy is originally attributed to William Thomson, otherwise known as Lord Kelvin a noted Scottish mathematician and physicist in 1883 and popularized in modern day business by Peter Drucker. All manufacturers know that to manage performance, you must measure it. This…
Boeing recently announced that all 787 production would be consolidated in Charleston, South Carolina, meaning that 787 production in Everett, Washington would cease. As one can imagine, an announcement of this magnitude generates many opinions and emotions, particularly on the part of the winners and losers. Some…
Business Advantage; Proven Business Practices To Achieve Enhanced Results Join FocalPoint Coaches Jerry Pilewski and Mike Ungar for their next Business Advantage free webinar on October 27th from Noon to 1 PM for: Life Cycle of a Business The natural laws of business are like gravity –…