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You may have heard the joke… “Who’s driving digital transformation at your company: the CEO, CIO, or… COVID-19?” Besides unleashing a wave of video conferencing and remote desktopping, COVID-19 has indeed stimulated accelerated adoption of certain digital technologies, such as remote monitoring, remote assistance, and even remote or independent training using augmented and virtual reality. […]
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 September 22nd from Noon to 1 PM for: Eat That Frog – Time Management You can do anything . . . But you cannot do everything. Time management is really […]
Greenville, SC – Edgar Ramirez joined the KTM Solutions technical staff as a Mechanical Design Apprentice supporting all engineering product lines. Ramirez is a student at Greenville Technical College and is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. “We are enthused to have Edgar join our technical staff. Our engineering staff enjoys working with students […]
DATE/TIME: Wed Sep 16, 2020 @ 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT Heather Collins, MS, has spent her career assuring optimal lab results were provided to her patients for the betterment of their health and happiness. Prior to coming to Abbott Diagnostics, Heather specialized in Reproductive Medicine serving as an Embryologist at some of the […]
Greenville, SC – Two upstate high school students have been selected for an engineering internship for the 2020-2021 academic year. Christian Butler, a senior at Mauldin High School, and Christopher Garrick, a senior at Greenville Tech Charter High School (GTCHS), were selected from a strong pool of qualified applicants. Each student will complete a formal […]
Nellie, it would seem, collected beaux the way some women of her day collected thimbles. The letters, handwritten and all still in their original envelopes, date from 1941-43, right up to just a month before she married my grandfather while he was on leave from the Marines, with whom he had enlisted at age 18. […]
As a business owner, I am repeatedly asked, “How is the current environment affecting your business and what is your forecast to finish the year?” Generally, we look to the past as an indicator of future performance. Of course, there are many factors and variables that can influence the outcome. I learned through my statistics […]
The majority of sales people who operate in the highly competitive field of manufacturing supply have internalized the fallacy that “it just comes down to price.” These are sales people who have accepted that they will bid on all (or most) opportunities and cross their fingers that their bid is the least expensive and possibly […]
Leadership in the manufacturing environment is complex. Leaders must be concerned with safety, reliability, quality, delivery, and cost. The results in each of these performance areas are dependent on people. What leadership traits must a person have to be a successful manufacturing leader? There are many books and articles written about leadership. Implementing Lean principles […]
Last week, you were introduced to Nellie Chapman McDonald – wife, mother, grandmother, and force of nature. This week we look back at a young Nellie, lovely and ambitious, and determined to rise above her station. We begin with her time working at Fork Shoals Mill… I have a letter written by Nellie dated March 2 […]
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