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Rethinking Your Company’s Purpose Benefits the Bottom Line

The traditional management model has existed for more than a hundred years and the basic tenants are still fundamental to how businesses are managed. Concepts such as hierarchy, standardization, specialization, goal alignment and the use of extrinsic rewards to motivate behavior are key components. Above all, efficiency…


How Lean is Your Organization? Home Runs, Bunts, or Both?

Whether or not your organization employs lean processes, chances are you have experienced them. Maybe you have seen the power of lean from drastically reduced wait times in healthcare, to significantly faster manufacturing lead times, to improved service delivery times and many other positive impacts. Yet, despite…


Leadership Grit: Straight Talk from UEC Electronics CEO, Mark Matthews

Mr. Matthews has years of experience in energy storage and battery technology. He started his career with EaglePicher as a Product Engineer and has also worked in various technical, business development and management roles within the power industry including Vice President of Sales and Marketing at both…



What are the property taxes for South Carolina’s Manufacturers?

Property taxes are often the largest South Carolina tax paid by manufacturers.  Property taxes are assessed annually on real and personal property owned by a manufacturer (excluding inventory and supplies) on Dec. 31, of the preceding calendar year.  Property taxes are due on Jan. 15 of the…



A Call to Arms: South Carolina’s manufacturing thought leaders needed

  From the port in Charleston to the inland port in Greer, from Boeing to GKN, from Volvo to BMW and from the hundreds of suppliers in between, the manufacturers of South Carolina are mobilizing. South Carolina Manufacturing (SCMFG) is seeking contributed editorials, press releases, white papers,…


Industry 4.0 and what it means to you

The Upstate economy has made great strides coming out of the “Great Recession” thanks to a vibrant manufacturing base that calls our ten-county region home. As this large sector continue to hum along, one theme to watch for in 2016 is the idea of “Industry 4.0” within…


Offshoring engineering will come back to haunt us.

When American businesses outsource their engineering, especially to lower cost offshore service providers, are those companies increasing current profits at a significant future cost? Businesses continually look for ways to reduce their costs to enhance profits. Large corporations reward their executives and managers when they find ways…


Aligning Manufacturing and R&D in New Product Development (NPD)

New product development (NPD) is about creating knowledge resulting in new products that drive revenue and earnings growth. It is arguably the most important business process and one of the most difficult to manage (1). Why? Because it encompasses a series of workflow, information and decision flow…