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Why Culture Matters Many years ago, as a new owner of a small (under $1 million revenue) wire harness company, I found myself sitting with about a dozen other wire harness manufacturers in the [...]

Does Data Lie? By Paul Hogendoorn Does data lie, or does it always reveal the truth? It’s an interesting question, at an extremely interesting time in world history. Readers of this column are [...]

Technology Adoption Has to Start at the Top – Addressing the Technology Adoption Gap By Paul Hogendoorn It’s been an interesting summer, to say the least. The challenges, solutions and new [...]

4 Ways Industrial Manufacturing Companies Can Recover from COVID-19 By Atul Minocha, Dawn Werry, and Kimberly Miller When the pandemic first hit, the industrial manufacturing sector was changing [...]

The Rule of 3’s: Insights for Recovery or Re-invention  By Paul Hogendoorn  There’s a time to brainstorm, a time to gain buy in from your leading group, and a time to act.  There are some people [...]

Maintaining Focus in Turbulent Times Customers and Strategy Hold the Key   By Atul Minocha The more things change, the more they stay the same; it is an axiom that is true–and even [...]

Pushing the reset button By Paul Hogendoorn I write this column as I enjoy 14 days of self-isolation. It is a forced (and not entirely unwelcomed) “pause” that has given me much time for [...]

Gamification: Why it Matters to Manufacturing By Paul Hogendoorn Think about the importance of people in your manufacturing business for a moment. Yes, they are your employees, and yes, they are [...]

Zero to One: Getting difficult projects started By Paul Hogendoorn The hardest thing to do is often just to get started. Stepping into the unknown, or perhaps looking forward into a big, [...]

Hitting the Trifecta Just in case you don’t know the term, “hitting the Trifecta” is the expression used to describe the ultimate winning bet on a horse race. It means picking the top 3 finishers [...]