In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has offered relief to the farming community by suspending a number of debt collection and foreclosure policies for the time being. In a recent article from AgWeb, author Sonja Begemann offers an overview of the USDA’s pandemic-related actions.
The following items …
Farm succession can be a tricky business. A recent article from Successful Farming answers the following submitted question: how can a farm owner set up his son for success in taking over operations, especially with crew members who do not respect the young new leader?
Author Mark McLaughlin suggests the following strategies for helping the …
With experts
reporting that the manufacturing industry is headed toward recession, what can
you, as a manufacturer, do to mitigate the upcoming damage? In a recent article
for Forbes, Louis Columbus discusses how manufacturers can employ a
data-driven strategy to achieve growth, despite uncertainties.
Columbus recommends
that manufacturers try the following methods:
Improve their aftermarket performance by drawing
on the data …
Operating a
manufacturing company in the midst of a trade war is tough. In a recent article
for Industry Week, authors Jeff Jorge and Brian Simpson offer some tips
for continuing to pursue manufacturing growth despite economic uncertainty.
They recommend the following:
Pursue supply chain partners in countries not
involved in the trade war.Search for areas where you can take …
For
manufacturers, distributor relationships are key. They can have an enormous
trickle-down effect on other key relationships. In a recent article for Thomasnet,
Brittany Asciolla discusses how manufacturers can improve their
supplier-distributor relationships.
The first
step is to fully understand the issue at hand. B2B buyers want to buy online,
and they want to do their own research. As such, …
Change is
often key to a manufacturer’s ability to remain successful. Unfortunately,
resistance to change often starts with top management, explains Paul Vuolle in
a recent article for Industry Week.
The key to
successful change, then, is buy-in on the top level. Company leaders need to be
on board with committing to and implementing change. Vuolle offers the
following recommendations …
As augmented reality and virtual reality technology becomes
increasingly advanced, its applications to a variety of sectors grow.
Manufacturing is no exception. In a recent article published by Manufacturing.net,
author Jonathan Wilkins examines various applications of VR and AR technology
within the manufacturing industry.
Improved Production – Using VR technology
to perform predictive analysis can help manufacturers discover product …
As technology advances, data is becoming more and more
readily available. While most manufacturers understand that data is available
and can be put to good use, they struggle when it comes to figuring out how to
do so. In a recent Forbes article, author Lisa Caldwell offers advice on
how to use data as a tool to enhance …
Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, are the
largest demographic in America. In a recent article for Industry Week,
author Richard Farrell takes a look at how manufacturers can attract this
younger generation. Drawing on both anecdotal evidence and demographic studies,
Farrell makes a number of helpful observations about how to encourage
millennials to enter the manufacturing field. …
Does creativity
have a place in the manufacturing sphere? According to Jim Ludema and Amber
Johnson, in a recent article for Forbes,
the answer is a resounding “Yes.” The authors offer a glance at a company
called Crafts Tech, which is “one of the oldest continually operating tool
companies in the U.S.”
In 2014, the owners
of Crafts Tech set out …
