ERP Software Applications: What Can ERP Systems Do for Your Business?
by Staff
The Buyers Report in Plastics Business magazine will provide information for a specific product or service that is applicable to the plastics processing...
Turning Your Plastics Processing Facility Into a Profit Center
by Richard W. Sievert
Owners and managers of plastics processing businesses under competitive pressures are searching aggressively for cost effective ways to increase profits and...
MAPP Report: 2007 Raw Materials Survey
by Staff
How does a plastics manufacturing business maintain profit margins in a marketplace in which nearly 40 percent of its manufacturing costs fluctuate on...
Flying Blind? Defining Cost Drivers Leads to Success
by Jeff Mengel
When it comes to running your business, how do you gauge conditions? Do you stick your finger out the window - flying...
Focus on Efficient Operations
by Staff
The pressure is on plastics processors to produce low-cost parts for their customers while still maintaining a comfortable profit margin. Energy and materials...
TEAM 1 Michigan: Forward Thinking for Upward Growth
by Plastics Business
Profile Winter 2008
In 1987, three sales engineers saw an opportunity with the Japanese transplant Tier 1 automotive suppliers located in south...
Optimizing Mold Performance and Maintenance Efficiency
by Steve Johnson, Progressive Components
Mold performance and maintenance efficiency are two completely different, yet entirely connected goals of the modern day mold repair shop....
Let’s Go Viral! (But First, What Is It?)
by T.J. Tedesco, Grow Sales, Inc.
Marketers are hearing this a lot: "Let's go viral." Part of a marketer's job is to sift through available...
Applying Viral Marketing to Your Business
by Dianna Brodine
Viral marketing is fast becoming crucial to marketing strategies. But how does it apply to plastics processing? Included here is a rundown...
Economic Outlook and Trends
by Jeff Mengel, Plante & Moran
2008 began with resin cost increases of as much as 40 percent. Many processors sought price concessions from customers,...
