Sales Strategies: How to Balance Customer Satisfaction and the Bottom Line
by Dianna Brodine, managing editor
Plastics Business
A Google search for “sales” turns up a lot of inspirational messages about serving the customer, but not much...
State of Alabama Recruits Manufacturing
by Jen Clark, Plastics Business
Google the term "auto industry" and the search engine returns a slew of Detroit-related articles detailing the ups and downs...
Examining Supplier Partnerships: Focus on Service, Knowledge
Plastics Business
In September 2010, KPMG, an international audit, tax and advisory firm, released its Global Manufacturing Outlook: Relationships, Risk and Reach. The report noted...
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...
The Path to Zero: Intertech Medical Develops Automated Work Cell
by Brittany Willes, contributing writer
Plastics Business
Integrated process control, automated quality inspection and reduction of bio-burden – that is what injection molder and contract manufacturer...
As Labor Pool Shrinks, Compensation Rises
by Ashley Burleson, membership and engagement manager
MAPP
Compared to 2016, more than half (57 percent) of jobs in the US plastics industry experienced wage increases...
Information Technology Benchmarks for Plastics Manufacturing Companies
by Staff
It is virtually impossible to think about the future linearly when it comes to computing-, information- and design-related technology. In fact, according to...
Goal-Setting Tactics: You’ve Gotta Define Success Before You Can Design It
by Jack Daly
Identify "where you are" – the baseline. You can't begin moving in the right direction until you knows where you are at...
Hurricanes Storm In with Lasting Impact on the Plastics Industry
by Chris Kuehl, managing director
Armada Corporate Intelligence
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. This Scottish saying was not directed at the impact of...
What is Going On, and Why?
by Chris Kuehl, managing director, Armada Corporate Intelligence
The consumer is seeing all manner of inflation lately – as seen in the media. That tends...
