Booklist: Strategic Planning
Rarely is success stumbled upon by accident. Instead, it's the result of careful, focused planning that identifies direction, market and strategies to achieve goals...
Advocacy for Plastics in Legislation
by Liz Stevens, contributing writer
Plastics Business
Editor’s Note: The Manufacturers Association of Plastics Processors (MAPP) once again has partnered with Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) for...
New Repair Regs Impact Property and Equipment Owners
by Teri M. Samples, CPA and Michael J. Devereux II, CPA, Mueller Prost
After nearly a decade of issuing a long series of proposed and...
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...
Using a B.O.L.D. Approach to Succeed in an Unpredictable Business World
by Jill Johnson, president
Johnson Consulting Services
Our economic, political and social environment is exceptionally volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. It has become increasingly difficult to...
Established Procedures Stop Fraud Attempt at Plastikos
by Dianna Brodine, managing editor
Plastics Business
While the stories have been circulating for a while now – and this magazine has reported previously on attempts...
Better Marketing with Video
by Todd Schuett, owner
Creative Technology Corp.
Videos are the hottest thing on the internet today. There is a reason YouTube is the second-highest trafficked site...
Nanotechnology: Big Problems Come in Small Packages
by Kevin Murch, SZD
Although the advantages nanotechnology brings to manufacturing are not often disputed, the risk the proliferation of nanotechnology may pose to human...
Quality Mindset at Crescent Industries
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business
Crescent Industries is the largest employer in New Freedom, Pennsylvania, a town with a population of 4,500. As the company...
The Real Truth about Safety: Creating a Culture of Buy-In
by Garrison Wynn, CSP
Knowing that safety is important clearly is not enough to create (or even put a dent in creating) incident-free environments. Most...
