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Let’s Talk About Lean Manufacturing For A Moment….

Partners in Excellence

So much of what our focus in “modern selling,” seems to be the adaptation of Lean Manufacturing techniques into selling. But somehow, we’ve missed some very important principles in Lean Manufacturing. They are the fundamentals that make this so important in making lean manufacturing work.

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Episode 33: How Solutions Based Manufacturing Helped MAC Products Grow

Spiro Technologies

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving and selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. We realized that for us to really move the needle and grow our business, we needed to become more of a solutions-based manufacturer. Not 21st, 20th.

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Episode 20: How SEF Energy is Innovating Oil Field Manufacturing with Automation and AI

Spiro Technologies

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving and selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. Instead, today we’re talking to Tim Marvel, who’s the Vice President Business Development and Technology for SEF Energy, an oil field manufacturing company.

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How European manufacturers can get their edge back

Miller Heiman Group

For more than 50 years European manufacturers built their reputation on high quality—and then the tides turned. New competition from Asia and the Americas, higher production costs and requests for more personalization caused European manufacturers to reevaluate current practices. A New Perspective on Your Selling Strategy.

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Settling For What We Get, Rather Than Getting What We Want……

Partners in Excellence

It’s particularly confusing to see the mindset around “settling for what we get,” in selling. While we mouth a lot of words about this, while we orchestrate SKOs to pump people up, too many organizations seem satisfied with these. So much of “modern selling” seems based on lean and agile principles.

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How to Re-Manufacture Your Marketing: An Inbound Marketing Guide for Manufacturers

Hubspot

Manufacturers have the chance to reach a wide audience, improve their sales, and increase their revenue with the help of inbound marketing and automation. Why is Inbound Marketing Important for Manufacturers? These companies market to serious individuals including scientists, plant managers, and engineers.

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What Millennial Sellers Need to Know to Succeed in Manufacturing

Miller Heiman Group

The report also found that sales leaders consider their sellers to be less effective at the vast majority of common selling activities today than they were five years ago. One important reason that sales leaders lose confidence in sellers is that the buying process has changed, and sellers haven’t kept up.