Author: Jamie Christensen

31 Mar 2020 OVERCOMING SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION: Sourcing in Mexico as The Alternative to China

Posted at 10:55h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

Major Shifts Have Occurred over the Last Several Years with Sourcing from China Supply chains have experienced unprecedented disruption as companies have been negatively impacted by tariff increases from the trade...

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22 Jul 2019 THE PITFALLS OF PRIDE IN PRODUCT DESIGN: Collaboration is Critical to Ensuring All Aspects of Operations are Considered

Posted at 12:30h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

WHEN MARKETING OR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LEAD PRODUCT DESIGN, THERE CAN BE A VIEW THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Innovation is the core differentiator between most firms. It is laudable...

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23 Apr 2019 TAPPING HIDDEN CAPACITY: Increasing Throughput Via Changeover Time Reductions

Posted at 11:23h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

IN THE TIME WHERE THE CONSUMER IS KING,THERE IS A COMPELLING NEED FOR GREATER CHOICE Greater choice means additional products and while some of the volume may be incremental, most of...

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13 Mar 2019 Failure to Plan Is Planning to Fail

Posted at 11:59h in Organizational Success by Jamie Christensen

Ben Franklin is credited with the above statement. As CEOs and business owners, we know this to be true. Another quote credited to Dwight Eisenhower is that “In...

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31 Jan 2019 CHINA FIRST: Wrong Reasons for the Decline of American Manufacturing

Posted at 05:19h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

Trade Deficits and the Potential of Manufacturing Returning to the US Dominate Today's Headlines Structural trade deficits are driving the headlines. With “America First” as the justification, the US has imposed...

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24 Jul 2018 Turning Around Manufacturing: Paint, Potties, and Pizza

Posted at 01:52h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

Management views the business from its various functional perspectives. Teammates view the business from their environment and interactions with management. They rarely are even remotely in alignment. The question is...

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02 Jun 2018 When Automation Results in Lower Overall Performance

Posted at 01:58h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

Machine Designers Sometimes Build Great Labor Reducing Machines That Slow Down Assembly Lines Many times, automation design is conducted in a limited way by a company that focuses on design and...

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03 May 2018 When Success is Undermined by Past Success

Posted at 02:07h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

All leaders have a range of skills. Those that are successful are invariably promoted because they have leveraged their key skills successfully and this has yielded positive business results for...

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23 Mar 2018 The Value of Limitations and Goals in Achieving Results

Posted at 02:14h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

SOME GOALS ARE MANDATORY, AND OTHERS SEEM DISCRETIONARY There exists a large body of articles discussing setting realistic goals and their attainment. Virtually every week a new article is published by...

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20 Nov 2017 Warm Body Syndrome

Posted at 02:18h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

ADDRESSING PEOPLE NEEDS DURING THE EARLY STAGES When a business is in its early stages, the CEO or owner is operating it as lean as possible and only adds staff when...

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14 Jun 2017 The Power of Creating a Story – Additional Vignettes

Posted at 02:30h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

GREAT LEADERS LEVERAGE COMMUNICATIONS The traditional method of the executive in communicating with management and the work force is well known and there is a plethora of articles about effective presentations...

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07 Jun 2017 The Power of Creating a Story

Posted at 02:33h in Uncategorized by Jamie Christensen

GREAT LEADERS LEVERAGE COMMUNICATIONS The traditional method of the executive in communicating with management and the work force is well known and there is a plethora of articles about effective presentations...

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