Fred Coon, SC&C Chairman, interviews experts about their approach to solving complex problems in the workplace. These 3-minute interviews span a wide range of topics, but are always focused on ways to help you improve your own decision making.
Ken Sigmund: Compliance Awareness Results in Increased Revenue
People generally view compliance as a mandate, or an unpleasant must-do to stay on the right side of the law. While this is often true, doing compliance right also brings business benefits in terms of customer trust, brand loyalty, improved operational processes, and the… Read More >>
Tonya Hughes: Helping Female Prisoners Gain Current Necessary Business Skills
The partnership with Ryla Teleservices, the Kennasaw GA based call-center, was the accomplishment of a program goal at New Hope Enterprises, a non-profit agency which helps people who are unemployed or underemployed to become self-sufficient. The model used was based on Tonya Hughes’ master’s… Read More >>
Robert Sanchez: Successful Marketing to LATAM Markets In Turbulent Times
Marketing is about people, especially in LATAM markets. People are affected by their affinity groups (types of groups – grandmothers, teenagers, etc. – that are buying certain products for reasons not necessarily aligned with a specific demographic), consumer behavior, values, beliefs, and cultures.
Jason Cook: Rebalancing Global Supply Chain Operations Removes 23% Overhead Expense
Rapid growth is exciting but not always efficient when it comes to building a supply chain organization. Eventually, most leaders face the challenge of right-sizing their overhead for the business to remain competitive. Sometimes this can be done with technology alone, but more often… Read More >>
Clayton Huber: $350K Cost Savings and Effective Manpower Re-Allocation
Clayton Huber, the General Manager of Commercial Plumbing and HVAC at a pump manufacturer, was tasked with finding a way to lower… Read More >>
Kelvin Parks: Exec Changes How Veteran Services are Handled After Health Crisis Involving 19K+ Vets is Discovered
The Veterans Healthcare Systems of the Ozarks (VHSO) is located in Northwest Arkansas and serves a Veteran’s population in three states. Mr. Kelvin Parks developed networks and alliances with the Federal Delegations for Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, to include state and local government officials. He also met quarterly… Read More >>
Dale Taylor: The Plant Is Down – Stockholders Are Upset – Now What?
Dale Taylor remembers the day he received the call like it was yesterday. “It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon when my phone rang, and that call changed everything. On the phone was my Director of Maintenance and Engineering for GBC, and his news was… Read More >>
Mike Anderson: Lowers Labor Costs 21% – LA and Seattle – Improved Preventive Maintenance Procedures
As a consultant, Mike Anderson was brought into the massive 2.3m sf PSEB Fulfillment Center as interim SVP of Global Distribution & Logistics until the new SVP could relocate to Columbus, OH from California nine months later. The PSEB operation had recently combined a… Read More >>