management

management

Want to Communicate More? Communicate Less

Amazon teaches a lesson in counter-intuitive thinking.

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management

Palmetto Plating Celebrates 50 Years

Palmetto Plating announces the addition of Paul Frank to their management team as Executive Vice President and General Manager.

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masking

Nordson Powder Coating Training Is May 13-14 and August 13-14

hands-on, two-day Powder Coating Workshop is an intensive, introductory seminar on powder coating materials, their application, troubleshooting and maintenance, as well as hands-on training.

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regulation

Kushner Plating School Adds Globally Harmonized System Labeling And Safety Data Sheet Training

Effective this year, the Hazard Communication Standard for all facilities with hazardous materials must comply with employee training on the new GHS labeling and safety data sheets.

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management

Muda, Mura, Poka-Yoke and Other Four-Letter Words?

Giving credit where credit is due—even if it goes overseas.

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management

Ten Ways to Kill a Sales Call

Little things salespeople do wrong that make a big impact on the customer relationship. Matt explains 10 things you should avoid.

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management

Qualifive! The Five Answers Needed to Qualify Any Finishing Account

Often the exuberance that follows the identification of a potentially great lead eclipses the need to confirm that the prospect is a good fit for the coater and vice-versa. Thus the need to aggressively qualify new sales leads by securing the answers to five key questions as early in the sales process as possible. I call this group of five qualification questions “Qualifive.”

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management

What’s Trending in Manufacturing?

A look at trends in process improvement, purchasing and technology as we head into the new year.

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management

Killing the Call Report

Is there an alternative to the painful call report process that so often results in unproductive conflict?

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masking

CCAI Publishes 6th Edition of Powder Coating for Industrial Finishing Applications Training Manual in Color

208-page manual has been revised with new color graphics and photos, several new chapters and a re-written glossary that serves as a guide to operating a powder coating system and managing the process for efficiency and profit.

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