James Imaging Systems decided to seek outside assistance to help improve our shop floor efficiencies. Applied Manufacturing Solutions – AMS was highly recommended by various TEC/Vistage members. We contacted AMS and one of the managing partners, Glenn Kennedy, visited our facility. Glenn immediately identified areas for improvement we never knew existed. Clearly his wealth of manufacturing knowledge combined with years […]
Too often companies miss the hidden opportunities for efficiency gains which are prevalent throughout every organization. I have always said… “A company’s biggest opportunity for efficiency gains on the shop floor are at the beginning of each production shift”. An employee’s clock in time vs the actual time a machine is producing product can sometimes vary significantly depending on the […]
Why has the quality of most products improved so greatly over the past twenty years? Certainly off-shore competition combined with a global economy has forced companies to rethink quality and customer service. Many companies have faded away because they did not have the foresight to see that perfect quality and service would become a minimum expectation of their customer. Companies […]
Extraordinary results come from doing something different…from challenging the status quo and shaking things up. So what can you do to get on a path to innovation, extraordinary progress and extreme success? Here are six things that the ultra successful do differently. 1. Exploit Their Uniqueness: The ultra-successful companies and people know what makes them different and they use it […]
Leave Yourself in the Best Possible Position Do not become so narrowly focused on a stated objective that you pass up opportunities encountered along the way. Moreover, create sufficiently ambitious objectives in the first place. Ensure that they don’t leave a job partially done. Be thorough in framing objectives. The effective manager misses no opportunity and is never too narrowly […]
In 2017, Glenn Kennedy was elected to Chairman of the Board for Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership. In typical fashion, Glenn elevated the focus of our business instituting a formal business model emphasizing marketing, sales, and diversification of services. Our combined efforts were successful and we grew our retained earnings by 400% in his time on the board. His primary mission […]
