Last Month we discussed leadership metrics, leading teams and overall management leadership. But we cannot discuss leadership and teams without discussing supply chains. After all, your supply chain is a

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Welcome to the New Year. The New Year is the time for leadership to step up and chart the course for the year ahead.

Leaders motivate others by defining goals, setting standards, and determining the minimum acceptable performance. In other words, leadership is a self fulfilling prophesy. It’s about

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We have been talking about process improvement in a variety of areas. Now let us switch gears and look at quality within our food system. Recent surveys conducted by various testing and governing bodies suggest that

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Last week we talked about process improvement and layoffs. This week let’s look at applying a little quality magic to make the impossible possible. If you believe in quality

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Last week we talked about working harder, working smarter and waste. This week I would like to discuss process improvement and layoffs. Think of this as improve too fast and you will have no choice but to

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Are you working harder these days or working smarter and how do you know the difference? Many of the reasons we end up working so hard — and not so smart — have to do with

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