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Globalization Is Here! What Can We Do?

By Tom Dossenbach | Updated: 10/12/2006 12:00:00 AM
Globalization Is Here! What Can We Do?: Any company that has not formulated a strategy to meet its long-term needs must do so - now! - August 2001
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Mission Impossible

By Tom Dossenbach | Updated: 10/12/2006 12:00:00 AM
Mission Impossible: Re-invent your company now. By Tom Dossenbach . - November
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The High Price of Hearing

By Tom Dossenbach | Updated:
It becomes more critical every day that wood products companies be in tune with their competitive surroundings — ready to respond quickly with positive change in order to adjust to rapidly shifting market dynamics. But while we may think we have all the answers, the major factors that drive this unpredictable environment are best understood by our customers. For this reason, it is customer input that should provide us with the valuable information from which to form many of our strategic management decisions — our marketing and manufacturing strategies.
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Effective employee evaluation and motivation

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Do you remember a time when you wondered if you were appreciated in your work — either in your current position or some years back? Have you ever been uncertain that you were performing up to company expectations or those of the one to whom you report? Well, you are not alone because everyone experiences this in one way or another. You may be one of the thousands in the wood products industry that have left a company because of this very frustration.
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New year’s resolution: Adopt a new management paradigm

By Tom Dossenbach | Updated:
Are you one of those managers who is more concerned about results than how those results are achieved? If so, although you are in the majority, you are dangerously close to being left behind.
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How to identify value to have a leaner manufacturing operation

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Part 3 in a series on Lean Manufacturing.
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Keeping lean simple: Being an employer of choice

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By Tom Dossenbach -- Part 2 of this series offers tips and techniques to encourage employees to join your lean initiative.
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