Connect all your software in a few hours
It’s 2020 (dun dun dun) and if you’re ready for your company to be (really) connected and data to move effortlessly, you’re in luck.
By
Brady Lewis,
October 9, 2020 | 3:26 pm CDT
Is your business in “spa mode”?
If you go to the gym, you go there because you know that by being temporarily uncomfortable, you can improve your body. In contrast, at the spa, you're there to be pampered for short term satisfaction. While both are worthwhile in the correct quantity and timing, I encourage you to look at your business like a gym, not a spa.
“Spa mode” is everywhere. Spa mode exists in government, in people, in food. Spa mode is the reason gas pumps are so stupid and slow. Spa mode is the post office line.
By
Brady Lewis,
October 7, 2020 | 1:00 pm CDT
Don’t text a baby and don’t cuddle your senator - Why the RIGHT communication in context matters
Let’s take a look at how and why we communicate with our clients, employees, and everyone in or lives.
By
Brady Lewis,
October 1, 2020 | 2:14 pm CDT
Selling in the Pandemic: 6 steps to kill it in the no-touch economy
6 steps to kill it in the no-touch economy
By
Brady Lewis,
October 1, 2020 | 12:00 am CDT
What is "The cloud"?
In very simple terms, the cloud is the remote set of tools and data that live in the Internet. For example: the cloud version of movie rentals is Netflix, the cloud version of a checkbook is PayPal (Square, Stripe), and the cloud version of Walmart is Amazon.
By
Brady Lewis,
March 30, 2016 | 12:05 pm CDT
Compounding advantages in labor savings
Companies that are pulling away from the pack are using the technology to re-allocate labor, because nobody likes to fire employees. There are some things that machines and algorithms just can’t do, and humans should stick to those things!
By
Brady Lewis,
March 17, 2016 | 5:35 pm CDT
Two reasons reworks come back to haunt cabinet shops
Defective products are sent for two reasons:
Employees don't know it is a bad product They felt some sort of pressure to move on without correcting the mistake It sounds simple, but it’s not. Let’s look into these further.
If the employee is truly unaware that a product is unacceptable, typically there are a few reasons why:
1.) They don’t know the standard.
By
Brady Lewis,
March 11, 2016 | 11:41 am CST
The simple secret that changed my company, forever
We've been taught that woodworking companies have their typical location, products, services, way of talking to the world, and so on. But you get paid more when you're an outlier; commoditization is what happens when everyone in an industry pretty much does/sells/has the same thing.
By
Brady Lewis,
March 9, 2016 | 5:05 pm CST
How to eliminate reworks
Defective products end up being shipped for two reasons: Employees don't know it is a bad product, of they felt pressure to move on. What should you do about it?
By
Brady Lewis,
February 29, 2016 | 5:07 pm CST
Video interview: dashboards on the shop floor are driving results.
A few months ago, we highlighted visual dashboards for managing operations. As a follow up, we thought it would be interesting to ask the shop we implemented them into, how things were going.
By
Brady Lewis,
February 18, 2016 | 4:19 pm CST
