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11 11, 2022

The 7 Processes for Holiday Survival: Thanksgiving Edition

By |2022-11-11T19:24:16+00:00November 11th, 2022|Growth, Holiday, Humor, People, Process|Comments Off on The 7 Processes for Holiday Survival: Thanksgiving Edition

"There's a sale on Process Mapping, aisle 12!" At MPI, we help companies analyze seven fundamental processes that can deliver value to customers. This week we asked ourselves: Why limit ourselves to business processes when there’s another CRITICAL process in need of help — surviving the holidays! Introducing: The 7 Processes for Holiday Survival  – Thanksgiving Edition. At which of these processes are you great? At which are you ridiculously terrible? Analyze your performance now! Research and Development (R&D): Imagining, innovating, and designing great new products, such as your brand-new, organic, oddly flavor-free Artisanal Stuffing with Raisins recipe. We’ll [...]

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27 03, 2019

Disruptive Technologies Offer Major Opportunities — and Headaches — for Manufacturers

By |2019-04-01T15:06:17+00:00March 27th, 2019|Growth, Information Technology, Innovation, MPI Manufacturing Study, Next Generation Manufacturing|Comments Off on Disruptive Technologies Offer Major Opportunities — and Headaches — for Manufacturers

New study finds some manufacturers are ready to leverage cutting edge technologies — while others fall behind New research finds that manufacturing leaders are worried about disruptive technologies — robotics, artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, and analytics — and yet few are doing much about it. The MPI Disruptive Technologies in Manufacturing Study surveyed more than 400 executives at manufacturing companies around the globe and found that: 88 percent report that their industries and markets are vulnerable to disruptive technologies (29 percent “extremely vulnerable” and 59 percent “somewhat vulnerable”). 86 percent report that their own companies are vulnerable to disruptive [...]

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18 12, 2018

Life Cycles of the (Not-So) Rich and (Formerly) Famous

By |2018-12-19T16:59:23+00:00December 18th, 2018|Alec Pendleton, Big Ideas for Small Companies, Business, Customer Service, Growth, Process, Small Business Advice, Strategy, Value Proposition|Comments Off on Life Cycles of the (Not-So) Rich and (Formerly) Famous

Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world and the founder of Amazon, recently predicted to a group of employees that “Amazon will go bankrupt.” He was reflecting on the recent bankruptcy of Sears, which not that long ago was as formidable as Amazon is today. “If you look at large companies,” he said, “their lifespans tend to be 30-plus years, not a hundred-plus years.” I know what you’re thinking: That doesn’t seem right. Large companies have enduring strength. Massive corporations such as those in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are cornerstones of our economy. We don’t think [...]

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19 10, 2018

Happiness is Control (unless you don’t have it!)

By |2018-10-19T17:01:17+00:00October 19th, 2018|Alec Pendleton, Business, Growth, Leadership|Comments Off on Happiness is Control (unless you don’t have it!)

By Alec Pendleton, Big Ideas for Small Companies, powered by The MPI Group Early in my career, I had the good fortune to attend seminars led by the late Leon Danco, a noted consultant to family businesses. He had particular skill — and took particular delight — in waking up scions to the realities of life in a family company, and in urging them to upgrade their management skills. A master storyteller, he often underscored points with memorable quips that stuck with his charges for decades. One of his favorites was: “Happiness is Control” — a critical point for [...]

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