Strategy Execution

Business performance transformation and sustainment

May 22nd, 2014

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Automating to Fill COVID Test Demand

What keeps me up at night now is the same as what kept me up before a global pandemic. Recent orders have proven just how flexible and resilient we must become.

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The Only Constant Is Change … So Evolve

Digital transformation in automation and packaging lines can simplify the re-purposing of assets to accommodate the only constant in business - change.

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Leveraging LinkedIn for Business Results

Manufacturers utilize the platform to both prospect for business and provide a canvas upon which to paint their company’s story.

Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee during a news conference in Nashville, July 1, 2020.

Medical Device Maker Expands Near Memphis

Engineered Medical Systems will invest $13 million to bolster manufacturing capacity.

Boeing Lands $265M Special Ops Contract

The latest models can reach speeds of nearly 190 mph with over 11 tons of carrying capacity.

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Kennametal Closing TN Plant, Combines Business Segments

It's the sixth factory closure for Kennametal since July 2019, which began major cost cuts even before the pandemic arrived.

Motion Industries Makes Pair of Acquisitions

The distributor closed on two deals on Aug. 1, adding companies near San Diego and far East Canada.

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Clorox Prospers in a World Sheltered in Place

Its cleaning products division saw a 33% jump in sales.

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Samsung, Apple to Boost Cellphone Manufacturing in India

The government announced $6.5 billion in incentives for Samsung and three contract manufacturers.

n this Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 file photo, Actor Wilford Brimley attends the premiere of 'Did You Hear About The Morgans' at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from stunt performer to star of film such as “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” has died.

Quaker Oats Pitchman Brimley Dead at 85

The mustached Brimley was a familiar face.

Kodak Leaked News of Massive Federal Drug Loan

The announcement sent the company’s stock price skyrocketing — but its shares were already unusually active.

Snap-on Q2 Sales Fall 24%

That compares with a 7.5 percent YoY decline in Q1, with far larger declines in segment profits.