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The First Step to Developing Strategy is to Know Your Market! January 2024 Edition
The Ford Files – January 2024“The First Step to Developing Strategy is to Know Your Market!”
Dear Readers, this is an apt time for both reflection on the past as well as looking ahead to the future. My hope is that we practice what we preach from the Operations Management BOK an...
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The Ford Files – Holiday Edition 2023 “What is Value?”
The Ford Files – Holiday Edition 2023“What is Value?”
Dear Readers, one of my favorite topics during corporate training classes is the definition of value. It peaks the learners’ interest and generates a lot of discussion. It’s also a topic that aptly crosses o...
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Do We Still Need to Teach the 3 R’s: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic? - October 2023
The Ford Files - October 2023“Do We Still Need to Teach the 3 R’s: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic?”
Dear Readers, I have often found myself engaged in discussions that question whether our public education system needs to teach basic skills such as math and English comp...
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SKU Proliferation, Rationalization, and Prioritization - September 2023
Dear Readers, I recently faced a conundrum while shopping for a new coffee maker and simultaneously feeling amazed and confused by the wide array of choices on display. Both sides of the store aisle were chock full of a myriad of machines that did everything short of harvesting the beans and drinkin...
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Planning Versus Expediting - August 2023
The Ford Files - August 2023“Planning Versus Expediting”
Dear Readers, the August edition of “The Ford Files” takes on a conundrum most of us face in both our professional and personal lives: we’re too busy fighting fires to focus on fire prevention! We rush to get wor...
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