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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...
Brady Lewis
Mar 30, 20163 min read


Compounding advantages in labor savings
I talk a lot about efficiencies by using technology. The question always comes up, (especially from nervous data entry clerks) what do...
Brady Lewis
Mar 17, 20163 min read


The simple secret that changed my company, forever
Most people operate from cultural norms that are ingrained into all of us since birth. We've been taught (both consciously and...
Brady Lewis
Mar 9, 20163 min read


How to eliminate reworks
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...
Brady Lewis
Feb 29, 20165 min read


Video interview: dashboards on the shop floor are driving results.
A few months ago, we highlighted visual dashboards in this article. As a follow up, we thought it would be interesting to ask the shop we...
Brady Lewis
Feb 18, 20161 min read


Give me my money (6 steps)
When it comes to collecting our money we seem to be stuck between (but accustomed to) two worlds. Most of us understand the effective...
Brady Lewis
Jan 7, 20163 min read


Why people won’t wait for you
Our world is speeding up. We now expect 2 day delivery, next day pickup, and 30 minute lube. Anything beyond “hustle” and “instant” is...
Brady Lewis
Jan 4, 20162 min read


How to Track Your Shop and Order Pizza at the Touch of a Button
We’re living in the future, and it’s about to get crazy! As wood industry professionals, our relationship with technology has been...
Brady Lewis
Dec 18, 20153 min read


Your Business: They’re all judging you!
The face of your business is a big deal - logos, websites, brochures, images and everything else you use to advertise is a direct...
Ashley Shuurman
Dec 14, 20153 min read


The silent time-suck
Your worst employee isn’t an employee at all, but it does cost you an “hourly wage”, misrepresent your company with it’s ugly face, and...
Brady Lewis
Dec 10, 20154 min read


ERP for Dummies
If you’re planning on staying alive in the new economy, you’re going to need technology. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is basically...
Brady Lewis
Nov 30, 20152 min read


Can You See Your Business?
What’s the ‘thing’ that really sets you and your employees into action? When “X” happens, we go to work… For an employee at the machine,...
Brady Lewis
Nov 17, 20153 min read


Perfection Prevents Progress
Seth Godin, a well-known author, recently wrote in his daily blog what he called the “Two-Review Technique.” In this post Godin...
Brady Lewis
Nov 16, 20152 min read


Wasting Employee Time = Wasting Your Money
In so many ways, man hours are expensive and inefficient, so if you’re allowing employees to spend time doing simple but time consuming...
Ashley Shuurman
Oct 13, 20152 min read


The Roman Army Business Model
The Romans built one of the largest empires that the world has ever seen. How? The Roman army was both feared and respected. Wherever it...
Brady Lewis
Oct 6, 20154 min read


Market Research Isn’t Big, Scary, or Corporate
Doing market research is a great way to make sure you’re on the right track with your offering. Ideally, market research is done before...
Ashley Shuurman
Sep 18, 20155 min read


Understanding Disruptive Innovation
Disruptive innovation is a term that was coined by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, and discussed in his book The Innovator’s...
Ashley Shuurman
Sep 8, 20154 min read


The Millennial Production “Explosion”?
It’s no secret that this “new workforce” is unlike any we’ve ever seen. It seems like everything outside of Snapchat and Clash of Clans...
Brady Lewis
Aug 27, 20156 min read


Theory of Constraints for Dummies
The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a business theory introduced by Wolfgang Mewes (a German business economist), which was then further...
Ashley Shuurman
Aug 17, 20154 min read


Three Ways You Can Increase Inbound Sales
Mass emailing, cold calling, and visits are all versions of outbound sales that are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Compare those...
Ashley Shuurman
Aug 5, 20153 min read
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