Creative Processes, Inc. received the Turnaround Management Associations’s 2015 Turnaround of the Year award for their outstanding work with Upper Mississippi Academy, a 6-12 public charter school located in St. Paul, MN. The Turnaround of the Year award recognizes excellence and extraordinary achievement in the successful turnaround of a troubled operating business or other organization. John Hehre […]
Originally published in the April 2014 issue of MA Insider, a publication by the Manufacturers Alliance. The Manufacturers Alliance annual Manufacturer of the Year awards ceremony brings local manufacturers together to celebrate and recognize companies that share information and experiences to strengthen the Minnesota manufacturing community. Our winners this year are rms Companies, ProMed Molded Products, and JEM […]
Family Business Restructuring The owner of a small family business had recently stepped back in to day-to-day management of his firm. The previous general manager’s management style was autocratic which was causing problems with a loyal and long time work force. Sales were flat, productivity had declined and customer service was beginning to suffer. All […]
Originally published in the December 2014 issue of MA Insider, a publication by the Manufacturers Alliance. If you could spend one dollar and get six dollars in return, would you do it? The people at MGK not only believe every dollar spent in support of the environment and the safety of its people yields such a return, they’ve […]
Originally published in the October 2014 issue of MA Insider, a publication by the Manufacturers Alliance. By many measures, Bermo is a very successful company. Founded in 1947, this mid-sized family owned business provides stampings, fabrications and assemblies primarily for the agriculture, transportation and electronics industries. Bermo plant The company has been ISO certified since 2004 and TS […]
Originally published in the June 2014 issue of MA Insider, a publication by the Manufacturers Alliance. It’s unlikely you will find a packaging challenge the people at Packnet Ltd haven’t encountered yet. Twenty-six years ago, the founders saw a need for quick response packaging and Packnet Ltd was born. Since then the company has provided a wide variety […]
Originally published in the April 2014 issue of MA Insider, a publication by the Manufacturers Alliance. The Manufacturers Alliance annual Manufacturer of the Year awards ceremony brings local manufacturers together to celebrate and recognize companies that share information and experiences to strengthen the Minnesota manufacturing community. Our winners this year are PGC, Loram Maintenance of Way, and Starkey […]
Originally published in Upsize Magazine April 2010 Oscar Wilde once said, “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.” Unfortunately, the same could be true about traditional accounting systems. Over time some of these systems have become more complicated in well-intentioned attempts to improve the accuracy and […]
