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New year. New opportunities. Those who remain ahead of the curve will prosper in the coming year. Remaining well-versed on trends in your industry is a critical action for any business leader's to-do list. We have identified and described 5 trends that are due to impact the manufacturing space during this upcoming year. Though trends are easy to identify, implementation takes focused time and effort to be successful. During the process of implementing a new system to keep up

The NFL season is officially underway! America's favorite sport kicked-off in the beginning of September, thus effectively driving down all Sunday afternoon productivity. But with all of this football consistently on the TV, we at Mainspring Solutions have been thinking about the parallels that can be drawn between what takes place on the gridiron, and what occurs within your enterprise. If you're unfamiliar with the game of football, the quarterback is the most important pos

If you are in the healthcare industry and are involved in the purchasing process, odds are you have heard of a GPO. Group Purchasing Organizations are entities used to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to provide the best prices to their clients. The first healthcare GPO was created in the early 1900s to assist in a New York hospital system's buying needs. Since then, many GPO companies have formed to assist in promoting quality healthcare relief and help

The first thing many of us think about when we hear the term "defect" is material in nature. Phrases like "Parts per million" further emphasize that defects are physical in nature. It is also easy to identify solutions when there is a physical defect. Some of the most surprising defects that exist are those that are in a process or procedure. Whether a company is new and is developing or has been around for years they are both at risk. Examples of Process or Procedural Def

Overproduction may be the worst of all the deadly wastes in an operation because it hides and masks other operational issues that cause an operation to struggle. Each of these Symptons are an expense to the organization. To put it in perspective, "For every dollar in expense you waste you typically have to sell an additional $5 or more depending on your margin to recoup. For every dollar you save in expense....you get to keep the whole dollar." Here is one tip to quickly ide

Calling all project managers, do we have an app for you! Redbooth is a one stop shop for intelligent task management and planning solutions for you and your team. This app, available on the Apple Store and GooglePlay Store is a collection of easy to use, yet highly powerful tools that help you combine related tasks, files, forms, contacts, etc., into a centralized and communicate-able format. It is incredibly easy to set up new projects and set up your custom dashboards, tail