Organize your company to maximize its prospects for success

Picture your company a year from now. Then five years. Then ten. What will your organization look like? Will it be structured the way it needs to be for success? A clear understanding of how the work needs to be done and how communication needs to flow creates the foundation for good work force planning […]

Heavy metal

How ACS Industries forged its way into the marketplace with its manufacturing techniques

How Gregg Paradies steered The Paradies Shops through a recession

Gregg Paradies started seeing signs of economic trouble in the summer of 2008 and knew right away he’d better take action. Paradies’ company, The Paradies Shops Inc., had enjoyed a long, virtually unbroken streak of growth since its inception in 1960. In its lifetime, the retailer had grown from a single toy store at Atlanta […]

Taking off

How Saint-Gobain got lean to accommodate its growing aerospace business