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Plastics Business is a magazine targeting the plastics processing business executive. It is distributed to corporate management, plant managers and production managers involved in all types of plastics processing and manufacturing.
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We Don’t Need to Assess Our Operations - We Are Doing Great!
By Laurie Harbour-Felax The majority of the readers of this publication, along with a majority of other manufacturing companies throughout the country, have probably repeated the title statement far more than one time. In today’s environment, many small- to middle-market business owners are struggling with their performance both financially and operationally, but feel they have a […] Read more »
A Continuous Improvement Idea: Update Your Costing and Quoting Process
By Tim Lewis The concept of continuous improvement is well established and has proven invaluable for increasing consistency and efficiencies in manufacturing processes. However, few businesses have taken the opportunity to apply these principles to professional business practices even though the benefits are equally impressive. Any business process that is repeated can benefit from the application of […] Read more »
PRD, Inc.: Remaining Agile in a Changing Market
By Dianna Brodine Pop Quiz: A customer calls with an urgent need for a low-volume part run that must be molded in a dust-free environment. You have no clean room on site. What do you do? The PRD Response? Build a temporary Class 100,000 clean room to accommodate the customer… in four days. Located in Springville, Ind., PRD, […] Read more »