The manufacturing exodus doesn't have to be happening.
If you don't staff your company with engineers - people educated to save you money and improve customer satisfaction - don't complain when competitors take your markets.
Lean manufacturing helps furniture maker expand quickly.
Applying Pareto's Law and its 80/20 logic can simplify your business and improve profitability.
The American economy continues in a slide and we don't know yet where it will end, but it is clear that the furniture industry is in a classic "rollup."
Toronto-based office partition and furniture manufacturer launches major new product line to compete with the largest office furniture manufacturers.
CNC router manufacturer Thermwood set up a furniture-making operation in its own plant to test its cell manufacturing techniques.
ICA Group has created a range of water-based finishing products targeted at meeting the special coating needs of wooden chairs.
Manufacturers of office and contract furniture need to develop special strategies to survive the recession and grow in the expansion.
Three examples of companies that achieved success by implementing lean manufacturing.