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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
clear that if my family was going to stay in manufacturing, we would have to become globally competitive.” The Wisconsin businesses were sold in 2002, and a new company with a new strategy, Chirch Global Manufacturing (CGM), was born....
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Garry Emmons;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
600 employers and 80,000 job seekers. In addition to offering on-demand workers through its marketplace, Apli’s chatbot and machine-learning models are now helping companies with mass recruiting of permanent employees. “Through Apli,...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
not just suppliers of advanced materials, production equipment, and components, but also R&D know-how, advanced process development and engineering skills, and manufacturing competencies. Making matters even worse is something that has...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
Working with caramel, coconut, and chocolate, however, does have its drawbacks. After the Richmond, Virginia, company's monthly meeting to taste-test cookies in development, Baxter says he leaves "absolutely satiated with sugar. You feel like holing up somewhere until...
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Julia Hanna
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
A Wall Street Pioneer Comes Home
returning to her hometown of Grand Haven, Michigan, in 1996 to care for two family members, Sherwood continued to consult for Goldman Sachs while serving on the board of JSJ Corporation, a durable goods manufacturing company cofounded by...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
had worked as a design engineer at Procter and Gamble, in addition to having cofounded a social enterprise that successfully commercialized biodegradable sanitary pads in India. Saigal started looking into the $10 billion diaper industry...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
Illustration by Fabio Consoli Illustration by Fabio Consoli The co-CEOs noticed it right away: Early in the pandemic, staffers at the online children’s clothing company Primary.com were struggling when they logged back into Zoom on Mondays. People were not recharging...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
manufactured goods go to waste in the production process, Philip Behn says, because items come out too thick, too thin, or otherwise not perfect. “So we put our own private label on them and now we sell broken pretzel bits.” As much as 15...
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- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Douglas Spreng (MBA 1967)
organization, and think strategically,” says Spreng. “It benefited me tremendously throughout my career.” He went on to a 40-year career in high-tech manufacturing and marketing, including serving as a group general manager of...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
because of—the challenge: “It was basically a small manufacturing company but with an output of one product each time, because every unit we process is unique,” he says. “With each garment, there are 20 opportunities for us to screw...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
after graduating from HBS, at the height of the Korean War, Berkley served an additional 17 months, 11 of which were in Korea. As a first lieutenant in the infantry, he led his platoon on night patrols. It was a harrowing experience: “Of...
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balance;
meaning;
longevity;
aging;
Paper Manufacturing;
Paper Manufacturing
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be underestimated. But in View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
for $6.2 million and plans to spend another $16.5 million to retrofit the building. Beyond the money they already have, Markowitz and her board will need to raise an additional $18.5 million. All in all, they are off to a good start: the...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
A tour of Plochman Inc. in Manteno, Illinois, features many of the sights you might expect to find at a business whose sole purpose is to manufacture mustard. In addition to a loading dock stacked high with...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Dr. Margaret Chan (PMD 61, 1991) is worried. She believes that a serious human influenza pandemic will almost certainly occur at some time in the near future. Chan is particularly concerned by the avian influenza virus H5N1 that is currently moving across continents...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
to use for each major transaction is, naturally, Goldman Sachs. Second, selling should be separated from manufacturing to be sure the best manufacturing skills are dedicated to making the best product....
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Garry Emmons
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
and HBS senior lecturer Jim Matheson READ MORE [Sound of golf club hitting ball] In 2020, Aaron Sabin was working as a mechanical engineer at the golfing equipment company TaylorMade. Aaron Sabin: What I would do is I would design a golf club on the computer and before...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Mahindra (MBA ’81), vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of cars and farm equipment with divisions in IT, infrastructure, auto components, and finance. He cites a confluence of factors...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
purchasing, had just been notified by the contract manufacturer of SmartPak’s dog food that the weight-control formula might contain melamine. The substance, which has been used by Chinese manufacturers to...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
philosophical fit was there, he felt, even if it left many scratching their heads. Currently taught by Marquis in the MBA elective course Commerce and Society, the case details Burt’s Bees’ pioneering initiative to formalize and institutionalize the industry-wide...
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