Words from Ron Hollis

Business is the sum of the actions of the people in it. All actions contribute to the business, either positively or negatively. When every action of every team member is modeled and improved to optimum performance, then you get the optimal business execution. However, this is impossible, so we business leaders have to focus on [...]

“We don’t make anything in this country anymore.” I heard a guy say this morning at Starbucks.
It begs the question “Is that true?” and “Who is the biggest manufacturing country?”   It’s China, right? WRONG! Regardless of the pity parties of the media on how China is the big manufacturing monster and even the new classification [...]

Does the typical mechanical engineer understand the manufacturing process for the parts they design? Do they truly understand plastic injection molding? Do they realize the science and art of designing parts that can be reliably AND economically produced? Amazingly, my experience is that most engineers have very limited skills with designing for manufacturing, particularly for [...]