Most businesses are looking for ways to be more productive and efficient with less effort and resources. Wouldn’t it be great if your website answered email inquiries on its own? Or what if it had a chatbot to directly engage visitors in real time? In this #USAMfgHour chat, the topic was “B2B Marketing Automation: Making Meaningful Scaling Simple”. We discussed these questions and many other options for using automation to improve multiple facets of your company’s public engagement.
#USAMfgHour Seasonal Demands for Manufacturers
It may be a tumultuous 2020, but it’s still a season for business. How are manufacturers and others in the industry using this time? While some businesses are conducting seasonal hiring and internships or preparing for holiday rushes, others are working on new products and services or efficiency plans for 2021 and beyond. Kirsten Austin and her team at DCSC Inc., developer of DCWarehouse, a WMS shipping and supply chain solution, host a light Fall Manufacturing Business Hour for this week’s #USAMfgHour chat on Twitter.Read More
People and Technology – What Is the Right “Combo”?
As a woman in business, I bring an emotional intelligence and people-first perspective to everything I do. After decades in the automation and supply chain industry, I’ve also developed a practical, experience-based understanding of how technology and people intersect—and how they should support one another.
Our company provides software powered by wireless technology that eliminates the need for manual data entry in inventory control, shipping, materials management, and operations. Yes, there’s an investment involved. But the return is measurable and meaningful. The real question isn’t whether technology costs money—it’s this: when should a human solve an operational challenge, and when should technology?
Where are the Martini Glasses?

Laying out your production or warehousing facility is just as important as the software application that helps you operate. In today’s day and age of “Lean Practices” one might get lost in philosophy and terminology. I’m positive that both men and women like to cook. So let us relate this to my favorite place – the kitchen.
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