Social Media and the Trust Factor
There are enough articles out there on the World Wide Web evangelizing the linking of social media to mainstream business (marketing to be more specific). And unarguably the merits are plenty and varied, as are some concerns. But it is hard to overlook the single most important contribution that social media has brought to current […]
Examining Marketing Myopia
In 1975, Theodore Levitt wrote an incredible article titled ‘Marketing Myopia’ that caused a paradigm shift in the business world. His theory was not new or original and was based on the philosophy of great management gurus like Peter Drucker, J.B. McKitterick, Wroe Alderson, John Howard and Neil Borden. However, his writing style, arguments and […]
Making Notes. Paper versus the iPad.
As technology becomes smarter and the World Wide Web is easier to access, paper will cease to become the platform on which many great ideas and notes were made. Electronic media has replaced man’s need to put pen to paper. Paper hasn’t necessarily become obsolete. For every document you save on your secured hard drive, […]
Aluminum diamond-deck high-grade truck dock boards
A while ago, we had talked about dock boards – aluminum versus steel – their merits and demerits. Bluff Manufacturing introduces a new line of aluminum welded truck dock boards available in 10,000 lb and 15,000 lb capacities board lengths and ranging from 36-72 inches. Bluff Manufacturing’s new and improved line of aluminum dock boards […]
Winds of Change
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abe Lincoln So many things have been said about change. So many eloquent statements made […]
June is The National Safety Month
Safety First! How many times have we heard that expression – From our childhood days, all throughout adolescence and into adulthood? Safety has and always will be of utmost importance; at the workplace, at home, on the road… everywhere. Even though this may be second nature, we sometimes need a reminder – to be aware […]
Memorial Day Weekend 2010
Bluff Manufacturing is closed for the Memorial Day weekend! Got any plans for the long weekend? If you don’t have any major travel plans, there are always plenty of things to do around the Dallas-Fort Worth area on a three-day weekend, and this Memorial Day weekend is no exception. While this May holiday is a […]
Performance Pay – Blaze Your Own Path
Every one of us has the desire and ability to be entrepreneurs; to be in control of our own lives. In its own way, the piece rate system of compensation allows an employee to be just that – an innovator and an entrepreneur in control of his/her performance and pay. The piece rate system not […]
Optimism in the manufacturing sector
Dare we hope for some good news finally? If numbers are any indication, then it seems that the sun is finally beginning to shine on the material handling and manufacturing sector. While the improvement in the market is not yet significant enough to bring out the champagne, it is still good news and it gives […]
Creating Bridges in the Material Handling Industry
Andrea Curreri Quite simply, a bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle in order to provide an object passage over that obstacle. This obstacle could be a valley, a road or a body of water and the object could be people, vehicles or information. In the world of material handling, this obstacle […]