Shout-out to Women in Material Handling
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Once upon a time, even in developed parts of the world, well-behaved women didn’t go out and work. Today, women have broken glass ceilings and infiltrated the old boys network. Not only have they stepped outside of their homes, they have stepped outside of familiar occupations […]
Listen, Design, Build
The voice of the customer is important. Bluff Manufacturing has always been a leader in providing solutions-oriented products. Our business objective has always been and will always be “What can Bluff do for you today?” We are a business that realizes that the voice of the customer matters a great deal and it is what […]
Steel prices STILL rising!
We hate to be bearers of bad news, especially while we’re still hurting from the last few years of economic downturn, but there’s no escaping this scenario – rising steel prices! Last April, we blogged about the negative impact that rising steel prices had on manufacturing companies, but there seems to be no end in […]
Distributor Loyalty and Leads
Sometime back Bluff Manufacturing created an important discussion about building and nurturing healthy and mutually beneficial manufacturer-distributor relationships that would ultimately help in creating a loyal customer base. It’s time to re-visit that topic again and to reinforce that message. We can all agree on one thing – building and maintaining customer loyalty should be […]
Making a Case for Case Studies
What are case studies? They’re simply real-life stories of two correlating events or incidents. In other words, this happened as a result of that. In the business world, they’re often related to success stories. An actual incident where a problem existed, a solution was implemented, and the problem was solved. Pretty simple isn’t it? Not […]
Good tidings in December 2010 spills over into 2011!
With the holidays behind us, a new year ahead of us, and plenty of work to be done – we could use a little boost to our spirits! For some of us, a new year means new opportunities and another shot at keeping our resolutions and achieving our goals. For those of us moping around […]
Happy New Year! A Look Back at 2010!
As we step into a New Year, Bluff Manufacturing takes a look back at 2010. It was a great honor for me to have kicked off Bluff Manufacturing’s marketing and sales agenda for 2010 by joining Bluff as the Marketing and Sales Director early in the year. Designing a strategic plan meant implementing several changes […]
Where have all the welders gone?
In the manufacturing industry, skilled welders hold great significance. Therefore, recent news articles citing a general decline of skilled welders even with prevailing high unemployment rates, presents an interesting conundrum. Finding qualified welders is difficult enough, but finding experienced welders is even more so. This is not just a problem in the United States; a […]
Making friends one six pack at a time!
That was in Harry’s own words. Harry Davidson and Sid Blache, our Business Development Managers, as well as myself, have been doing the beer rounds this past October. Our beer rounds have been taking place at beer conventions exchanging business cards and networking rather than guzzling down a six-pack at your friendly neighborhood bars and […]
Bluff Manufacturing’s Distributors Portal is now open for business!
Sometime in August, we blogged about the importance of having a personalized online account in e-commerce sales and we tried to drop a few hints about a wonderful online resource we were building for our distributors. Well, without much further ado, let me present Phase I of Bluff Manufacturing’s Distributor’s Portal. This will be your […]
