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Mitigating Personnel Challenges through Strategic Partnerships

Personnel roles within specialty chemicals and advanced materials require specialized know-how and skills, making it incredibly difficult to find knowledgeable and experienced people to fill key positions. Unfortunately, not having fully staffed and skilled teams in place jeopardizes your company’s ability to succeed over the long term. How many potentially impactful initiatives have been abandoned due to a lack of internal resources? Too many, without a doubt.

Matching Powder Coatings to End-Use Applications: A Practical Overview

Selecting the correct powder coating for a specific end-use application is critical but can be a mystery to applicators, product developers, and end users due to the variety of chemistries and industry terminology. Gaining a fundamental understanding of why certain powder coatings are used for specific applications can help you make more informed decisions.

Achieving Success through Data-Driven Decision Making

Several variables, including a company’s objectives and the available types and quality of data, affect how precisely data may be incorporated into the decision-making process. Every contemporary company should work to optimize their data-driven decision making to ensure profitable growth.

WEBINAR: Process Optimization and Overall Equipment Effectiveness

WEBINAR: Process Optimization and Overall Equipment Effectiveness

The first webinar in our Operational and Manufacturing Excellence limited webinar series in partnership with the American Coatings Association, “Process Optimization & Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE),” was held June 22. ChemQuest director Robert Kramer detailed operational efficiency, yields, margins, and quality that translate to increased EBITDA. Attendees gained an understanding of the development and implementation of key performance indicators (KPIs) for maximum profitability (ROI), as well as methods to implement and sustain improvements in manufacturing operations, processes, SKUs, and production.

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Business Strategy: Tips for Optimizing Digital Tool Implementation

Business Strategy: Tips for Optimizing Digital Tool Implementation

Digital strategy has become a common industry catchphrase. In reality, digital strategy and all of its semantic offshoots (i.e., digitization, digitalization, digital engagement, etc.) should serve as implementation tools of your overall business strategy. While proponents have prepared many well-developed visions of a future that digital can enable, it can be difficult to know where to start. To ensure success, fully explore the most effective timing and method(s) for your digital tools to trigger various human interactions. Digital tools should integrate with existing systems and processes such that the entire operation works effectively with minimal involvement of your personnel while achieving maximum customer impact.

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The Sticky Business of Adhesives Sourcing and Replacement

The Sticky Business of Adhesives Sourcing and Replacement

Manufacturers have dealt with numerous supply chain disruptions over the past several years. Identifying alternative sources for materials and products used in the manufacturing process is a necessary strategy for any company trying to limit the ramifications of these disruptions on its production capacity and end-product quality. The process can be complicated with adhesives, as adhesive performance varies quite broadly depending on the base chemistry and specific product formulation. Finding the optimal balance of properties for each application is therefore key when sourcing adhesive products.

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Developing CASE Sector Resiliency and New Growth Opportunities

Developing CASE Sector Resiliency and New Growth Opportunities

While recent trends represent good news for the CASE sector, it is important to come to the realization that the economic and industry conditions that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic are gone. In addition to numerous concerns, this “new normal” landscape offers opportunities for differentiation and growth for organizations that can build on the lessons they have learned.

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