The Lake Companies Announces New CEO, New Leadership and Other Changes to Enhance Customer Experience and Drive Innovation
Green Bay, WI – December 6, 2024 — The Lake Companies, a leading provider of solutions for discrete manufacturers, is excited to announce significant leadership shifts aimed at bolstering customer success, accelerating product innovation, and expanding leadership capabilities. These changes are driven by insights gathered from this year’s Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey, reflecting our […]
Proven Strategies to Scale Your Manufacturing Operations for Maximum Efficiency
Scaling a manufacturing operation isn’t just about increasing production; it’s about optimizing every aspect of your business to handle growth efficiently. The key lies in embracing technology, streamlining processes and focusing on your people. Below, we’ll dive into these three essential strategies that can help you achieve scalable growth in your manufacturing operations. 1. Embrace […]
Scaling Your Manufacturing Operations: Insights from Trak-Talk with Greg Lake
In our latest Trak-Talk session, Greg Lake, a recognized leader in manufacturing technology, took us through the critical aspects of scaling manufacturing operations. The discussion centered on leveraging the three key pillars of success: people, processes, and technology. Each plays a vital role in driving efficiency, fostering growth, and ultimately transforming how manufacturing operations are […]
Enhance Cash Flow with Optimized Inventory Levels Using Trak-Suite
Inventory management is an important piece of the puzzle for manufacturers aiming to maintain healthy cash flow and minimize operational costs. In an ideal situation, businesses will maintain just enough stock to meet demand without losing money to oversupply issues such as extra storage costs or wasted product. Achieving this optimal balance of inventory can […]
Proactive Control: Reducing Emergency Problem Solving with Trak-Suite
Those in manufacturing are well aware of how quickly the shop floor can go from business as usual to snarled bottlenecks. These stressful situations place a challenge on the organization and those involved, yet must be solved as quickly as possible to maintain and meet delivery promises. High-pressure environments like this result in “reactive management”, […]
Precision at the Core: Streamlining Shop Floor Operations with Trak-Suite
Many manufacturing companies struggle to maintain the balance between producing quality products, meeting production deadlines and maintaining a high level of manufacturing throughput. Those challenges are multiplied when there is a lack of confidence in production scheduling. The combination creates an unreasonable and inaccurate distribution of manpower, setting the stage for production delays and inefficient […]
Ensuring Punctuality Every Time
Consistently delivering on promises and providing on-time shipping is crucial for maintaining the trust of your customers and achieving a competitive advantage in the manufacturing industry. Trak-Suite’s advanced solutions help your teams streamline back office processes and production to make sure that punctuality isn’t just hoped for. It’s guaranteed. With Trak-Suite, keeping your deliveries punctual […]
Enhancing Customer Service with Optimized Organizational WhiteSpace™
The Role of Customer Service in Manufacturing Your customer service representatives have the important job of forming and maintaining strong relationships with your customers. While the back office deals with internal issues, front office teams act as the face of your company. Manufacturing enterprises are becoming increasingly complex and customer demands have grown more precise. […]
Cutting Through the Noise: Leveraging Trak-Suite and Organizational WhiteSpace™ to Streamline Business Operations
The efficient management of staff, time, and resources is an ongoing challenge for manufacturing businesses. That’s because successful manufacturers know that the key to staying competitive lies in optimizing every aspect of their operations. Trak-Suite’s cutting-edge solutions empower stakeholders at every level of manufacturing to reduce operational “noise” and focus on what truly matters: streamlined […]
Fact-Trak: Business Intelligence at Your Fingertips
Manufacturers today grapple with a myriad of challenges within current data reporting systems that can hinder operational efficiency and inhibit growth. An inability to swiftly analyze and optimize integral data can cause crippling disruptions and delays. Misalignment between production plans and execution on the shop floor, rising operational costs, and inefficient resource utilization may cost […]