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Robert Gearhart: Mar 24, 2020 9:00:00 AM
As a manufacturer, you likely have a procurement strategy for your raw material, overseen by a sourcing or supply chain manager who ensures efficient and effective use of that material, with the goal of increasing or at a minimum maintaining your...
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Robert Gearhart: Mar 19, 2020 9:00:00 AM
Here’s a hard truth for most manufacturing firms. You’re not managing the supply chain when it comes to your employees’ benefits, which means you’re...
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Robert Gearhart: Mar 17, 2020 9:00:00 AM
As the CFO of a manufacturing firm, we don’t have to tell you that companies are buying and selling their businesses based on a multiple of EBITDA,...
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Robert Gearhart: Mar 12, 2020 9:00:00 AM
Does it make sense to have a non-P&L manager in charge of a top-three business expense at your manufacturing firm? Most CFOs would say, “Of course...
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Robert Gearhart: Mar 10, 2020 9:00:00 AM
When it comes to improving the performance of your manufacturing firm’s health plan, it’s not what you buy, but rather how you buy it. Are you...
