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Richard Kallage
KDC & Associates Ltd.
522 S. Northwest Highway Suite UL-8
Barrington, IL 60010
847-525-6109
- From The Fabricator
Field selling for fabricators: direct or rep?
- By Richard Kallage
- May 6, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
When stepping up sales initiatives, shop owners stand at a crossroads: Should they hire a direct salesperson or go with a manufacturer’s rep? There are pros and cons to each. To start, fabricators should fully understand the economics behind the relationship between company managers and sales.
- From The Fabricator
Lean implementation failures
- By Richard Kallage
- Jul 11, 2006
- Shop Management
- Article
The most important parts of lean implementation are preparation—especially an objective assessment and development of the business and technical cases for lean—leadership that can get things done, appropriate training, resolution of people issues, and well-designed deployment methods.
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- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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