Free George Keremedjiev

Posted by stephens on Sep 2, 2010 in Events, Tips & Techniques | 0 comments

“Hey Tim. Do you know George Kere …”, my boss begins to ask me. “Keremedjiev? Hell yes I know him! He is a rock star! Why do you ask?”, I respond. “He is here in the conference room.” I go find George and got a warm greeting. Not because he is doing business with my employer. He gave me a warm greeting because we have a...

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Someday

Posted by stephens on Aug 3, 2009 in Rants | 0 comments

I stumbled across a news post today by clicking on a link that read “Manufacturing Takes Big Jump”. So, I click it. Takes me to an article titled “Manufacturing Index Signals Growth Soon“. Define “soon”. Unemployment is up. Bankruptcies are up. Federal tax revenues are down. When the number of manufacturers go down, but the...

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Candle is Burning

Posted by stephens on Jun 11, 2009 in Automated Transactions, Rants, Tips & Techniques, Web Technologies | 0 comments

Die shops and components suppliers have been doing business the same way pretty much since the Candlestick telephone was invented. The last game-changing technology revolution to hit this space was the fax machine. The Request For Quotation (RFQ) process sucks. It is error-prone and time-consuming for the buyer of tooling components. It is labor-intensive and...

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