Craig Carrel recently interviewed John Daly, President of Executive Education, Inc., to learn more about the benefits of Activity Based Costing (ABC). John Daly helped Team 1 Plastics develop their first ABC quote model over 10 years ago and helped with our updates over the years. We are thrilled to utilize our long-standing relationship with John Daly to share more about this useful costing method. Watch our series of video interviews to learn more!
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Craig Carrel and John Daly, President of Executive Education, Inc., talk about Activity Based Costing, and how it differs from other costing methods.
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John Daly, President of Executive Education, Inc., shares with Craig Carrel the most rewarding benefit of using Activity Based Costing.
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John Daly, President of Executive Education, Inc., explains how manufacturing companies can begin using Activity Based Costing. Watch Craig Carrel interview John to learn more!
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Craig Carrel and John Daly, President of Executive Education, Inc., reflect upon how Activity Based Costing has benefitted Team 1 Plastics in the past.
John Daly, President of Executive Education, Inc., predicts how costing methods will advance in the future. Watch Craig Carrel interview John to hear some of his insights!
Craig Carrel, President Team 1 Plastics, recently interviewed Laurie Harbour, President and CEO of Harbour Results on the state of the automotive industry. Laurie has over 20 years experience working with automotive companies and is regularly quoted in local and national publications as an experienced auto and operational analyst. She recently was the President of the Society of Automotive Analysts.
Team 1 has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with Laurie and Harbour Results and she has played a critical role in the development of our strategic plan. We were pleased to spend some time with Laurie and discuss the current state of the automotive industry, lessons learned from the recession and Japan earthquake along with challenges and opportunites for growth in this globally competitive industry.
We would appreciate your feedback on whether you thought this information was useful, suggestions for improvement, new questions, and other topic areas. Please go to this feedback form to provide your feedback and a chance to win a $50 VISA gift card.
UPDATE-January 3, 2012: We had 26 views of our feedback page and 4 people submitted their feedback for the $50 VISA gift card. Doug Stratton was the lucky winner. We appreciate everyone viewing these video interviews and your response and feedback has exceeded our expectations. We are already planning a video interview on Activity Based Costing/Pricing for late January and another plastic industry update from another plastic expert in February. Stay tuned!
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Team 1 Plastics – contact us or call Craig Carrel at (517) 629-2178 ext. 11
Harbour Results - website or call Laurie Harbour at (248) 629-9331
Watch the interview to hear Laurie’s perspective on the current state of the automotive industry.
Can the Plastics Industry Continue to Grow or Is Trouble Ahead? An Interview with Laurie Harbour, President and CEO of Harbour Results on the State of the Plastics Industry
Craig Carrel, President Team 1 Plastics, recently interviewed Laurie Harbour, President and CEO of Harbour Results on the state of the plastics industry. Laurie has over 20 years experience working with manufacturing companies, including plastic manufacturers. She currently is on the board of directors of the Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors (MAPP).
Team 1 has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with Laurie and Harbour Results and she has played a critical role in the development of our strategic plan. We were pleased to spend some time with Laurie and discuss the current state of the plastics industry along with the challenges, threats and opportunites for growth in plastics.
We would appreciate your feedback on whether you thought this information was useful, suggestions for improvement, new questions, and other topic areas. Please go to this feedback form to provide your feedback and a chance to win a $25 VISA gift card.
UPDATE-December 12, 2011: We had 23 views of our feedback page but no one submitted their feedback so we were unable to give away our $25 VISA gift card. We will roll this amount over to our next blog interview on the current state of the automotive industry coming soon.
For additional information on
Team 1 Plastics – contact us or call Craig Carrel at (517) 629-2178 ext. 11
Harbour Results - website or call Laurie Harbour at (248) 629-9331
Watch the interview to hear Laurie’s perspective on the current state of the plastics industry.
I came across a great blog posting from E&T Plastics recently. Titled “How Plastics Companies Are Using Social Media” it focused on how plastics companies utilize social media. They looked at several plastic companies who are using social media to build brand awareness, as well as engage in open communication with their current and prospective customers. Some of the challenges include a lack of participation from target markets, getting through to the right people and keeping the communications interesting. It was great to see a blog post that was dedicated to the plastics industry social media efforts.
Here at Team 1, we have been dabbling in social media for about two years. We would agree that one of the difficulties is the limited outlets and participation in our target markets. Our biggest challenge has been to find enough time to monitor and participate in social media being a small business. It is also tough to find the time to develop informative blog posts. We believe that this is the best social media tool for plastic companies based upon the technical nature of our products.
We are excited about the potential of social media to add value to our current and future customers. Many plastic companies do not see this value and we believe they are ignoring this new media at the own peril. It does take a commitement and resources to participate and it is constantly evolving but we believe it is the wave of the future.
Unfortunately, as is normal with New Year’s resolutions, we have done a terrible job in living up to being a better blogger. We apologize for the lack of recent blog posts and it is frustrating because we have a lot to say but not enough time to say it.
It has been a weird first half of the year because we had a fantastic first quarter but the second quarter has been negatively impacted by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March. Our production team has been slow since April and does not look to be picking up until August but everyone else has been extremely busy with current and new customers’ projects that will launch later this year and in 2012.
We will try to improve but unlike earlier this year we are not going to make promises that we might not be able to keep. We continue to increase our presence in the online community and we would love for you to check us out!
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And, as always, check out our most recent news on our website!