There’s very little that is more important to your business’ success than listening to your customers. The customer voice is a guiding force that lets you know what you’re doing right, and even more importantly, what you need do to win business in a competitive marketplace.
Entries from January 27th, 2012
Your Customers’ Voice: No Siren Song Here
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Chairman's Corner
Tags: Annual Meeting·Executive Leadership Conference·MarketTrends Roundtable Conference·Service Issues and Expectations study
Enercon’s Bill Zito Scholarship Awarded to 2 Students
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · PMMI U
The Bill Zito Scholarship, established by PMMI member company Enercon Industries Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisc. ) and administered by the PMMI Education & Training Foundation has been awarded to two third-year packaging students: Anthony Abts, University of Wisconsin—Stout and William Wooi, Clemson University.
Tags: Bill Zito·Enercon Industries Corporation·PMMI's Education & Training Foundation
Save The Date: PMMI’s MarketTrends Roundtable Coming to Chicago May 15-16
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · PMMI U
Understanding modern marketing tools and customer concerns can make the difference between successful strategy and a failed campaign, so PMMI’s MarketTrends Roundtable Conference (May 15-16; Chicago, Ill.) will center on the trends and technologies critical for growing your business, with the theme “Today’s Challenges…Tomorrow’s Opportunities.”
UPDATE: Risk Assessment Brings Machinery to Global Standards
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · PMMI U
Whether you’re hoping to increase business in North America, or looking to export markets to grow profits, risk assessment isn’t just an invaluable tool, it’s a necessity.
Tags: General Mills·Procter & Gamble·Risk Assessment Training
This Month in PACK EXPO Connected Communities
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Connections
PACK EXPO’s Connected Communities continue the PACK EXPO experience online, 24/7/365. With market-driving trends from industry experts; targeted forums that address the confectionery, baking and snack and pharmaceutical industries; and the opportunity to build networks and grow connections from the trade show floor.
October Trade Stats: Exports Up 11%
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Global Marketing
Tags: Monthly Trade Stats
Public Companies Step in to Fill the Job Creation Gap
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Connections
Despite budget crunches and cutbacks in government benefit and grant programs, Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses program, a $500 million national program for small businesses, is expanding across the country.
PMT Magazine Relaunches PMT Express
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Connections
PMT Magazine has re-launched PMT Express as part of PMTDirect.com, with regular articles and features that address all that’s new and important in the packaging and processing industries. The new, constantly updating resource will serve as an online repository for breaking news from innovators and industry leaders, and monthly emails will recap the most recent [...]
Tags: PMT Express·PMT Magazine
Executive Leadership Conference Focuses on Oceans of Opportunity
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Connections
Packaging and processing markets are fast-paced, fast-developing fields, where innovation is an imperative as well as a constant.
Tags: Executive Leadership Conference·General Mills·Gregg Stedronsky·Phil Kuehl
How Much YESability Do Your People Have?
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Connections
By JOHN M. BERNARD Author of Business at the Speed of Now (John was the keynote speaker for PMMI’s Annual Meeting in King of Prussia, Pa., on November 9, 2011) We live and do business today in the craziest of times. Without necessarily seeing it, we’ve moved well through the shift from an economic system [...]
Tags: Annual Meeting·John Bernard