Manufacturing Money

Despite popular opinion manufacturing in Australia is far from doomed. As more and more academic study tours report that the only solution is to spend more money on academia there are other ways.
The new book Manufacturing Money: How CEOs Rapidly Lift Profits in Manufacturing details how manufacturing companies can, and many are, having a bright future if we change the way we look at and drive the profit motive of a business.

Manufacturing companies, especially in the SME sector do not have 20 years to wait for a major change driven by the academic system. The book outlines the steps and analysis a company must perform to become globally competitive in a very short timeframe.

Manufacturing in the developed world is an industry under extraordinary pressure from the globalised competitive marketplace. This same globalised economy provides huge opportunities for companies to truly show their brilliance on the world stage and generate massive profit growth. The book shows how companies have rapidly changed their performance by working with their existing employees and without investing large amounts of precious cash.

Disruptive technological changes and global financial uncertainty add to these global challenges. Many companies have failed this challenge and have ceased to exist; many more struggle along every day just keeping their heads above water. Some thrive, even with products that would normally be considered as commodities. Again the book shows how companies can reinvent their products and services to create more value for their customers and themselves.

Both Jason Furness and Michael McLean are regular speakers at industry events and conferences. They have both been interviewed and written for a number of industry magazines. Jason and his co-author Michael McLean have more than 20 years of diverse manufacturing industry experience in blue chip companies, and a total of 35 years of consulting experience with hundreds of clients, Michael and Jason have learnt what works for clients when the stakes are high and you are playing for keeps.