Recently added articles from SBN Cleveland:
FRONT RUNNER
Mar 01, 2003; ... In the midst of the frenzy of media attention devoted to dot-com start-ups, overvalued IPOs and accounting discrepancies, well-run companies were labeled as boring and often ignored. Who wanted to read about a good company, business editors reasoned, when so many others were falling ...
eVolution in MANUFACTURING: Keeping score - Parker Hannifin
Feb 01, 2003; ... Parker Hannifin's manufacturing capabilities span 111 divisions in 45 countries, which presents a unique challenge: How do you measure success? The answer was to institute the Kaplan & Nortons balanced scorecard model companywide, using readily available software. The scorecard ...
eVolution in MANUFACTURING: Offset, online - Genie Repros
Feb 01, 2003; ... The printing industry has gone through a lot of changes in the last few decades. Thirty years ago, typesetters were pouring lead and shooting boards with a camera; today, it's Photoshop and font libraries. What used to be a craft that required long apprenticeships and union membership is ...
eVolution in MANUFACTURING: Content to commerce - Alcan
Feb 01, 2003; ... Less than two years ago, executives at Alcan Inc., a metal products manufacturer, realized the competition had seized the initiative in e-commerce capabilities. Something had to be done. Alcan quickly formulated an e-commerce strategy and implemented several initiatives to revamp its ...
eVolution in MANUFACTURING: Time warp - ACC Automation
Feb 01, 2003; ... Custom engineered machine shops can lose a lot of money if a product isn't up to the customers specifications and they have to make a change - or worse, start over. That's why its crucial for these manufacturers to update customers on every phase of a project, from the design drawings ...
eVolution in MANUFACTURING: Hot wheels - Invacare
Feb 01, 2003; ... At one time, buying a wheelchair simply required finding a company that makes them and placing an order from among the limited selection of big bulky, unattractive products. Today, the customer has a vast array of wheelchair models to choose from, and you can buy your custom wheelchair ...
eVolution in MANUFACTURING: Plumber's helper - Moen Inc.
Feb 01, 2003; ... At a global supplier conference in 1999, Moen Inc. vice president Ken Slusher and his supply chain colleagues were handed a mission to create a paperless, streamlined communication system with the suppliers that help Moen make its faucets. "At the time, we had no idea how to do it," ...
eVolution in MANUFACTURING: Merit of achievement - Merit Brass
Feb 01, 2003; ... Merit Brass Co. is using electronic data interchange to save time and money, and improve communications with customers. Merit, which manufactures pipe nipples and is also a master distributor of pipe, valves and fittings for plumbing and industrial uses, has seen an increase in interest ...
2003 Companies to WATCH: Poised for a breakout - Forest City Enterprises Inc., Cleveland Medical Devices Inc., Riverside Cos., Flashline, Noteworthy Medical Systems
Jan 01, 2003; ... For more than 80 years, Forest City Enterprises hie. has owned, developed and managed real estate property across the nation. But even with all its previous success, the Cleveland-based firm stepped up its efforts over the past two years and views 2003 as a critical year. Under the ...
2003 Companies to WATCH: Down, but out? - Advanced Lighting Technologies, OM Group, Penton Media
Jan 01, 2003; ... There's no way to spin it - things look bad for Solon-based Advanced Lighting Technologies Inc. A shareholder lawsuit, a delisting notice and a loan default were some of the lowlights; last year for the metal halide lighting fixture maker. Pending a miracle, it doesn't look like 2003 ...
2003 Companies to WATCH: Turnarounds - OfficeMax, Level Propane, STERIS Corp.
Jan 01, 2003; ... With no small help from a $57.5 million tax break, OfficeMax reported a quarterly profit in May last year - its first in two years. But the event was no fluke for the country's third-largest office supply retailer. With the exception of one quarter, throughout 2002, OfficeMax posted ...
2003 Companies to WATCH: Takeovers - TRW, International Steel Group, Ohio Business Machines, NCS Healthcare Inc.
Jan 01, 2003; ... After holding off a hostile takeover attempt by Northrop Grumman by convincing shareholders they were getting a raw deal with its low- to mid-$50 per share offer, TRW CEO Philip Odeen secured top dollar for the Lyndhurst-based aerospace, automotive and defense contractor - $60 per share, $7.8 ...
2003 Companies to WATCH: Anything Goes - Century Business Services Inc., Quark Biotech Inc., GE Lighting, Christian & Timbers, Invacare, Keithley Instruments, Cleveland Cliffs
Jan 01, 2003; ... It's been a year of unification and separation for Independence-based Century Business Services (CBIZ). CBIZ offers mainly tax and accounting services to small and mid-sized businesses, but also offers business insurance, HR service, litigation advisory services, government relations, business ...
The changing face of business
Nov 01, 2002; ... There was a time not so long ago when it was impossible to open the pages of a newspaper or business magazine without seeing a story about some young, hip entrepreneur who founded a business no one really understood and spent money that, it turned out, no one was really accountable ...
Sticking it out
Nov 01, 2002; ... The day before his vice president would lose to George W. Bush in the most controversial election in U.S. history, President Bill Clinton approved the Needlestick Prevention Act, one of the many bills he signed on the way out of office. The bipartisan measure outlined several steps to ...
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Oct 01, 2002; ... No one would have been surprised if any of them had joined the family business. After all, the three businesses were successful, and as youths, the three men spent summers working for their respective fathers. So why not secure the future with guaranteed jobs? Because sometimes, the easy ...
Monker modification
Oct 01, 2002; ... Business is always evolving. Markets change, people change and businesses change. What starts as a small operation in a garage can grow to Fortune 500 status. But what happens when a business outgrows its name? You can change the name, although it's not an easy process, as ...
The pill and the bill
Sep 01, 2002; ... As Congress grapples with revising Medicare's prescription plans, the lesser known issue of contraceptive coverage waits to be decided. In 1998, a district court in Washington ruled that Bartell Drug Co. could not exclude prescription contraceptives from its generally comprehensive ...
Taxing Ohio's trust
Sep 01, 2002; ... While many Ohioans were away on vacation or just enjoying the summer, our legislature was passing new laws that. will allow the state to balance the budget. According to one new law, complex trusts will now have to pay state income tax, even if those funds are not distributed to the ...
Starting from scratch
Sep 01, 2002; ... Most banks grow using the build-it-and-they-will-come method. You build more branches to get more locations that give you more exposure and convenience for your customers. But not Westfield Bank. "We took a blank sheet of paper and looked at what, the best practices were front ...