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  • Train them so they can leave …

    Train them so they can leave …

    Dieter Adam – 15 November 2023 “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough, so they…

  • Going into overseas ownership – A good move?

    Going into overseas ownership – A good move?

    Dieter Adam – 8 November 2023 We recently saw the news of the impending sale of another major Canterbury manufacturing…

  • Thoughts on Manufacturing

    Dieter Adam 16 October 2023 ‘Manufacturing’ is derived from Latin and combines the words for ‘Hand’ and ‘Making’; it literally…

  • First Foodie Manufacturers Meet-up

    First Foodie Manufacturers Meet-up

    It’s been a long time coming and it’s finally happened- our first Food Manufactures focused meeting! After looking at our…

  • A (very) expensive lesson in leaky processes

    Dieter Adam, 8 September 2023 Aurubis is one of the world’s largest recyclers and processors of non-ferrous metals, headquarted in…

  • German Headwinds

    Originally published by Dieter Adam 8 August 2023 Stereotypical Germans love doom and gloom, and at the moment a lot…

  • When Complexity is a Good Thing

    When Complexity is a Good Thing

    Originally posted by Dieter Adam 2 August 2023 Our much bigger sister/brother community of manufacturers in Australia, whose regular posts…

  • An idea worth exploring?

    An idea worth exploring?

    Dieter Adam 4 September 2023 We are all familiar with “we can’t get enough (of the right) young people to…

  • If only … stopping short of commercial success

    If only … stopping short of commercial success

    Originally posted by Dieter Adam 31 July 2023 This is the story of Charles Johnson of Auckland, as told in…

  • Are we kidding ourselves?

    Are we kidding ourselves?

    Originally posted by Dieter Adam 27 July 2023 The Economist is a British weekly newspaper with a strong focus on…