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Reviews of “Survival Is Not Mandatory”
“I’ve have had a business relationship with Steve for over a decade. He’s a solid PCB and EMS professional, an expert on “Lean” manufacturing and “Quality and is a well-respected columnist and author. He has produced over 150 columns and articles for I-Connect007 publications as well as an eBook, Survival is not Mandatory on lean manufacturing, which has been downloaded 100,000 times across 50+ countries. I look forward to working with Steve for many more years.”
Ray Rasmussen
Publisher – I-Connect007
“I have known Steve Williams for quite a few years and have had the pleasure of editing quite a few of his books. He is probably the most knowledgeable person I know in lean and quality issues. It has been a pleasure working with Steve; when you edit someone’s writings you get to know the inner person. Steve was always kind and agreeing even when he did not like my suggestions. I know you will find Steve very helpful in any endeavor you chose with him.”
Robert Tarzwell
President – DMRPCB.com
“Steve’s engineering, manufacturing, quality and strategic sourcing experience permeates his obvious passion for organizational excellence. Steve is especially skilled at developing strong, mutually beneficial, “win-win” relationships between his company and its customers. I have long respected Steve’s work, but my impression was that lean & quality didn’t really apply to Custer Consulting Group’s small market research business. I was very wrong! Working with Steve on the methodology of organizational change and the need for lean practices caused me to reexamine ‘the way we have always done things’ with an emphasis on eliminating non value-added activities.”
Walt Custer
President – Custer Consulting Group
“I’m in favor of anything that will help make PCB fabricators better, and by reading SURVIVAL IS NOT MANDATORY: 10 THINGS EVERY CEO SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LEAN by my friend (full disclosure is warranted here) Steve Williams, you will get better. If you pay attention to and do what he recommends. Steve has put together a simple to read easy to use manual of how to incorporate Lean manufacturing techniques into your process so that you can cut your inefficiencies and improve your productivity. He takes you through a ten-part step by step introduction to Lean that will leave you wanting more if you are truly interested in making your company better.”
Dan Beaulieu
President – DB Management Group
“Survival is not Mandatory is another way of saying that ”inadvertent suicide is an option”. The subject may be your firm or your country’s economy. Does that sound overly dramatic? The evidence speaks to the peril of the exodus of U.S. manufacturing. Steve Williams begins his book with a statement of fact: Simply put, 80% of our revenue as a country comes from service-related industries and only 20% from manufacturing.
The human impacts of loss of manufacturing may be seen in the loss of opportunities to make things. The social loss is that without real production of real products, innovation will suffer from the lack of experience to feed it. I think that this is one conclusion that will justify Steve William’s alarms.”
Harvey Miller
President & Founder- FabFile Online
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