Articles by SCMFG/Staff

Have you started to deploy Industry 4.0?

It is early morning, and you get out of bed after a restless night of sleep.  You go through your normal morning routine.  You are pre-occupied with something you saw in a blog you read yesterday.  A small manufacturer was explaining how Industry 4.0 is being deployed…




National Real Estate App launches in Greenville

GREENVILLE, S.C. – An app designed to streamline the home buying and selling process has launched exclusively with listings from the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors. Quitchet allows buyers to access accurate direct data while choosing basic or the most extensive filters for home features available anywhere,…


BASF names Elba Lizardi new Seneca Site Director

SENECA, S.C. Oct. 13, 2020 — BASF has named Elba Lizardi as the Site Director for its Seneca manufacturing facility in Oconee County. Lizardi has been in the manufacturing industry for more than 25 years. She previously served as Global Product Manager for Battery Recycling at BASF’s…



Are the numbers being tracked on the production floor improving business results?

“You manage what you measure.”  This philosophy is originally attributed to William Thomson, otherwise known as Lord Kelvin a noted Scottish mathematician and physicist in 1883 and popularized in modern day business by Peter Drucker.  All manufacturers know that to manage performance, you must measure it.  This…


787 Move to Charleston – Is This Just The Beginning?

Boeing recently announced that all 787 production would be consolidated in Charleston, South Carolina, meaning that 787 production in Everett, Washington would cease. As one can imagine, an announcement of this magnitude generates many opinions and emotions, particularly on the part of the winners and losers. Some…


Life Cycle of a Business; FREE Webinar

Business Advantage; Proven Business Practices To Achieve Enhanced Results Join FocalPoint Coaches Jerry Pilewski and Mike Ungar for their next Business Advantage free webinar on October 27th from Noon to 1 PM for: Life Cycle of a Business The natural laws of business are like gravity –…


BASF Receives 2020 Cummins COVID-19 Outstanding Supplier Award

SENECA and CONVERSE, SC, Oct. 5, 2020 — BASF has been recognized with the 2020 Cummins COVID-19 Outstanding Supplier Award for its work and customer support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indiana-based Cummins is a multinational corporation that designs, manufactures and distributes engines, filtration and power generation products….