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Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 3

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hiring managers are not pleased with two out of every three new hires—that’s 66 percent of all…

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 2

Imagine you’re a hiring manager or business leader who recently lost a key employee. Upon his or her resignation, you began planning the strategy…

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 1

It happens often in organizations—someone resigns and you’re left to find a replacement, sooner rather than later. Whether this worker was part of upper…

Keep an Eye on India’s Steel Manufacturing Industry

Steel is the world’s most heavily traded commodity by value after oil. The demand for machinery, metals and steel products is on the rise, and…

MYTH: Manufacturing Jobs are Low-Skilled

There is an assumption that manufacturing jobs are tedious, repetitive and low-skilled, and provide no intellectual stimulation. This is a complete myth – have…

Lean Principles: How do Manufacturers Recognize Culture?

How do manufacturers recognize culture? Culture is invisible; it’s the “way we do things.” However, recognizing work culture in a manufacturing environment is essential…

Client Spotlight: T&W Corporation

Learn how Sikich provides quality financial financial statement review and advisory to Indianapolis’s T & W Corporation….

Client Spotlight: Jenner Sales Corporation

Jenner Sales an agricultural equipment sales company, discusses how Sikich helps the company with accounting, audit and tax-related challenges, particularly when the IRS selected…

Build a More Resilient Supply Chain

Today’s supply chain has increased outsourcing, more complex product lines, and heightened demand volatility. To improve supply chain disruption, companies often determine risk exposure,…

Non-Profit Budgeting: Handling Your Cash Flow

Most non-profits have recently experienced unpredictable economic trends that could cause those organizations to worry about meeting their financial obligations. As a non-profit leader,…

4 Top Misconceptions on Lean Manufacturing

Is your manufacturing company Lean or thinking of implementing Lean principles? A growing amount of manufacturers are embracing a culture of “Lean” methods; though,…

The Toyota Way: Manufacturing Tools for Continuous Improvement

Lean manufacturing gained popularity during the onset of the Toyota Production System (TPS). TPS was established by automobile manufacturer Toyota and is comprised of…

Is It Clear In Your Manufacturing Cloud?

Putting your information system infrastructure and/or data in someone else’s hands via cloud computing offers many advantages as compared to on-premise deployments. Many manufacturers…

The Next Evolution in High Velocity Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing vs. JIT For many years now, manufacturers around the world have pursued and embraced the philosophies and methods of Lean Manufacturing (Lean)…

Tax Challenges during C Corporation to S Corporation Conversion

Under the right circumstances, S corporations may provide significant tax advantages over C corporations, thus prompting many business owners to convert to the former. However, this…

Sales Process Expectations

As a result, you may find that critical steps or procedures fall through the cracks. In order to ensure a valuable, positive experience, make…

Crushing a Behavioral Based Interview

How many times have you been in an interview and heard “Tell me about a time when…”? This interviewing technique is known as Behavioral…

How to Prepare for an I-9 Audit

Recently, there has been considerable government activity surrounding I-9 forms, and many organizations have had these audited. Make sure yours are correctly and completely…

What Must be Included in an Employee Handbook?

The employee handbook—it’s a set of expectations that everyone within the organization can follow. It’s a supervisory tool. It’s your “rules of the road.”…

3 Characteristics of Manufacturers Planning for the Future

The manufacturing industry continues to face “survival of the fittest” challenges. Over the past 15 years, manufacturers have fought through tough economics and endured…