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Mistake 3: Underestimating How Much Time It Will Take To Do A Job

By Les Yoder, Account Executive Hopefully you’ve never experienced this, but we’ve seen it happen. Your technicians and finishers are humming along. Products are rolling out. More are getting started. But about halfway through the project you realize that things aren’t moving as quickly as you thought they would. Perhaps an equipment issue or a coating problem has added unwanted repair or c...
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How to Learn From Others’ Mistakes: Keep Growing

“The only source of knowledge is experience.” But is experience simply the name we give to our mistakes? Either way, Accessa has some 30 years of coatings knowledge racked up and now they want to make it easier than ever to share with you. Get the free guide “Lessons Learned to Keep Coatings Customers Growing.” Just follow the link to download your copy or look for it featured on the Accessa ...
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21 Tipping points (or tripping points)

Identifying trends from vague signals As a supply chain, you’re party to an expansive ecosystem that changes constantly. Your control consists of 1) how you respond to change and 2) how you adapt your business [people, product, place, processes or pitch (your value proposition)] in order to benefit from opportunities and avoid the perils. Leaders are challenged to identify and understand the tre...
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6 Common Coating Mistakes and How To Avoid Them (Part II)

This is part II in our series of common coating mistakes. You can get the full list by downloading the guide, "Keep Coating Customers Growing" where we share some of the common mistakes and opportunities we have observed so you can have rewarding experiences with your future coatings projects. MISTAKE 2: Not having enough product on time. The paint production supervisor gets the call: ...
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6 Common Coating Mistakes and How To Avoid Them (Part I)

We have seen a number of customers make the same coating mistakes. We’ve created a list of the six common mistakes and recommendations for how to avoid making them that we will share one at a time, starting with this post. At the heart of this list is the importance of thorough planning, making smart choices and staying competitive. You can get the full list by downloading the guide, "Keep Co...
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Two Finishing Problems, One Real Solution

In the finishing business, there are essentially two kinds of inevitable problems, the good ones and the bad ones. A good problem is an opportunity to up-sell additional value or an opportunity to venture product where you’ve had no previous experience. Of course a bad problem is a persistent one that usually involves excessive waste or rejection on a job you that do have. In either case, I wo...
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Distressed Furniture Painting in High Demand and Cost

By Les Yoder, Account Executive Getting furniture to look like it has been passed down for generations with distressed furniture painting has become a full-time profession for some people in the wood industry. Paint manufacturers such as Becker Acroma have even gone as far as setting up dedicated paint labs with teams working to find new techniques to make the new look old. With websites ...
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Five Steps to Estimate the Amount of Paint for a Job

By Mike Manetta, Target Account Executive Underbidding a job can be a costly mistake for a contractor. When more paint is needed than the original contract specified, it's the contractor who ends up eating those costs. On the other hand, overbidding a job can result in lost business. Knowing how to accurately estimate the amount of paint for a job is a critical skill for winning bids and ma...
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U.S. manufacturing is getting hot again

Responsive supply chain needed “[Ten years] ago nine out of 10 companies would tell you they were thinking about building their next plant in China. Today it’s more like three out of 10, and maybe five out of that 10, say they want to build in the U.S.” So says Antoine van Agtmael, chairman and chief investment officer of Emerging Markets Management LLC (EMM) and a director of Strategic Investmen...
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Aluminum Adhesive Technologies are Industry Game Changers

By Vince Todd, Jr., Vice President In an effort to build lighter, more fuel-efficient cars, automotive manufacturers are turning to aluminum to achieve a 50+ mile per gallon (MPG) fuel economy target. While aluminum companies have long pushed for their metal to replace steel in vehicle manufacturing, one of the biggest obstacles has been how well aluminum parts stick to the rest of the car. In ...
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