How Customer Overdependence Can Undermine Your Growth, Margins, and Future For many small and mid-size manufacturers, long-term customer relationships can feel like a safety net. But what happens when that net becomes a trap? Stephen Smiley, WMEP’s Business Transformation Services Leader, explains that manufacturers can face significant business risks—perhaps more than they realize—when one or […]
Month: August 2025
From Flailing to Focused: How Manufacturers Can Break the Revenue Rollercoaster
Is Your Business Stuck in a Cycle of Highs and Lows? It Might be Time for a Strategy Reset It’s a scenario playing out across Wisconsin and beyond: a manufacturer sees a sharp drop in orders, scrambles to cut costs, and waits for business to return. When it does, the team is overextended. Then the […]
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