Ideas

“For 80 years, Runzheimer International has enabled thousands of companies of all sizes to increase the effectiveness of their most important resources….mobile workers. The strategic importance of employee mobility continues to grow. A well-managed workforce program helps organizations address the needs of mobile workers by providing the technology, processes and procedures necessary to effectively conduct business outside the walls of a traditional office.

Do we really need to be creative and innovative to live longer? Can a company survive without continual innovation?

Two men and a truck. A garbage truck, that is.

When you think of a high level of customer service in a major retailer, the names that come to mind are Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, and even Saks Fifth Avenue. But it's not the merchandise that sets them apart, it's their people.

As the last few months have made abundantly clear, getting it right in the world of health care technology can prove to be quite the challenge.

BizTimes Media LLC announced the speaker lineup for the annual Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast, to be held on Friday, Jan. 17, at the Italian Community Center in downtown Milwaukee.

I just finished reading “Six Years,” a very readable little mystery written by Harlan Coben. The plot is entangled around a nonprofit organization called “Fresh Start.” This group has all of the resources needed to give anyone they select as worthy of a big-time fresh start in life, usually involving identity changes and what you might call disappearing acts.

Oak Creek-based Eder Flag Manufacturing Co. has acquired some of the assets and expertise of Baartol Company, a Kenton, Ohio-based flagpole manufacturer that is going out of business.

Early stage investing is all about getting to exits, a sale of an entrepreneurial startup in one way or another. Southeastern Wisconsin had a big exit last week that was cause for applause but underappreciated.

Milwaukee-based Artistic Plating Company will change its name to Advanced Plating Technologies, effective Monday, Dec. 9.