
Tennant's lean manufacturing initiatives are core to its strategic principles and will enable the company to navigate the business cycle successfully. Tennant discusses its strategies and actions to compete and thrive in its markets. ...
... "To that end, our efforts this year center around three guiding principles. First, adjusting to the low growth economy without sacrificing the company’s long term potential. Second, prudently allocating scarce resources to initiatives that position the company to deliver against controllable objectives such as increased savings from global low cost sourcing and lean manufacturing initiatives, reduced selling and administrative expenses, and investments and research and development projects such as ec-H2O to drive sales growth. And third, optimizing cash in an uncertain environment through conservative planning, increased discipline in capital expenditures, and a heightened focus on working capital management. " ...
Via Seeking Alpha:
Tennant Company Earnings CallTennant Restructuring: "Its strategic priorities remain: employing continuous process improvement; improving operational excellence through lean manufacturing initiatives and a global, low-cost sourcing platform; and growing sales through innovative new products and service solutions, as well as through international market expansion. "
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