by Tony Dykstra | Mar 18, 2019 | Business Growth, Business Planning
You put in a lot of hard work for your business. When an IT disaster hits, operations stop immediately, you lose everything you’ve been working on, and productivity takes a dive. Knowing how your IT is falling short now will help you prepare for unexpected events down...
by Tony Dykstra | Feb 6, 2019 | Business Growth, Business Planning, Manufacturing
Macatawa Technologies has been working with West Michigan manufacturing clients to meet their business goals with the right technology and thoughtful investments that don’t require huge outlays of capital. Don’t take it from us, listen to what one of our clients has...
by Tony Dykstra | Jan 9, 2019 | Manufacturing
In tight labor markets, manufacturers are often faced with too few qualified applicants to fill all the available jobs. Moreover, they have to pay higher costs for those who are hired to prevent them from leaving for a competitor. Ultimately, profits start falling. In...
by Tony Dykstra | Dec 12, 2018 | Business Growth, Business Planning, Manufacturing
Growing manufacturing business in this day and age presents you with a shrinking labor pool, employee retention challenges and ever-increasing automation and technology options at your disposal. You want to increase efficiencies with existing staff to avoid hiring...
by Tony Dykstra | Sep 17, 2018 | Business Planning, HIPAA
Ransomware attacks against health-care organizations increased by 89% between 2016 and 2017 according to recent report. Practices are unprepared for attacks and are wide open to potential data breaches. Unfortunately, such a data breach has major consequences for a...
