Category: Cost Managerial

  • Tuesday June 13 2023 The Hen's Nest Nest has another interesting approach to restaurant hours In tourist popular Bandera, it is open Friday thru Sunday  losing at  300 PM, closed on slow tourist days Mon  thru Thursday Shrimp and grits with gg

  • Monday  April 24 2023   Chapter 11 is re organization is there anything left to re organize if they are going to close all the stores? This illustrates the danger of making one big change across the entire organization.   From $50 to zilch in less than three years.  The new CEO dropped all name…

  • Weekend Oct 2 2022 Her is a great story on Mason & Hamlin pianos. Mason and Steinway are the only two American manufacturers of pianos left.   This is a story Dr. Deming would love, qualty over quantity.

  • Friday Sept 16 2022 Mike Sutter reviewed a sandwhich shop with a unique approach. There are only six choices on the menu.  And each day they sell out of all inventory,nice and fresh. So they are done 11 00 – 3 00 each day.   The owner worked at Subway for years before opening her own…

  • Tuesday August  22 2022 Saturday, August 27th, 2022; 6:30 PM CT San Antonio Chapter IMA Trivia Night For more information and to register click here: https://sanantonio.imanet.org/events/recentcommunityeventsdashboard _______________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, August 30th, 2022; 11:00 AM MT Boulder Valley: Financial Storytelling: How to Communicate Numbers that Resonate and Inspire Action For more information and to register click here:…

  • Friday Jan 2 2022 Peloton desperately needs a Cody Rigsby ride to snap out of its current malaise. The at-home exercise company that boomed during the early days of the pandemic is temporarily pausing production of its bikes and treadmills starting in February, according to a CNBC report. Peloton’s stock tanked 25% after that news…

  • Tuesday Jan 11 2022 One probably needs to be a student member to attend, a bargain at  $39. https://www.imanet.org/membership/types-of-membership?ssopc=1 Texas Regional Council Dear IMA Member, Please see below upcoming chapter webinars in your area. Click the links below for more information. Register today! _______________________________________________________________________ Friday, January 14, 2022; 4:00 PM Pacific Greater Seattle Chapter: Use…

  • Tuesday Oct 12, 2021 SW Air has cancelled over one thousand flights the last few days. After years of being perhaps the most on time, admired airline SW appears to have hit the wall. I always thought it was a mistake to take a successful Texas based airline to the national status. If they did,…

  • Helping the Spurs We’re talking about the opportunity to have concerts and plays in the North Side Manny Pelaez Dear Manny We will not be hearing a concert is via the Symphony at the Tobin or the Majestic. The musicians were being paid the same as a starting VIA bus driver, about $36,000 a year.…

  • Monday Oct 4 2021 The combination of higher minimum wage, not wanting to work, The Great Resignation, and low interest rates, we have an ideal atmosphere for more automation and use of robots. The link takes you to a robot jewsletter you can subscribe to for free, interesting stuff.