Problem solving takes a multi-angled approach.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost like having two different lens prescriptions for your eyes.\u00a0 In order to see clearly, you need both in a set of glasses to have perfect vision.\u00a0 Oftentimes, people get so focused on a single thought that everything else is either ignored or dismissed completely.\u00a0 In a business, it is nearly impossible for one person to understand every aspect of every job and at the same time, be open minded enough to see all the possible interactions.\u00a0 If you surround yourself with a team you trust, your efforts and viewpoints can be multiplied.\u00a0 In our case, we have sales, nutrition, marketing, service and engineering resources than can look at a problem and solve it from various angles.<\/p>\n
These various team members bring unique skill sets to problems.\u00a0 Additionally, a type of \u201chealthy tension\u201d can exist between groups, much like a check and balance system.\u00a0 Like the single focused example, having a single commanding group isn\u2019t ideal either.\u00a0 This tension is not negative, but it forces people to be open minded and think beyond their own environment.\u00a0 By using your team effectively, problem solving becomes much easier.<\/p>\n
We recently had a customer who was having issues with product flow within their process.\u00a0 Our sales team corresponded with our engineering and nutrition team for comments and suggestions.\u00a0 This problem was seen through a few different lenses.\u00a0 On the one hand, engineering looked at bin design, process flow, on product characteristics and offered suggestions, mainly mechanical.\u00a0 On the other hand, nutrition looked at the end product, its nutritional profile, and questioned the blend ratios as needed for the end animal, and offered a change to this ratio which might also help with product flow.<\/p>\n
I bring up this example to show how it takes many viewpoints to solve a problem, not just one.\u00a0 This initial request seemed strictly mechanical, but using a different product ratio could also help alleviate the problem.\u00a0 The combination of the two may allow for better process flow and a better end product, a proverbial \u201cwin-win\u201d.<\/p>\n
Our team is available to assist in troubleshooting and offer suggestions for improvements to your equipment. Reach out today to hear tips and insight that will benefit your operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Problem solving takes a multi-angled approach.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost like having two different lens prescriptions for your eyes.\u00a0 In order to see clearly, you need both in a set of glasses to have perfect vision.\u00a0 Oftentimes, people get so focused on a single thought that everything else is either ignored or dismissed completely.\u00a0 In a business, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-12173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-businessstrategyandfinance","tag-business-strategy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n