Chief Executive Network, Senior Executive Network, CEN & SEN Members Meeting Schedule for Manufacturing Groups

Cost Cutting Best Practices in a Down Economy - Making the Right Cuts
- How do you make the right cuts which will take out meaningful levels of expenses without cutting into areas which might affect growth when the economy comes back?
- What are the best cost cuts you have made in management, manufacturing operations, product costs, people, etc.
Managing Your Cash Flow
- What strategies can help you gain better control of cash outflow and maximize idle cost?
- What are the best practices for forecasting the money going in and out of your business?
- What methods can you employ to collect cash from struggling customers without violating preferential treatment issues should they not survive?
- Best Practices for innovating to a strongly differentiated platform in a commodity business.

Effective Pricing Strategies
- How do you monitor price stewardship and policy and implement price uplift?
- What are some unique attributes of your products which can help justify passing on higher prices to customers?
- How often should you do a price review across all products and markets? Every six months? Every year?