Business Operations Archives - International Fastener Expo

Creating Value Beyond the Bolt: Sales and Marketing Strategies for Fastener Companies

by | Jul 20, 2026

What actually works in industrial marketing Trade shows, catalogs, digital content, and rep tools Where companies waste money on marketing How buyers really discover new suppliers today

Sourcing Fasteners Globally Without Surprises: What Buyers Wish They’d Known Earlier

by | Jul 20, 2026

Common issues on overseas fastener sourcing How buyers unintentionally create source risk How to evaluate overseas suppliers beyond price What successful buyers do differently

Operational Excellence: Simple, Hard, and Still Misunderstood

by | May 25, 2026

After more than four decades of Lean, Kaizen, and continuous improvement efforts, most organizations don’t suffer from a lack of tools—they suffer from an excess of them. This session reframes operational excellence not as a deployment, transformation, or consulting...