Session Archives - International Fastener Expo

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...