There is a strange silence in the factory at the moment. You almost jump when a machine is switched on. Most of the team is busy installing on site, leaving only a few hands to manufacture. At our work site, things are manic. Against the constant background noise of bulldozers landscaping, jackhammers breaking stone and our woodworking machines, the team is scurrying around, measuring, sawing, hammering, sanding. The pressure is on to deliver, and to deliver to the client’s expected…
Growing Pains – A tango in a quagmire
Plan, revise, execute; rinse and repeat. Almost every day, Cherryhill Woodcraft’s owner David Meyerowitz and myself spend at least 10 minutes talking about the big picture and the myriad of details it is made up of. Where is this business going? What do we need to do to keep growing? What is the status of current projects? Human resources? Suppliers? Cash flow? The list is quite long. And, there are few clear answers. That is why we need to ask…