Broadly speaking, a market disruptor may include a technology, method, process, service, or channel with superior performance and customer benefits delivered at an attractive price point that can unexpectedly displace an incumbent. Porter’s Five Forces, created by Harvard Business School’s then-associate professor Michael E. Porter, Ph.D., has provided a framework for taking a “snapshot in time” of any potential threat to a business’ profits (not limited to a business losing its customers to an existing rival.

Some 700 industry leaders from 300 companies are here for the ASC Annual Spring Convention and Expo in Miami!

We hope you enjoyed last night's reception! Several additional networking opportunities are scheduled within the convention program.

Two short courses are taking place along with the 2018 ASC Convention and Expo.

This afternoon from 3-6:30 p.m., more than 100 exhibitors will showcase the latest products and technologies for the industry.

At the last American Coatings Show event in 2016, more than 9,100 industry attendees and 559 exhibitors shared knowledge about recent developments in raw materials, laboratory and production equipment, testing and measuring equipment, and services for the coatings industry.

The tsunami of sexual harassment allegations reported on an almost-daily basis against so many rich, famous and powerful men raises a fair question: How will this affect the workplace where the not-so-rich-and-famous spend their workdays helping their company succeed?

Process improvement initiatives can vary greatly from company to company; however, many organizations share a common problem: the challenge of managing process variations.