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Werner Bieri of Buhler Quality Yarns
Werner Bieri is the president and CEO of Buhler Quality Yarns.
Discussion topics for the show:
1. Buhler’s market has included weaving industry in home furnishing such as sheeting and towels, to the fashion industry.
2. Buhler is half export and half domestic in terms of the markets it serves.
3. Werner talks about the manufacturing shift from home furnishings to high fashion, and how their organization had to shift process and culture to adopt to new markets.
4. We also discussed how that transition impacted the sales and marketing process.
5. In the production of yarn, you wouldn’t think you could be innovative. And you would be wrong.
6. Buhler has one supplier, and we discuss how to mitigate the risk from having just one source of critical raw material.
7. Finally, we discuss why an organization like Buhler belongs to an association like the Georgia Association of Manufacturers.
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