Join Oregon City Business Alliance & Empowering Oregon Manufacturing for a panel lunch discussing the current and future outlook for manufacturing locally and nationally. Learn how businesses like yours are solving supply chain challenges: Incoming: delivery delays, shipping costs & unavailable parts/materials Operational: absenteeism, unfilled positions & productivity decline from mandates Outgoing: scheduling deliveries & customer schedule changes

2. Why Can’t I Get
What I Want When I
Want It?
April Forum
Special Thanks to
Our Sponsor:

3. Joe Connors
Columbia Bank
Paul Menig
Business
Accelerants
Julie Markee
EOS Implementer
Frank McShane
Square Peg
Consulting
Lori Orlund
Miles Fiberglass &
Composites

4. Paul Menig
CEO
Business Accelerants

5. 543 Companies
May-June, 2021
Supply Chain
Positive Outlook
Rising Costs
Cost of Health
Insurance
Expand
https://www.schwabe.com/state-of-manufacturing

6. https://www.nam.org/state-manufacturing-data/2021-oregon-manufacturing-facts/

8. https://oregonbusinessindustry.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Condition-of-Oregons-Manufacturing-Sector.pdf

10. $ 500.00
Sales UP
Earnings DOWN
Q3 2021
Q3 2021
https://newworldeconomic.com

11. Everything
HAS
Changed

12. AGAIN

13. CATEGORY TWO
CATEGORY THREE
GOOD News

14. CATEGORY TWO
CATEGORY THREE
BAD News

15. $ 500.00

16. $ 500.00

17. Chassis Container

18. $ 500.00
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
Key Predictive Indicator

19. $ 500.00

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21. $ 500.00

22. $ 500.00

23. Julie Markee
Professional
EOS Implementer

24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APKWcClWl0c
SUCCESS STORIES

26. Frank McShane
President & Founder
Square Peg Consulting
Former CEO, Longview Fibre
Paper & Packaging.
Led Ernst & Young’s PNW
Supply Chain Consulting
Practice.

27. What do we mean by Supply Chain?
What happened to Supply Chains in the past few years?
What is the outlook for the next few years?
What can you do to help your own situation?
AGENDA:

28. What do we mean
by Supply Chain?

29. What happened over the
past few years?
Pre-existing Conditions:
• Driver Shortage
• Container Shortage
Pandemic Occurs:
• Demand Drops Precipitously
Suppliers React to Drop in
Demand:
• Domestically – Reduced
Capacity
• Internationally – Strict
Lockdowns
Pandemic Eases:
• Demand Grows Precipitously
Great Resignation:
• Labor Shortage Grows
• People Don’t Return to the Workforce
Ongoing Conditions:
• Driver Shortage
• Container Shortage

30. What is the Outlook?
Hapag Lloyd
Container Exchange & Fraunhofer - CML

31. What Can You Do to Help Yourself?
CUSTOMERS
SUPPLIERS
EMPLOYEES
Examine Your Customer Base:
• Analyze Cash Contribution
• Segment Service Levels (80 /
20)
• Review Order Quantities &
Lead Times
• Consider Strategic Inventory
for Hi-Risk Items
• Meet Your Commitments
Be a Great Customer:
• Pay On Time
• Quick Turnarounds for
Shipping Partners
• Provide Plenty of Lead Time
• Collaborative Planning
Consider Strategic Inventory for
Hi-Risk Items
Consolidate Suppliers vs. Many
Develop Back-Ups for Sole
Sources
• Conduct “Stay” Interviews
• Listen and Respond to Their
Concerns
• Provide Career Planning
• Focus on the “Why” of the
Business and any Changes
• Be Transparent as Leaders

32. Lori Orlund
President
Miles Fiberglass & Composites, Inc.

33. OCBA Business Forum
A View From The
Trenches
Presentation by Lori Olund

34. History
• Founded in 1963 by Lowell Miles
• Family Owned and Operated
• Over 80,000 sq. ft. of Manufacturing Space
• Providing Wind Blade Repair Technicians
since 2007 for Vestas, Siemens, Clipper
and Kenway Composites
• MFC Employs Over 90+ Employees
• Variety of Processes
Open Molding Closed Mold
Hand Lay up Press Mold
RTM

35. Never Would I Have Thought Over Past 2 Years:
• There Would Be a Pandemic
• We would move 2 buildings into 1 during a Pandemic & Wildfire
• We Would More Than Double In Sales
• We Would Double In Personnel and Still Not Have Enough People
• We Would Sign On Three New Major Accounts
• We Would Raise Our Starting Wages by 3.00 Hr.
• We Would Turn Down Business
2020 The Unexpected

36. • Delivery Delays…Be upfront with your customers and suppliers
• Be flexible, try new ideas
• Shipping costs
• Unavailable parts/materials
• Unexpected opportunities
Incoming

37. • Absenteeism
• Unfilled Positions
• Productivity Decline From Mandates
• Productivity Decline From Lack of Personnel
Operational:

38. • Scheduling Deliveries
• Customer Schedule Changes
• Lead Times
• Partnering to Achieve Goals
Outgoing:

39. THANK YOU!
Lori Olund
11401 SE Jennifer St
Clackamas, OR 97015
www.milesfiberglass.com
LessonsLearned
• You never know when opportunities will arise out of chaos
• Be a Leader, stay positive
• Keep a steady routine
• Keep an open mind
• This too shall pass
• Chop Wood Carry Water!

40. T I M E N O W F O R
Q U E S T I O N S