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Workplace Security 101: How to Ensure a Safe Environment

In the aftermath of the recent shooting in Tucson, Arizona that left six people dead and 13 people wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, security has become a top concern in Congress as well as among the general public.

Perfect Chemistry

Perfect Chemistry

“Traditional product differentiators lose their effectiveness in overcrowded markets,” says Thaddius Ratliff. “Held hostage by a stagnant economy, many products are facing commoditization”—a product cycle phenomenon in which products become so similar in the minds of consumers that they seem interchangeable. As the Louisiana operations plant manager for Evonik, a specialty chemicals manufacturer headquartered in Germany, Ratliff is charged with mitigating the effects of commoditization, such as lower product prices, eroding profit margins, and loss of market share.

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