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 Lessons learned.

Having managed through their own economic disaster a few years back, executives of office furniture makers in western Michigan have a battle-driven perspective or two to offer the rest of the state.

Asked at the NeoCon trade show what they learned during the industry's devastating downturn of 2001 to 2004 and how it could aid Michigan's long-suffering economy, executives offered varying ideas.

Some common themes emerged, which in many respects are obvious common-sense business: Develop clear vision and goals and communicate exactly where you want to go, decide what's really important and get rid of what's not, and have a willingness to make fundamental changes needed to adapt to the hand you're dealt.

"The biggest thing that we learned throughout that was you have to, in those points of time, get very clear about what your primary objective is and, in particular, what's the biggest problem you're going to solve for the long run to be able to grow and be prosperous," Herman Miller Inc. President and CEO Brian Walker said. "And you're going to have to make difficult tradeoffs to get it done."

Without a clear vision and clear priorities, "you will have very, very many people not getting things done," Trendway Corp. President and CEO Bill Bundy said. more.

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When that great idea becomes a business, home becomes an office - 6/29/2008 - Detroit Free Press - United States And you'll need office furniture, such as a chair that is right for your back and posture. Ideally, you should buy a chair with an adjustable height and arm ...

Some wary of Heights proposal - 6/29/2008 - Houston Chronicle - United States His high-end business is providing a boost while overall furniture sales are being affected by rising gas prices and a slower housing market. ...

Beds, Chairs: Thomasville plant gets new life - 6/29/2008 - Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA Getting into the furniture business wasn't initially part of the plan for Davis, who grew up in Durham and moved to Thomasville as a teenager. ...

Even sassy IKEA is not immune - 6/29/2008 - By Anne D'Innocenzio | AP NEW YORK—Mobs attended the recent opening of build-it-yourself furniture chain IKEA's first store in New York City—but the fervor ...

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