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IDEX Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 9, 2025

IDEX, a global applied solutions provider, had a mixed Q3 2024. Revenue rose 0.6% to $798 million while earnings before interest and taxes fell 6.1 % to $168 million over the same period last year. A review of IDEX’s 30 October 2024 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. IDEX is a diverse and complex business. It has three reporting units, Fluid & Metering…

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Top 6 – June 2008

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 1, 2008

In the Heat of the Night … Plan and Frolic Set your goals, pursue them, measure attainment, imagine new horizons. Some risks…

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Pragmatic Business Strategy: Seven Ways to Make Marketing Work in a Challenging Economy

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 15, 2008

In a challenging economy, you must find new ways to make marketing work more effectively, get more out of marketing investments, and…

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The 10 Commandments of Entrepreneur Business Relationships

By James T. Berger May 15, 2008

So you want to go into your own business? Maybe you have been an employee for most of your career or you…

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The Making of a Billion Dollar Business: Low-Power Schottky

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 1, 2008

Mark Shepherd, Texas Instruments Chairman from “76 to ’88, described Low Power Schottky as “the single most profitable product line in the…

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