One of the first questions potential customers want to know when they call our company is: How much does your glue cost? 

When manufacturers consider switching glue vendors, cost is a top concern. Although this is a very difficult question to answer, I will try my best to explain some glue cost drivers. Simply put, you are shopping for a glue that will work properly without significantly driving up your costs. This sounds very straightforward but, believe it or not, there are many details we need to recommend the right glue. Each of these details may adjust the formula, and drive the glue cost (up or down).

"Operations management is an area of management concerned with overseeing, designing, and controlling the process of production and redesigning business operations in the production of goods or services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as few resources as needed and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements"(Wikipedia).

As you can imagine, running an Operations team is no easy feat. Without this department, L.D. Davis would not be able to manufacture or ship product. They keep our company running like a well-oiled machine!

To continue our "Meet The Team" series, we sat down with our Operations Manager, Barry Barto. Continue reading to get an inside look into the L.D. Davis plant.

If you work with P.O.P. displays or sample boards, chances are you have come across a situation where your adhesive just doesn't seem to hold your turn-ins. This is called "poor glue penetration" and believe us, we know how annoying it can be. One of our customers out of Georgia was having this same problem with their sample boards. Find out how one simple change helped to solve their turn-in troubles.

Often times, sales and marketing are the 'face' of  a brand. When you fill out a website contact form, read a blog post (we're looking at you!) or call a business with a question, you have already had an interaction with sales and marketing in some way. 

The LD Davis sales and marketing team act as the "front lines" of our company. To take a closer look into the department, we wanted to continue our "Meet the Team" series by sitting down with Stacey Kreisler, our Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Keep reading to find out how her team continues to thrive in the ever-changing adhesive industry.