Strategic Planning

ERP in Manufacturing: How MRP Turns Production Chaos Into Predictable Delivery

January 26, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Manufacturers win or lose on one question: Can you produce the right items, in the right quantities, at the right time—without tying up cash in unnecessary inventory? When spreadsheets, disconnected systems, and informal processes drive planning, businesses drift into late deliveries, frequent shortages, production downtime, and margin leakage. This article explains how ERP-enabled MRP (Material...

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Content That Creates Customers: The 90-Day Attraction Calendar

January 26, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Dawgen RAMP™ Decoded: From Marketing to Money Framework: RAMP™ = Relevance → Attraction → Monetization → Propulsion Most firms publish content consistently yet still struggle to generate predictable pipeline because they treat content as a social activity instead of a commercial system. In the Dawgen RAMP™ approach, content is a sales asset designed to build...

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Insurance Optimisation: Parametric Options & Programme Redesign for the Next Season : A Dawgen RISE-360™ guide for Jamaica and the Caribbean

January 18, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Recovery is not the end—it is the start of a better insurance programme. After a major hurricane, renewal conversations often default to premium hikes and higher deductibles. Organisations that win better outcomes come prepared with: (1) clean loss evidence and hardening proof, (2) re-calibrated sums insured grounded in today’s asset base and business model,...

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Supply Chain & Facilities: Rerouting, Repairs, and Rapid Re-openings

October 27, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

A Dawgen RISE-360™ guide for Jamaica and the Caribbean After a hurricane, two things determine how fast revenue returns: (1) whether you can reroute supply around damaged infrastructure, and (2) whether you can repair/secure facilities quickly enough to reopen—safely. This article operationalizes the Supply Chain & Facilities ring of Dawgen RISE-360™, giving you: a...

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Financing Without Favor: Ending the Debt Bias and Making Corporate Funding Neutral

October 22, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Most corporate tax systems subsidize borrowing and penalize equity. Interest is usually deductible; the normal return to equity is not. That debt bias nudges firms toward higher leverage, raises financial fragility, and distorts investment choices. The International Tax Competitiveness Index (ITCI) 2025 highlights two families of fixes: (1) Allowance for Corporate Equity (ACE)—a deduction for...

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The Case Against Financial Transaction Taxes: How Tiny Rates Create Big Frictions

October 22, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Financial Transaction Taxes (FTTs) sound simple: add a tiny levy to each trade and raise easy revenue. In reality, they act like sand in the gears of capital markets. Even at a few basis points, FTTs widen spreads, thin liquidity, and slow the reallocation of capital to its best uses. The costs land on everyone...

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Competitiveness vs. Neutrality: The Two Pillars of Modern Tax Design

October 21, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Tax systems do more than collect revenue; they shape where capital flows, how firms invest, and how households work, save, and spend. The International Tax Competitiveness Index (ITCI) 2025 provides a rigorous framework for assessing how well a country’s tax code advances two foundational goals: competitiveness and neutrality. Competitiveness keeps marginal tax burdens low to...

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Financing the Supply Side: Credit Guarantees, Results-Based Grants, and Invoice Financing That Unlock Local Procurement

October 11, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

A pragmatic capital stack for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean to help local suppliers win—and reliably fulfill—tourism demand Why finance is the missing piece Even with a sourcing portal, standards, and buyer appetite, Micro, Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (MSTEs) often can’t scale. They bump into three walls: Working capital to buy inputs and cover...

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The Leakage Problem: How the Caribbean Can Keep Tourism Dollars at Home

October 10, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Tourism is the lifeblood of many Caribbean economies, yet far too much visitor spending “leaks” out before it multiplies locally. These leakages—driven by import-heavy supply chains, foreign ownership structures, expatriate labor, offshore procurement, and weak local linkages—reduce the sector’s power to create jobs, lift smaller firms, build resilience, and drive inclusive growth. This article...

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The Strategic Elevation Model™: Redefining Market Positioning for Sustainable Advantage

September 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Evolution of Strategy For decades, strategic thinkers have grappled with one central question: What does it take for an organization to rise above its competition and remain relevant over the long term? Traditional models have often emphasized competitive positioning—a firm’s ability to carve out a distinctive place in the marketplace. While these approaches...

Content That Creates Customers: The 90-Day Attraction Calendar

Insurance Optimisation: Parametric Options & Programme Redesign for the Next Season : A Dawgen RISE-360™ guide for Jamaica and the Caribbean

Supply Chain & Facilities: Rerouting, Repairs, and Rapid Re-openings

Financing Without Favor: Ending the Debt Bias and Making Corporate Funding Neutral

Competitiveness vs. Neutrality: The Two Pillars of Modern Tax Design

The Leakage Problem: How the Caribbean Can Keep Tourism Dollars at Home

The Strategic Elevation Model™: Redefining Market Positioning for Sustainable Advantage

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