Quality Core Tools – Not Just for Automotive

The “Quality Core Tools” are considered a standard throughout the automotive industry but the tools are not just for automotive companies. The five tools that are used throughout a product’s lifecycle, from development to…

What is Kata?

Mike Rother (lean guru and author) defines Toyota Kata as “a skill-building process to shift our mindset and habits from a natural tendency to jump to conclusions, to a tendency to think and act more scientifically”. This…

Customer Highlight | White Oak Stave LLC

Waymon Scroggs looks at his job as “more of a craft, than it is a vocation.”   Scroggs is plant manager of White Oak Stave, LLC., a sawmill business in Medon, Tenn. that has operated since 1962. In 2004, it was bought by…

Tier II Reporting: What is It and Why is It Important?

The Value of a Work Ethic Diploma

By Kenny Smith, Solutions Consultant Workforce is the number one priority on many, if not most, manufacturers' minds these days.  Would you like employees who have a proven record of showing up on time, everyday?  Employees who…

Small Manufacturers Play Critical Role in Securing the Supply Chain

  Did you know that hackers can penetrate your IT network, gain access to production machine software and download a tampered program? That tampered program could instruct your equipment to change one very small detail during a…