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Why I Am So Proud to See an Employee Move On

Written by Eric Aten on December 31, 2019. Posted in Inside Dowding.

Sometimes an employee puts in their notice and their manager exhales a large sigh of relief. These employees may be toxic to a culture or a poor performer. This was not the case this time.

When the thing you love is the place you work

Written by Eric Aten on December 19, 2019. Posted in In The News.

Manufacturing is back.

It’s Complicated: The Relationship between Efficiency and Lead Time

Written by Mike Gonser on December 11, 2019. Posted in Inside Dowding.

In any relationship there is give and take. In manufacturing the struggle is real between efficiency and lead time. Balancing demands of demanding customers with bottom line business expectations is no easy feat. Here’s one tool we found incredibly useful.

How to keep your processes (or shop) out of a traffic jam

Written by Eric Aten on December 3, 2019. Posted in In The News.

Always prepare for variable change

You know that feature on Waze that redirects your route away from traffic jams, this is how we avoid traffic jams in our manufacturing job shop and you don’t even need an app!