This special MMT Chat Series delivers five best practices in five minutes on ways to improve efficiencies. My guest today is Kevin Hartsoe, president of Neu Dynamics in Ivyland, Pennsylvania.
Here are his five quick answers in a nutshell (watch the quick 5-minute video for his full answers):
1. How do you create and maintain an employee-centered culture?
Offer flexible work schedules.
2. What are your top three best technology investments and why?
Hard mill, hard mill, hard mill. Hard milling has changed how we build molds.
3. What is your latest process and improvement?
An electronic scoreboard and whiteboard that track jobs.
4. How do you measure success?
Our success is measured by customer satisfaction.
5. How do you stay competitive?
We stay competitive by understanding what the customer is expecting.
Watch the full video chat above, and for more of our archived MMT Chat conversations, click here.
Related Content
-
VIDEO: Explaining MoldMaking Versus Mold Manufacturing
To understand how training has been impacted we first need to understand the differences between a few key concepts. What is moldmaking vs. mold manufacturing? Who is a mold designer vs. a mold engineer?
-
MMT Chats: American Mold Builders Association on Best Practices for Employee Attraction and Hiring
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges sits down with AMBA’s Managing Director Kym Conis and the Director of Strategic Execution Rachael Pfenninger to discuss its Employee Attraction and Hiring Playbook and the Workforce Development Task Force. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
-
MMT Chats: Giving Back by Answering the Moldmaking Education Need
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges checks in with Bruce Cateon, an executive advisor at OASIC Consulting. Bruce started out in moldmaking, eventually becoming an industry consultant and taking time to work on his passion project the “Injection Mold Design Handbook” as a way of giving back to the industry that has given him so much. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.