Let’s face it. The last two decades have been tough on the manufacturing sector. One year we’re up, and suddenly the next, we’re down.
Ashleigh Walters
Hello, reader! Welcome to our newest blog series about Onex’s Blue Diamond Industrial Furnaces. In this series, we will take the opportunity to share what we know and have learned over 40 years designing, building, and servicing industrial furnaces.
As manufacturers, many of you are no doubt familiar with the term “Kaizen” and some of you
may even have “Kaizen events”. But not everyone knows the theory behind this workplace methodology. So, what exactly is Kaizen, and why does it matter?
Like people, businesses do not operate in a vacuum. They interact and depend on relationships with others; including customers, employees, suppliers, even friendly competitors. Often these business relationships can be the key to long term success.
Employee engagement is quite the buzzword in today’s society. As leaders, we know it is important, but do we really understand how to engage our employees?
Whether you are running a large corporation, or a small business, establishing a clear and concise mission statement should be a top priority.
Requests for me to share the Onex story as well as mentor colleagues in the industry are becoming more frequent. While I am more than happy to share our story, I also want to point out “One size does not fit all.”
FIA’s 2019 Forge Fair was another great success for Onex! Meeting new customers and visiting with familiar faces is something we look forward to each year.
Annual shutdowns can be challenging for both production and your team. Equipment needs repair, systems need testing, and people need to be organized and efficient.
Several years ago, a vendor visited Onex to compare the two companies’ synergies and see how we could further work together. We had a PowerPoint presentation of all our product lines and a plant tour prepared…isn’t that what you are supposed to do?