Articles by Patrick Sondreal Blog Archive Year-End Update on Continuous Improvement Efforts at IWCO Direct info Posted December 30, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements, Sustainability We’re down to the final days of 2015, and in many ways the year has flown by. As I think back on our Continuous Improvement efforts at IWCO Direct, we have a lot of be proud of. We’ve developed a process for collecting defect data across our platform, which is then used to zero in […] + Read More A Special Thanks To Our Veterans info Posted November 11, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements We have officially entered the holiday season! Halloween has come and gone, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and before you know it the December holidays will be here. But one holiday that falls this time of year is often overlooked: Veterans Day. Veterans Day is an especially important day to me because I am […] + Read More Celebrating the Fruits of Our Labor: Update on Continuous Improvement Efforts info Posted September 4, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements Let me be the first to wish everyone a happy Labor Day weekend. Did you know the first Labor Day was celebrated in 1882, or that the day is intended to recognize the contributions workers make to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country? Before we all head out for a long, relaxing weekend, […] + Read More 2015 Continuous Improvement Conference Gets Minnesota Nice info Posted April 21, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Sustainability This past week, a team of nine operations employees from across our four facilities attended the 2015 Continuous Improvement Conference. This is the only industry event focused on helping companies achieve operational excellence by using the concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement (CI). During the past six years that IWCO Direct has attended […] + Read More Improving Workplace Productivity Beyond March Madness info Posted March 25, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Direct Marketing Trends, Sustainability It’s easy to get wrapped up in March Madness. Some treat the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship like an extended national holiday—and even the most casual of sports fans can fill out a bracket and follow along. But with so much action taking place during the first week of the tournament (a combined 32 […] + Read More Data Improves the Continuous Improvement Process info Posted December 5, 2014 by Patrick Sondreal in Sustainability Earlier this year I was hired as Director of Continuous Improvement and Lean Operations, with the directive to leverage our Continuous Improvement process to address quality challenges across the platform. Although IWCO Direct has put a lot of emphasis on Lean Manufacturing, one of the tenets of Lean is that there are always opportunities for […] + Read More Pages: First Page123Load More Articles
Year-End Update on Continuous Improvement Efforts at IWCO Direct info Posted December 30, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements, Sustainability We’re down to the final days of 2015, and in many ways the year has flown by. As I think back on our Continuous Improvement efforts at IWCO Direct, we have a lot of be proud of. We’ve developed a process for collecting defect data across our platform, which is then used to zero in […] + Read More
A Special Thanks To Our Veterans info Posted November 11, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements We have officially entered the holiday season! Halloween has come and gone, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and before you know it the December holidays will be here. But one holiday that falls this time of year is often overlooked: Veterans Day. Veterans Day is an especially important day to me because I am […] + Read More
Celebrating the Fruits of Our Labor: Update on Continuous Improvement Efforts info Posted September 4, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements Let me be the first to wish everyone a happy Labor Day weekend. Did you know the first Labor Day was celebrated in 1882, or that the day is intended to recognize the contributions workers make to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country? Before we all head out for a long, relaxing weekend, […] + Read More
2015 Continuous Improvement Conference Gets Minnesota Nice info Posted April 21, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Sustainability This past week, a team of nine operations employees from across our four facilities attended the 2015 Continuous Improvement Conference. This is the only industry event focused on helping companies achieve operational excellence by using the concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement (CI). During the past six years that IWCO Direct has attended […] + Read More
Improving Workplace Productivity Beyond March Madness info Posted March 25, 2015 by Patrick Sondreal in Direct Marketing Trends, Sustainability It’s easy to get wrapped up in March Madness. Some treat the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship like an extended national holiday—and even the most casual of sports fans can fill out a bracket and follow along. But with so much action taking place during the first week of the tournament (a combined 32 […] + Read More
Data Improves the Continuous Improvement Process info Posted December 5, 2014 by Patrick Sondreal in Sustainability Earlier this year I was hired as Director of Continuous Improvement and Lean Operations, with the directive to leverage our Continuous Improvement process to address quality challenges across the platform. Although IWCO Direct has put a lot of emphasis on Lean Manufacturing, one of the tenets of Lean is that there are always opportunities for […] + Read More
