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SteelGrow Mentorship Enriches Both Mentor and Mentee
Mentoring is a core value at IWCO Direct. In a previous blog about our mentoring efforts, we highlighted our involvement with SteelGrow, an initiative of the Steel Partners family of companies that encourages developing new talent from within the organization. We have been working side-by-side [...]
The Intersection of Purpose and Passion: Takeaways from Digital Summit Philadelphia 2019
I had the privilege of attending Digital Summit Philadelphia held July 24-25 at the Philadelphia Convention Center. More than 1,300 digital marketers, creative directors, marketing managers/directors, email and social media marketers, and marketing communications professionals attended its 45+ “in-depth, trend-forward digital marketing sessions" [...]
What We Learned at Recent Continuous Improvement Workshops
The Manufacturers Alliance is an association that provides a platform for manufacturers to come together for training, education, best practice sharing, and exchanging industry ideas. IWCO Direct has been a member for many years, participating in numerous seminars and workshops [...]
As Three Executives Receive Promotions, We’re Wishing a Fond Farewell to Our Long-Time President & CFO
Change is a constant at IWCO Direct. Today, we proudly announced three well-deserved promotions within our leadership team, and also announced Joe Morrison has retired as president and CFO. Joe will be sorely missed. First, let’s review the exciting news. Jake Hertel, who has been vice president of finance since 2012, has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO [...]
Implementing Our Strategy to Reduce Front-End Process Cycle Times
Since the Front-End project’s initiation in 2017, IWCO Direct has been on a mission to streamline our front-end process. Several system enhancements, coupled with extensive training on new processes, helped our teams reduce Front-End process cycle time by 30% in 2018. We’ve been able to continue that trend through the first half of 2019. The Front-End process cycle time is measured [...]
