Announcements
Blog Category
Quality and Effort: Reading Seth Godin Through a Continuous Improvement Lens
Marketer, author, and recent AMA Hall of Famer Seth Godin has a bit of a celebrity status here at IWCO Direct. When he posted a blog in early November about the relationship between quality and effort (you can read it here), it quickly made its way to my desk. In it, Seth uses his […]
Lessons from Launching a Learning Management System
Back in September, I introduced readers to our Learning Management System (LMS), a tool that helps us train new employees and empower existing ones with new skills. This system allows IWCO Direct to provide more efficient service to our clients as well as influence the long-term direction of the company through the education of our […]
Achieving G7 Colorspace Master Qualification is Further Proof of Color Excellence
The heightened value marketers place on color accuracy across their marketing communications makes our announcement from earlier today very important. IWCO Direct has achieved G7 Colorspace Master Qualification for our web and sheet-fed lithographic presses, continuous and cut-sheet digital equipment, and proofing devices at all facilities. This is the most stringent level of G7 compliance […]
The Ideal Thanksgiving is the One Where You Make Lasting Memories
Many dread the start of the holiday season. It’s often a busy, stressful time that doesn’t feel like the tidings of comfort and joy that are supposed to come with the season. Personally, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, despite its timing as the onset of winter and hectic pace of the next six […]
The Steel Business System is Changing Our Continuous Improvement for the Better—Here’s How
As my colleague Pat Sondreal noted in his July post, one of the major benefits IWCO Direct has experienced since joining the Steel Partners family of companies has been the introduction of the Steel Business System (SBS) methodology to augment our already robust Continuous Improvement and Lean manufacturing efforts. Throughout 2018, the Continuous Improvement […]
