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Lean Coordinator Sets the Stage for Savings

06/26/2018

Lean manufacturing—the elimination of waste As a kid, I wanted to be an inventor. I wanted to help people. No one had told me what an engineer was or what…[more]

New Quality Management System Defines Success and Delivers Customer Value

05/22/2018

A quality management system (QMS) helps a company ask questions and think before taking action. The American Society for Quality defines a QMS as a formal system that documents processes,…[more]

A New Twist on Torque Quality

05/08/2018

A Culture of Continuous Improvement At Design Ready Controls, we have always challenged the standards of control panel manufacturing. In more than a decade of growth and innovation, we have…[more]

Career Pathways and Employee Development

04/17/2018

Want to switch careers but worried about taking the plunge? Want to apply but afraid your experience isn’t enough to get you hired? We get it! There’s no single path…[more]

Safety Campaign Scales for New Growth in 2018

04/10/2018

Design Ready Controls has grown to more than 250 employees just at our Minnesota location, so our 2018 Safety Campaign is growing, too. This includes a number of new initiatives…[more]

Automated Panel Expert (APE®) Leads in Control Panel Manufacturing

03/27/2018

I once called Design Ready Controls, “The most automated control panel manufacturer in the world,” without realizing that they’d put it on all of our banners. I had a good…[more]

Women Step Ahead in Manufacturing

03/13/2018

Some young women might think manufacturing isn’t the right field for them, that it’s a “man’s field,” or that they don’t have the right background. If you’re driven, curious and…[more]

7 Ways to Secure Skilled Manufacturing Talent

02/27/2018

With talent shortages rising and the skills gap looming, manufacturers struggle to find the skilled employees they need to keep their businesses growing. Ask any advanced manufacturer about obstacles to…[more]

Growing Engineers

02/15/2018

We aren’t in the business of hiring engineers just to squeeze as much work out of them as possible. We’re here to grow and develop engineers, and we consider ourselves…[more]

Entry-Level Job: Experience Required. Wait, What?

02/06/2018

If you’re trying to enter the workforce or change careers, you’ve probably faced this problem: Many entry-level jobs require previous experience, but experience is hard to get without a job.…[more]