Kaizen Applications – Shortening the Steps to Success
Leave a CommentKaizen is a Japanese word that has been taken to refer to the philosophy of continuous improvement, and it’s important for every business, whether you’re a department store or a parts manufacturer. Kaizen often focuses on eliminating waste, and it’s a philosophy that can be applied to every aspect of your business. One such aspect […]
The Secret to Successful Manufacturing – Innovation and the Power of 1 Second
Leave a CommentWhat makes a manufacturer successful? The answer to that question is innovation. Now, that’s not new knowledge. The relationship between innovation and success in manufacturing is well understood. But many people limit this to mean only product innovation. But innovation in process can truly take your manufacturing enterprise to the next level. The secret comes […]
Much More Than Manufacturing
Leave a CommentPart of being a successful manufacturer is having the right tools for the job. These days, that takes more than filling in every pouch on your tool belt and making sure your machines are up to date on maintenance. As computers become increasingly integrated with machines, having the right software becomes essential. There are a […]
Expanding into New Markets
Leave a CommentWe have a lot of experience here at Mid-West Screw Products, spread out across nearly every industry you can think of. This gives us the ability to see potential opportunities for our clients’ products in markets they may not have thought of entering. We had one client who was developing a cane for the elderly […]
Problem Solving
Leave a CommentIn our last blog we talked about working with our clients to develop new ideas that many times lead to patents. We also work with our clients to fix problems they have with existing products or processes. These jobs come to us in a variety of ways, such as clients looking to outsource parts they […]
Our Patented Approach to R & D
Leave a CommentHere at Mid-West Screw Products, we have a lot of patents hanging on our wall. Some of them have the names of our clients on them, but there’s something else they share in common—they have our name on them as well as part of the design team. The people who come to us are some […]
The Best Kept Secret
Leave a CommentHere at Mid-West we’ve learned that people coming to us for the first time don’t know exactly what we do. This could be due to the fact that we don’t have sales people—we let our work do our marketing for us. Most of our business comes from referrals by our clients. But for those who […]