Michael Steele This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. www.hvtdc.com

   www.hvtdc.com/stories/Lamother - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/14/2007   Last Visited: 11/14/2007

   Michael Steele General Manager
   
   Lamothermic Precision Investment Casting Corp., a state-of-the-art casting foundry in Brewster, NY, has reaped numerous rewards from bringing the many services of the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center (HVTDC) into their business operations. The rewards began when HVTDC's Director of Sales, Ralph Brown, "came in to evaluate how we approached sales," states Michael Steele, Lamothermic's General Manager.
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   As far as sales growth, Steele cited that the company has identified and eliminated about 5-10% of the revenue that provided little or no profit, perhaps even generated a loss.
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   Michael Steele states that in 2006, "we will follow up the seminars with more team projects and will continue to utilize the lean methods across the entire plant. Our staff is utilizing the lean concepts without being coached."
   
   After the seminar series, the staff moved quickly to determine what they could do to change the positioning of the tables and they evaluated the amount of steps being taken between different operations. "By repositioning tables and cleaning up the area," explains Steele, "we were better able to evaluate the process.

2. 2. www.hvtdc.com

   www.hvtdc.com/releases/pr_Lamo - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/14/2007   Last Visited: 5/14/2007

   Lamothermic's General Manager Michael Steele agrees, "We went on to experience the most dramatic impact in that we involved everyone in the company in evaluating how we produce our products and almost everyone feels more comfortable coming up with ideas for making the production process better."
   
   HVTDC (www.hvtdc.org) is the not-for-profit business and technology resource center that works directly with small and mid-sized manufacturers, technology-based companies, inventors, entrepreneurs and other businesses throughout the Hudson Valley to help them adopt new technologies and business practices to grow their business to be competitive. Through a series of workshops, HVTDC's Brown was able to show the Lamothermic staff how to measure sales and evaluate successes. "He started," comments Steele, "by teaching us to look at our company's structure and how to look at our success; evaluate why we lost quotes and bids; and where we are getting the most return on our investments from advertising and marketing."
   
   Steele cited that from these evaluation steps, Lamothermic eliminated 5 to 10% of the revenue that provided little or no profit, perhaps even generated a loss.
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   Steele states the company asked for assistance in preventing the consistent, daily breakage of the ceramic molds the foundry produces.

3. 3. HVTDC

   www.hvtdc.org/stories/Lamother - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/16/2006   Last Visited: 9/4/2007

   Michael Steele General Manager
   
   Lamothermic Precision Investment Casting Corp., a state-of-the-art casting foundry in Brewster, NY, has reaped numerous rewards from bringing the many services of the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center (HVTDC) into their business operations. The rewards began when HVTDC's Director of Sales, Ralph Brown, "came in to evaluate how we approached sales," states Michael Steele, Lamothermic's General Manager.
   ...
   As far as sales growth, Steele cited that the company has identified and eliminated about 5-10% of the revenue that provided little or no profit, perhaps even generated a loss.
   ...
   Michael Steele states that in 2006, "we will follow up the seminars with more team projects and will continue to utilize the lean methods across the entire plant. Our staff is utilizing the lean concepts without being coached."
   
   After the seminar series, the staff moved quickly to determine what they could do to change the positioning of the tables and they evaluated the amount of steps being taken between different operations. "By repositioning tables and cleaning up the area," explains Steele, "we were better able to evaluate the process.