In the March 2013 concern of Impressions (" Made in the USA: A Case Study, Part 1 of 2"), I wrote about a set of buddies, Greg Bednarik and also Rickey Eavenson, who determined to support their regional west Texas economy by buying American Made Cap Co., a battling cap manufacturer that had gone through numerous adjustments in possession throughout the past 3 years, with numerous workers being determined via the company's stormy times.With the new CUSTOM VELCRO PATCHES entrepreneur came new hope for the business, which I had done business with during the "gimmee-cap" boom of the 1970s.
Throughout my first browse through earlier this year, I recognized a number of areas for improvement, but the largest obstacle stayed discovering adequate clients going to pay a little a lot more for a top notch, American-made cap.
At the time of my previous visit to American Made Cap Co., brand-new Production Manager David Stutts had actually simply begun working with the company.
Among the discoveries he made is that during a previous owner's tenure, the needlework equipment thread trimmers had been switched off to improve stitch outcome.
This benefitted equipment drivers, who got on a motivation program.
Unfamiliar with the needlework process as well as device capabilities, this problem was just uncovered after the company paid numerous hours of overtime to workers performing cutting tasks.Additionally, a number of various other brand-new workers are really making an influence.