Earlier, we talked about setting a goal and building a plan. Part #3 deals with measuring success. At ETTER, we have created our Key Performance Indicators or KPI’s. KPI’s are measurements that we track against every month – we set a goal and track our progress towards the goal. One person owns the goal and…
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ETTER – An American Business Growth Story – Part 2
In Part 1, we talked about the importance of having a goal. A goal without a plan is just a wish. You need to have a solid plan behind the goal to ensure that you are doing the right things necessary to achieve the goal. We have the following plans; 5 year plan 1 year…
ETTER – An American Business Growth Story – Part 1
In 2015, ETTER Engineering celebrates our 75th anniversary. Founded in 1940, we have endured a World War, survived 13 Presidents of the United States and made it through 13 recessions. In 2013, ETTER was named to the INC 500|5000 fastest growing private companies in the United States. We think it’s pretty cool…. So, how does…
ETTER Then and Now…..
Each quarter we hold a company meeting to review our progress for the previous quarter and talk about our plans for the upcoming quarter. We also review the ETTER Way – our points of culture that we want our team to model. One of our points of culture is Drive and Embrace Change. In thinking about…
Custom Heater Box leaves the building…..
One of the strengths of ETTER Engineering is our custom manufacturing capabilities. We build custom control panels, furnaces and heater boxes. Here is one of our latest creations leaving our building. This is a custom heater box that is used to provide heat for the oven of one of our customers. Our ETTER Solutions group is…
Great Sales Response
We have a suggestion box and we get great suggestions from our team members. A recent suggestion was for us to set up a paper recycling program. It’s one of those no-brainers that slips through cracks when you are in high growth mode…. So, I send a web lead to a company that provides a…
ETTER welcomes new Team Members
We are pleased to welcome the newest members of the ETTER team. Brittany Pedersen joins our team as Purchasing Assistant, reporting to Brenda Wazocha. Brittany will be working closely with Brenda on processing purchase orders, negotiating with vendors, and maintaining our inventory and pricing in Sage/Peachtree. Brittany has experience as an Engineering Assistant at Epley Medical…
ETTER Mini-Golf Challenge
We hold a company meeting each quarter, updating our team on our financial and operational results for the previous quarter and year to date. It engages our team in the achievement of our company goals and objectives and ensures that we are all on the same page. At the same time, we hold a quarterly…
Make it bETTER
We have an initiative called Make it bETTER – it is our drive to continually improve our operations and to work together to, well, make things better! Brenda, our Purchasing Agent, brought to me a work tool that Jeremy, one of our Electrical and Mechanical Shop team members, created for James, our Shipping and Receiving…
Natural Gas in Connecticut – It’s a capacity problem…
Connecticut, federal officials discuss need for more natural gas 04/22/2014 – 1:17 AM EDT HARTFORD >> U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz used a whirlwind trip to southern New England to voice his support for efforts to end capacity problems with natural gas transmission lines in New England. Moniz visited Providence Monday morning and came to the Connecticut…