Customer Highlight | White Oak Stave LLC

Waymon Scroggs looks at his job as “more of a craft, than it is a vocation.”   Scroggs is plant manager of White Oak Stave, LLC., a sawmill business in Medon, Tenn. that has operated since 1962. In 2004, it was bought by…

Tier II Reporting: What is It and Why is It Important?

Small Manufacturers Play Critical Role in Securing the Supply Chain

  Did you know that hackers can penetrate your IT network, gain access to production machine software and download a tampered program? That tampered program could instruct your equipment to change one very small detail…

The Value of a Work Ethic Diploma

By Kenny Smith, Solutions Consultant Workforce is the number one priority on many, if not most, manufacturers' minds these days.  Would you like employees who have a proven record of showing up on time, everyday? …

Meet Your UT CIS West TN Quality Management Systems Resource

Michael Beane – UT CIS West TN Quality Management Systems Resource   Concurrent experience in creation, administration, training, registration, auditing, and consulting of ISO 9001, AS 9100, and ISO 13485 systems since…

Four Tips for Retaining New Associates

Hourly employee turnover cost is 16 percent of their salary. It costs roughly $4,659 to replace a $14/hr employee   Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics reports indicate that the unemployment rate is 3 percent with…