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thebossmagazine.com|
August 2016
BEST IN CLASS
The innovations in VT Industries’
manufacturing plants combined
with Six Sigma lean practices
set the company up for a safe,
comfortable work environment
for its employees.
“Safety is not just our number
one priority for all of the
people who work here and
with whom we work. Safety
improves our business, which
in turn helps us improve
quality,” shared Francisco.
Automation over the last 15
years has replaced some of
the difficult physical labor
with machine handling. Safety
meetings are conducted
monthly, where VT Industries’
standards are compared to
world-class safety
requirements.
Each plant has a safety
manager who holds safety
team meetings weekly to drive
initiatives at the plant level.
“There’s been a lot of
progress from our old ways
of doing business to the new
way,” said Clausen. “Safety
is incredibly important to us,
and we mean what we say
about safety. The rates we have
now, we couldn’t imagine the
numbers being this good five
or ten years ago.”
The company’s safety record,
among many other positive
points, drives a lot of interest
in the industry for joining the
team. Both men commented
that they'd seen an increase in
the last decade, mostly driven
by employee reviews of their
place of work.
“We’re known as a premier
employer, but we don’t market
ourselves as such. The feel and
the culture of VT Industries
permeates out from our
employees,” said Francisco.
SAFETY