Catalyst Connection annual report

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Strategic Priorities 2012-2014

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Manufacturing Scorecard 2011


Problem-Solving Training


Thermal Industries, Inc.

Thermal Industries, Inc. Our supervisors now feel empowered and prepared to find their own solutions to problems they uncover on the shop floor. This is an important strategic shift for the continued success of Thermal Industries.
Todd Rascoe, Thermal Industries, Inc.


With facilities in Pittsburgh, PA, Thermal Industries, Inc. manufactures replacement windows and patio doors. Thermal Industries has worked with Catalyst Connection for several years to help staff with customer service training and leadership, but now they were looking to develop problem solving skills for their team.

Catalyst Connection’s Workforce Training Consultant, Lee Kraus, provided ten supervisors and group leaders Demand Flow Technologies Job Instruction training under the Training Within Industry program. He also delivered four hours of Root Cause Analysis training for them. This helps Thermal Industries leaders to drill down to the cause of a problem and implement effective, consistent corrective actions to fix them.

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