“If you never do what you never did, you’ll never get what you never got.”  That is my paraphrase of an old saying.  In today’s business climate, we are trying hard to get the market share we used to, and also trying to get the new sales we never got.

We have had an “Innovation” program at Pro-Tec Equipment for almost 2 years, giving monthly incentives to employees for coming up with ideas.  So far we have had hundreds of suggestions, some better than others, to help improve either our product line or manufacturing processes.  This program has really helped keep everyone thinking about how we can be better at our product offering and fabricating procedures. Read the rest of this entry »