Whereas most other GD facilities
Whereas most other GD facilities
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Core-to-Edge integration systems refer to Itronix's comprehensive approach that includes assessment, design, integration, deployment, and then operation, all with global support, even in unfriendly places where people generally do not want to go. There are six in the United States, four in Europe, operations in Korea, Iraq, etc., and many more.
I saw the large customers list that includes some impressive names, like Sears, Sprint, Coca Cola, T-Mobile, FedEx, Caterpillar, Geico, Verizon, PG&E and so on. Very substantial also is the list of alliances.
Whenever a company is acquired, there is a chance that cultures clash, brain drain happens with battery like JDSU GPDR204 Battery, JDSU LI204SX Battery, JDSU MTS-6000 Battery, JDSU LI204SX-60A Battery, JDSU LI204SX-66A Battery, JDSU LI204SX-60 Battery, HP VA7100 Battery, HP VA7110 Battery, HP VA7400 Battery, HP VA7410 Battery, Biocare ECG-9803 Battery, or the acquired company simply gets absorbed or closed down. Not so in this case, said Gerber. They have experienced very little territorialism and he gave as the reason the fact that General Dynamics has a long history of acquisitions. As a result they have a structure and culture that is used to integrating new companies on a friendly basis. Gerber did mention one little "culture shock" when the General Dynamics audit teams arrived to take a look at their new acquisition. Whereas most other GD facilities don't even have wireless networks because they are not secure enough, Itronix has plenty of them, all as secure as they get in commercial operations. The GD auditors decreed that Itronix can continue to use them.
Obviously, the acquisition does mean substantial education and training in many parts of the organization. The sales force needs to be educated of new opportunities, new products, and all the many new resources available within General Dynamics.
While some competitors simply rebadge generic computers and handhelds made in Taiwan or mainland China, Itronix designs almost all aspects of their computers and then works with a small number of top-notch ODMs in Taiwan and the United States. All parts, components and peripherals then arrive at Itronix's assembly floor in the Spokane facility. The facility both assembles new machines per customer specifications as well as services and rebuilds computers. I was given a complete tour of the facility by Brad Telin (see above) who explained all aspects of the operation as well as the thinking behind the layout and organization of the new facility.
Just as Henry Ford once revolutionized manufacturing in his Highland and Rouge assembly line plants outside Detroit, innovative companies continue to seek new and better ways to manufacture products. However, while Ford's assembly line produced a paradigm-shifting advance in productivity, it also had a dehumanizing element to it, despite the highly heralded "Five Dollar Day" back in 1914 - more than anyone else paid. Today, Ford-style assembly lines have long since been replaced by friendlier manufacturing and assembly methods, methods that result in optimal productivity and involve people, their ideas and preferences, and how they like to work. (Below: Itronix VP Matt Gerber and RuggedPCReview editor Conrad H. Blickenstorfer during shopfloor tour).
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