What is it? Consignment inventory is a supply chain in which retailers offer their products, but the suppliers keep the inventory of the products until they are sold. Unlike traditional inventory practices, consignment inventory puts responsibility to sell goods on the manufacturer or supplier. How does it work? Typically, the supplier would approach the retailer...Continue Reading

Author: Nick Knotts, Industrial Engineer, The Lawton Standard Co. What are some of the current trends in the foundry industry? As the economic, social, and technological climate changes in the world, all industries inevitably must adapt to survive, and the foundry industry is no different. As a result, foundries across the United States are taking steps to...Continue Reading

Author: Nick Knotts, Industrial Engineer, The Lawton Standard Co. What is a company’s most important asset? What is the most important resource to a manufacturing operation? Is it the machines? Is it the raw material? Does it depend on the type of manufacturing? Maybe it does depend on the business, but in my opinion, in...Continue Reading

Nick Knotts, Industrial Engineer for the Lawton Standard Co. has been with the company for 2 1/2 years and spent most of his time working on-site at Temperform as both an industrial engineer and a quality engineer. He came from a sister company from the same owners that were involved in automation. He was really...Continue Reading

We sat down with Gloria Webber, General Manager at Temperform, to discuss the culture committee at the Lawton Standard. Although Webber is currently the committee chair, that position will be on a rotating basis to keep things new and fresh. Keeping up with the culture will be an ongoing priority for the company. The culture...Continue Reading