510 words, 1.9 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Communicate program financial issues to the Account Manager for resolution with the customer.

The big picture: Be confident that your staff applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems to increase efficiency, (internal) customer services and to reduce cost.

Why it matters: Coach and guide others in your organization on the requirements of the DMS system process improvement standards; including the tools used to implement and maintain it successfully.

How it works: Make sure your design maintains manual or computerized procurement records, as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and supply agreements.

Go deeper: Establish that your personnel understands and complies with quality requirements and monitoring methods, operating quality monitoring equipment, performing process control checks, and making routine functional product quality decisions.

Be smart: Interface so that your company ensures cost reduction targets and productivity improvement objectives are met, while cultivating service/product quality and (internal) customer satisfaction.

The backdrop: Make sure the Additive Manufacturing Project Engineer works closely with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations team(s) to ensure successful planning and execution of development projects utilizing additive manufacturing processes.

Between the lines: Liaison so that your staff implements new procedures and processes in pre production stages of product launches in compliance with (internal) customer specific requirements.

Under the hood: Manage the execution of quality initiatives and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) across all manufacturing value streams to achieve strategic quality improvement objectives.

Top APQP Must Haves

APQP Executives tell us every quarter about their must haves.

Here are their most urgent ones:

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Top thinkers are using The Art of Service Critical Capabilities Analysis, the guide that’s helping leaders stay ahead of what’s next.

This guide will help you plan your roadmap. The Critical Capabilities and Priorities Guide enables leaders to shortlist hundreds of appropriate results, already prioritized.

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Meanwhile: Ensure you expect all associates to actively participate in the protection of the health and safety of themselves and all others on the site as well as the conservation of resources and the protection of the environment.

State of play: Guarantee your design leads NPI efforts with suppliers to ensure a smooth transition of stated quality requirements from product development to mass production.

What we’re hearing: “Certify your personnel directs solution architecture effort in terms of quality, timeliness, and compliance with requirements and expectations, assuring with minimal or no disruption to IT operations.“, Engineering Tech, Q.C.

The bottom line: Be confident that your strategy creates necessary documentation for (internal) customer initial sample submissions; including AQP, (internal) customer documents, and any other required documentation.

What’s next: Secure that your process responsible for implementation and maintenance of your organization quality system, reporting on the performance of the quality system for review and as a basis for improvement of the quality system.

ICYMI: Work hand in hand with many stakeholders to translate (internal) customer problems, technical team observations, and quality insight into improvements for your (internal) customers.

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473 words, 1.8 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Create and use performance indicators to drive product quality during the development phase.

The big picture: Review and evaluate designs and implementations for compliance with development guidelines and standards and provide constructive feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.

Why it matters: Check and evaluate data from multiple sources and understand and evaluate different efficiency and energy use values that have to be publicly available for the same product.

Under the hood: Make sure the primary process of the Supplier Quality Engineer is to investigate, analyze and resolve quality problems by conducting audits analyzing defect trends and leading continuous improvement projects.

Top APQP Must Haves

APQP Executives tell us every quarter about their must haves.

Here are their most urgent ones:

Learn the Top Emerging APQP Risks HERE: store.theartofservice.com/APQP-critical-capabilities/

Top thinkers are using The Art of Service Critical Capabilities Analysis, the guide that’s helping leaders stay ahead of what’s next.

This guide will help you plan your roadmap. The Critical Capabilities and Priorities Guide enables leaders to shortlist hundreds of appropriate results, already prioritized.

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On the flip side: Provide guidance for automation framework creation enhancement and oversee development and integration of tests with the goal being to improve product quality while improving QA team execution.

State of play: Verify that your process understands and complies with all procedures pertaining to a given work environment; invest in designing improvements to the work environment.

Yes, but: Recruit and lead team of engineering specializations to perform dimensional analysis on product designs and provide input/feedback to achieve highest product quality.

Between the lines: Confirm that your strategy prepares Bill of Materials and sequence of operation sheets from blueprints, engineering orders, change notices, and other engineering releases for both machining of parts and/or fabrication of assemblies.

What they’re saying: “Evaluate current and new suppliers to determine optimal setup for supply contracts, taking into account costs, delivery times, product quality and available inventory.“, Advanced Quality Engineer – Dishwasher

Be smart: Be confident that your strategy is identifying opportunities in the new product design process through target costing and managing cost drivers and data sources to improve the design decision making.

Meanwhile: Confirm that your workforce is responsible for Backlogs, Inventory, On time Performance and Logistics as well as being the advocate for the customer.

The bottom line: Make headway so that your group develops and initiates methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation Including support of process statistical controls and associated corrective action follow up.

What’s next: Warrant that your team works closely with the Engineering Manager to understand and meet current and evolving product engineering needs of your organization.

ICYMI: Make headway so that your organization tests pre release versions of game titles and game tools for ease of use, reliability, consistency, and product defects.

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525 words, 1.9 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Maintain and monitor action item list Prepare and analyze performance data against defined parameters.

The big picture: Make sure the Program Manager does not implement the detailed actions required for project completion but instead focuses on leading the team and ensuring project completion by driving individual team-member task completion.

Why it matters: Make sure your operation ensures products are provided to (internal) customers on time so that product quality, yield, operating costs, and process efficiencies are met.

What they’re saying: “Establish that your design provides support to value chain teams responsible for the management of end to end value chain functions in alignment with (internal) customer Order to Delivery requirements.“, Program Engineer

Meanwhile: Warrant that your staff conducts Supplier Assessments, reviews all supporting documentation, and responsible for closing out all identified open issues or audit findings.

What we’re hearing: “Be confident that your workforce supports new product development teams to assure product quality is achieved through proper design, testing, and Engineering and Quality specifications.“, Project Engineer

State of play: Make sure the International Vendor Manager deals directly with your vast vendor base, strategically negotiating cost, insuring product quality, and driving on time delivery.

What to watch: Verify that your personnel engages in implementing lessons learned, best practices during development phases, perform manufacturing readiness reviews and follow through on any open risk items to closure.

Go deeper: Be confident that your company manages and executes improvement projects that support overall production process improvement in the plant and other variable cost savings opportunities.

Be smart: Work closely with (internal) customers, create surveys, present at conferences, understand product quality and drive strategic initiatives to continuously improve the product involvement.

Under the hood: Make sure the Quality Engineer II is responsible for providing Quality Assurance support to product development and manufacturing to increase product quality, reliability, and process capability.

Top APQP Must Haves

APQP Executives tell us every quarter about their must haves.

Here are their most urgent ones:

Learn the Top Emerging APQP Risks HERE: store.theartofservice.com/APQP-critical-capabilities/

Top thinkers are using The Art of Service Critical Capabilities Analysis, the guide that’s helping leaders stay ahead of what’s next.

This guide will help you plan your roadmap. The Critical Capabilities and Priorities Guide enables leaders to shortlist hundreds of appropriate results, already prioritized.

Get started: store.theartofservice.com/APQP-critical-capabilities/

On the flip side: Conduct training and enforce policy in the areas of root cause analysis and corrective action, data analysis, statistical process control and Quality systems.

The bottom line: Make sure the Supplier Quality Manager is responsible for delivering all aspects of the Supplier Quality Assurance and/or Supplier Quality Development function on an on-going basis in line with the Quality Management System to ensure products and services are fit for their intended use and meet (internal) customer expectations.

What’s next: Perform initial issue investigation for all SW/HW related (internal) customer reported and critical issues by collaborating with product development and PM teams.

ICYMI: Review application builds to ensure on-time delivery and overall product quality Identify potential timeline soft spots and develop risk mitigation techniques to minimize issues, proactively escalating when appropriate.

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499 words, 1.8 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Investigate technologies, processes and methods for improving efficiencies and increasing product quality and reliability.

The big picture: Ensure your operation inputs to planning and auditing schedule to ensure that designated suppliers are audited on a regular basis to ensure 16949 level manufacturing practices and quality standards are met in accordance with Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG).

Why it matters: Monitor floor to ensure product is produced to (internal) customer specification and inspection activities are being conducted in accordance with control plan requirements.

State of play: Be certain that your team is responsible for meeting (internal) customer expectations for delivery performance including shipping, packaging integrity, labeling standards, returnable containers, and scanning.

What they’re saying: “Identify and communicate information to correct Factory discipline relative to product quality and defect prevention, product disposition, and rework and/or repair activity.“, Supplier Development Engineer (I, II, or Sr.)

On the flip side: Oversee that your staff supports Program Management generated project macro schedules with detailed engineering micro schedules to ensure that all project milestones are tracked and completed on time.

What we’re hearing: “Build (internal) customer and supplier partnerships to closely monitor voice of the (internal) customer and proactively adapt to changing market and (internal) customer needs.“, Manager, Supply Chain Management

Go deeper: Make sure the Quality Technician is responsible for conducting routine tests and inspections on products, assisting the Quality Assurance Manager with data collection.

Be smart: Check that your organization champions quality improvement projects with priority to reduce product and process quality failure costs and facilitate overall Cost of Poor Quality reduction.

The backdrop: Safeguard that your organization analyzes defect data, facilitates root cause identification, prioritizes and leads corrective action programs to maximize rate of process improvement.

Under the hood: Be sure your operation is involved in the application of QM tools: APQP, FMEA, PPAP, MSA, control plan, Statistical Process Control (SPC), 8Ds.

Top APQP Must Haves

APQP Executives tell us every quarter about their must haves.

Here are their most urgent ones:

Learn the Top Emerging APQP Risks HERE: store.theartofservice.com/APQP-critical-capabilities/

Top thinkers are using The Art of Service Critical Capabilities Analysis, the guide that’s helping leaders stay ahead of what’s next.

This guide will help you plan your roadmap. The Critical Capabilities and Priorities Guide enables leaders to shortlist hundreds of appropriate results, already prioritized.

Get started: store.theartofservice.com/APQP-critical-capabilities/

Yes, but: Provide technical leadership and your organization needs in depth expertise to investigate, initiate and drive the development, procurement, and implementation of equipment and processes for manufacturing.

The bottom line: Oversee the review and analysis of production, quality, maintenance, and other appropriate operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications and/or operational or production problems.

What’s next: Make headway so that your workforce serves as Product Line Team lead for Procurement organization on the cross functional product based business team.

ICYMI: Oversee that your group has skill in effective problem solving and communication across all levels of any organization related to concepts of supplier quality, production and process controls.

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Trusted by: CAIRE, thyssenkrupp Presta North America LLC, JAC Products, YAZAKI Europe, Hana Technologies, Inc., Serigraph Inc., R&L Spring Company, Hutchinson Fluid Management System, Magna International Inc., Philips, Plastic Omnium, Cyient, Therma-Tru Corporation, EATON, Graham Packaging Company, Neaton Rome, SK Battery America, Dorman Products, PSI Molded Plastics, MAHLE Behr Troy Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Pasona N A, Inc., Pridgeon & Clay, BorgWarner, Volvo Group, BOGE Rubber & Plastics, Enersys, Cummins Inc., Solid Power, Vitro, Altra Industrial Motion Corp., GE Aviation, Pace Industries, Caterpillar, Disher, PPG Industries, BAE Systems, Superior Roll Forming LLC, ABB, Tennant Company, BJ CAAS Advisors LLC, Doosan Bobcat, Fuyao Automotive North America Inc, Omnex PlanTech, Global Steering Systems, LLC, Kapco Inc, Collins Aerospace, Mobis Parts America, LLC, L3Harris Technologies, MAHLE, LaborView, Cassavant Machining, SGL Group, NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Inc., Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., HUSCO International, Inc., BOEING, Piston Automotive, Reyco Granning, The Timken Company, Dometic Corporation, International Automotive Components, Neumayer Tekfor Rotenburg GmbH, Airbus Final Assembly Line, Autoneum Management AG, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, CNH Industrial, Supplier Management Solutions, LLC, FOX Factory, Inc., Sub-Zero Wolf, Wabtec, Dana Incorporated, Yanfeng Automotive, Tecomet, Inc., MetriCan Stamping, LLC, Continental Structural Plastics, Allison Transmission, Inc., Clarios, M/A Com Technolgy Solutions, ALUDYNE, Graco, Tiffany & Co., La-Z-Boy, P3 group GmbH, ITT, Inc., Dept_PhysLoc, Oerlikon, DAEHAN SOLUTION, Danfoss, Johnson Controls, Schaeffler Group, Lucid Motors, Trillium Interim Staffing Inc, Rivian Automotive, Akwel Cadillac USA Inc, MAT Holdings, Inc, PMG Indiana LLC, thyssenkrupp Automotive Systems of America LLC, Hydro-Gear, Honeywell, Mobis Technical Center of North America, Faurecia, Robertshaw, Brunswick Corporation, Electromac, Proper Group International, Navistar, Inc., Stoneridge, IMMI, KAMAX, SUEZ, Ilmor Engineering Inc., Sun Hydraulics Llc, American Axle & Manufacturing, Peloton, EnPro Industries, US Farathane, LLC, CK Technologies, Cooper Standard, Akoustis, Inc., Continental AG, Motorola Solutions, North American Lighting, Cresttek LLC, Spartan Light Metal Products, Pentair, Airbus Americas, Lear Corporation, Hillphoenix, Nammo Perry, Minth North America, Seraph, Legrand AV, Figeac Aero North America Inc, Techman Sales Inc., Kaman Distribution, JTEKT North America, Intent Design, Avancez, LLC, SL America, Constellium, Kuehne+Nagel, TRIGO Global Quality Solutions, Randstad Engineering, Stanley Black & Decker, MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Automotive Manufacturing Company, Gates Corporation, Flex-N-Gate Corporation, S & C Electric Company, Telamon, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Cleveland Cliffs Tubular Components, Autoliv United States, Kaiser Aluminium, KBR, Schindler, Stauff USA, Tesla, Topcon Positioning Systems, CWC Textron, a division of Textron, Pall, Triumph Group, CARLING TECHNOLOGIES INC, YAPP USA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC, QMC-EMI Holdings Corporation, Oscar Winski, Ifa Rotorion North America Llc, Fuyao Glass America Inc, HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS, INC, Ice Industries Inc., AMP – Auto Motive Power, NXP Semiconductors, GEDIA MICHIGAN LLC, KN Platech America Corporation, Bosch Group, MAHLE Behr Dayton L.L.C., AMB Consulting Group, LLC, Kohler, Tenneco Inc., Trialon Corporation, Burgess-Norton Mfg Co, Inc, STS Aviation Group, Karma Automotive, Springfield Remanufacturing Corp, First Sensor AG, Oliver Companies, Engineered Materials Solutions, Fontana, Kelco Industries, Vitesco Technologies, ACTIA Corporation, GE Appliances, PKC Group, Alexandria Extrusion Company, Vehicle Service Group, Incodel, Brose, Amazon.com Services LLC, Challenge Manufacturing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, Grayhill, Inc, Hyliion Inc, Axalta, DESTACO, Transtar Industries Inc, BD, IDEAL Industries, Inc., Cleveland-Cliffs, HRB, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Olympic Steel, Pure Power Technologies Inc, Inovar Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Braun Industries, Perlick Corporation, Keter US, Trane Technologies, Generac Power Systems, ZF, Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC, Drake Enterprises Inc, Fast Lane Recruitment Group, AGCO, Gentex Corp, Webasto, Linamar Corp, Rebo Lighting & Electronics LLC, Martinrea International Inc., Kimball International, RCM Industries, Inc., SVRC Industries Inc, GKN Aerospace, Harman International, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Coherent, Inc., KAY Manufacturing, Mueller Water Products, Ingersoll Rand, SWJ TECHNOLOGY, LLC, MTD Products Inc, Inteva Products, LLC, Nichols Portland, LLC, Power Solutions International Inc, JNB Machinery / JNB Machining, Griffin Associates, Lincotek Surface Solutions, The Shyft Group, Inc., Shape Corporation, Tekfor Inc, dura auto, Applied Materials Inc.

624 words, 2.3 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Analyze warranty claim data and report on opportunities for improvement to the business unit.

The big picture: Interface so that your organization manages, coaches, and develops a high performing Supplier Quality team that meets agreed upon objectives which deliver best practice results, added value, and continuous improvement.

Why it matters: Guarantee your process provides supplier with technical oversight and expertise in areas such as Process Development, PFMEA, Measurement Systems, Control Plans and Error Proofing in the context of the on-boarding process to start of production.

Yes, but: Ensure all aspects of product quality assurance by developing and monitoring adherence to technical, process, materials, and testing standards, as well as best practices.

State of play: Interact with members daily to help develop relationships, foster community connections, and obtain feedback on product quality, event requests, service levels and overall satisfaction.

What to watch: Work with internal and external (internal) customers to efficiently analyze, resolve, and manage quality issues that arise to prevent negative impacts to product quality, service, schedule performance, and/or cost.

How it works: Perform functional and regression testing of application and interfaces, to ensure that developed products meet design specifications and adhere to product quality standards.

Be smart: Work side by side with engineering leaders to enforce an automation first strategy to test case execution; ensure CI/CD pipeline key integration to drive product quality.

On the flip side: Make sure your organization is identifying, assessing and communicating product safety risks through leading and executing life cycle assessments, participating in product risk assessments, and providing guidance and direction for business product quality and commercialization management processes such as claims substantiation, design control, and literature and label content review and input.

Under the hood: Oversee that your strategy maintains daily quality checks on the processes, documentation and metrics to ensure activities by other process owners and supervisors is being completed.

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Between the lines: Make sure the overall function of the Project Quality Engineer is to ensure that the manufacturing process is manage producing product that meets the (internal) customer engineering design record and specification requirements.

Meanwhile: Make sure your design leads, mentors and develops a team engaged in quality control activities in coordination with Launch Engineering and interfaces with site (internal) customer quality engineering, product engineering, and manufacturing staff in order to develop and execute the quality control system for new product launches.

What they’re saying: “Lead programs from concept to launch by interfacing, coordinating, and supporting cross functional teams across several disciplines as engineering, quality, logistics, and purchasing.“, Quality Design Engineer II, Vehicle Solutions Group

Go deeper: Work closely with Product Managers to expand the depth of your service insights with data, and determine the highest impact projects to include in planning roadmaps.

The bottom line: Interface so that your process is overseeing the deployment and compliance of quality best practices, working closely with it Quality Managers and the teams.

What’s next: Ensure that all Product Quality specializations (or Quality Assistants) are trained on related procedures and operate in compliance with the work instructions and operative procedures.

ICYMI: Guarantee your organization is Including: IATF16949, Continuous Improvement, Total Quality Management, AIAG Advanced Quality Planning, PPAP, D/PFMEAs, Control Plans, DOEs, MSA/gaging/fixturing, GD and T, Dimensional layouts, Manufacturing Quality Systems and SPC.

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Trusted by: CAIRE, thyssenkrupp Presta North America LLC, JAC Products, YAZAKI Europe, Hana Technologies, Inc., Serigraph Inc., R&L Spring Company, Hutchinson Fluid Management System, Magna International Inc., Philips, Plastic Omnium, Cyient, Therma-Tru Corporation, EATON, Graham Packaging Company, Neaton Rome, SK Battery America, Dorman Products, PSI Molded Plastics, MAHLE Behr Troy Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Pasona N A, Inc., Pridgeon & Clay, BorgWarner, Volvo Group, BOGE Rubber & Plastics, Enersys, Cummins Inc., Solid Power, Vitro, Altra Industrial Motion Corp., GE Aviation, Pace Industries, Caterpillar, Disher, PPG Industries, BAE Systems, Superior Roll Forming LLC, ABB, Tennant Company, BJ CAAS Advisors LLC, Doosan Bobcat, Fuyao Automotive North America Inc, Omnex PlanTech, Global Steering Systems, LLC, Kapco Inc, Collins Aerospace, Mobis Parts America, LLC, L3Harris Technologies, MAHLE, LaborView, Cassavant Machining, SGL Group, NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Inc., Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., HUSCO International, Inc., BOEING, Piston Automotive, Reyco Granning, The Timken Company, Dometic Corporation, International Automotive Components, Neumayer Tekfor Rotenburg GmbH, Airbus Final Assembly Line, Autoneum Management AG, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, CNH Industrial, Supplier Management Solutions, LLC, FOX Factory, Inc., Sub-Zero Wolf, Wabtec, Dana Incorporated, Yanfeng Automotive, Tecomet, Inc., MetriCan Stamping, LLC, Continental Structural Plastics, Allison Transmission, Inc., Clarios, M/A Com Technolgy Solutions, ALUDYNE, Graco, Tiffany & Co., La-Z-Boy, P3 group GmbH, ITT, Inc., Dept_PhysLoc, Oerlikon, DAEHAN SOLUTION, Danfoss, Johnson Controls, Schaeffler Group, Lucid Motors, Trillium Interim Staffing Inc, Rivian Automotive, Akwel Cadillac USA Inc, MAT Holdings, Inc, PMG Indiana LLC, thyssenkrupp Automotive Systems of America LLC, Hydro-Gear, Honeywell, Mobis Technical Center of North America, Faurecia, Robertshaw, Brunswick Corporation, Electromac, Proper Group International, Navistar, Inc., Stoneridge, IMMI, KAMAX, SUEZ, Ilmor Engineering Inc., Sun Hydraulics Llc, American Axle & Manufacturing, Peloton, EnPro Industries, US Farathane, LLC, CK Technologies, Cooper Standard, Akoustis, Inc., Continental AG, Motorola Solutions, North American Lighting, Cresttek LLC, Spartan Light Metal Products, Pentair, Airbus Americas, Lear Corporation, Hillphoenix, Nammo Perry, Minth North America, Seraph, Legrand AV, Figeac Aero North America Inc, Techman Sales Inc., Kaman Distribution, JTEKT North America, Intent Design, Avancez, LLC, SL America, Constellium, Kuehne+Nagel, TRIGO Global Quality Solutions, Randstad Engineering, Stanley Black & Decker, MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Automotive Manufacturing Company, Gates Corporation, Flex-N-Gate Corporation, S & C Electric Company, Telamon, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Cleveland Cliffs Tubular Components, Autoliv United States, Kaiser Aluminium, KBR, Schindler, Stauff USA, Tesla, Topcon Positioning Systems, CWC Textron, a division of Textron, Pall, Triumph Group, CARLING TECHNOLOGIES INC, YAPP USA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC, QMC-EMI Holdings Corporation, Oscar Winski, Ifa Rotorion North America Llc, Fuyao Glass America Inc, HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS, INC, Ice Industries Inc., AMP – Auto Motive Power, NXP Semiconductors, GEDIA MICHIGAN LLC, KN Platech America Corporation, Bosch Group, MAHLE Behr Dayton L.L.C., AMB Consulting Group, LLC, Kohler, Tenneco Inc., Trialon Corporation, Burgess-Norton Mfg Co, Inc, STS Aviation Group, Karma Automotive, Springfield Remanufacturing Corp, First Sensor AG, Oliver Companies, Engineered Materials Solutions, Fontana, Kelco Industries, Vitesco Technologies, ACTIA Corporation, GE Appliances, PKC Group, Alexandria Extrusion Company, Vehicle Service Group, Incodel, Brose, Amazon.com Services LLC, Challenge Manufacturing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, Grayhill, Inc, Hyliion Inc, Axalta, DESTACO, Transtar Industries Inc, BD, IDEAL Industries, Inc., Cleveland-Cliffs, HRB, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Olympic Steel, Pure Power Technologies Inc, Inovar Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Braun Industries, Perlick Corporation, Keter US, Trane Technologies, Generac Power Systems, ZF, Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC, Drake Enterprises Inc, Fast Lane Recruitment Group, AGCO, Gentex Corp, Webasto, Linamar Corp, Rebo Lighting & Electronics LLC, Martinrea International Inc., Kimball International, RCM Industries, Inc., SVRC Industries Inc, GKN Aerospace, Harman International, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Coherent, Inc., KAY Manufacturing, Mueller Water Products, Ingersoll Rand, SWJ TECHNOLOGY, LLC, MTD Products Inc, Inteva Products, LLC, Nichols Portland, LLC, Power Solutions International Inc, JNB Machinery / JNB Machining, Griffin Associates, Lincotek Surface Solutions, The Shyft Group, Inc., Shape Corporation, Tekfor Inc, dura auto, Applied Materials Inc.