Marketinia: Business & Product Reviews

In today’s fast-paced society, where people drive themselves to succeed and climb higher and higher up the corporate ladder, employees generally don’t work too long for one company. Some companies see almost complete turnover within a few years. They do what they can with benefits and incentives to retain employees, but people are always itching to move on and try another job. With hiring so many workers, companies need to establish training programs that will give new employees a clear picture of the organization’s mission, their responsibilities, and their benefits. That’s a big task in itself, to create an orientation program that works to give new workers a clear picture of their job without making them feel they’re getting an unbearable load of information thrown into their faces.

The first step is finding a way to package the information so the employees can grasp it easily and also find it interesting. One possibility involves purchasing bulk flash drives that are loaded with all the info a new worker needs to know. He can put it in his computer at his convenience and view documentation, videos, images, whatever the company wants him to see to be introduced to his new place of work.

The employee will receive this drive at the time he starts work. Image is important, and even the way the flash drive looks on the surface helps reflect the image of the company. CF Gear, a company that specializes in selling custom orders of bulk flash drives, offers a laser etching service. Customers can choose from a variety of materials—plastic, wood, leather, etc.—for a flash drive. Then they can have their company’s name and logo etched into the surface to add an extra touch. CF Gear will work with whatever custom ideas a company has, and even send a sample product to see if it’s what they really want. You’ll help new employees feel a part of the company when they receive their own flash drives with the company name and logo.

Or you can get company information and a logo printed in color on the USB drive. Up to four colors will show up clearly on the flash drives CF Gear sells. Just send them an image file, and they can work with it to print it on in bright colors, and they’ll help you decide which model of flash drive will best suit your logo. Their website offers pictures of products that have been sold, as well as testimonials from many pleased customers.

And it doesn’t matter whether your company is small or large, 20 people or 200 people. CF Gear can duplicate USB flash drives in large quantities. Their products are guaranteed to be of the highest quality and tested to be sure that you’ll be happy. You can feel confident giving new employees CF Gear flash drives to introduce them to your company.

You don’t buy a sports car just to drive it at a 30 mph speed limit through city blocks. No, you buy one so you can go fast, out on the interstate, out on open roads where you have space to speed up and feel the breeze blowing past the car and the force of being pushed back in your seat. You watch the RPM dial spin up, up, up as you push the gas pedal down. Then you smoothly work the clutch and shift gears rapidly.

You love the feeling of passing every car in sight as you cruise along. Yes, you buy a sports car for the speed, the exhilaration, the freedom. Maybe you even love lifting the hood and seeing the powerful equipment underneath. A heavy horsepower engine packing massive force to a solid-bodied car. You love fiddling around with spark plugs and wires. In fact, you even keep a stainless steel basket handy in your garage to put spare parts in for working on your car.

And don’t forget the body of the car. You treat that shiny finish like you would a fragile Oriental vase. In fact, you’re willing to walk all the way from the far end of the parking lot even though there’s a spot open right across from the store entrance. You just don’t want to park anywhere near other cars so Uncle Fred won’t scrape your car as he hurls open the rusty door on his pickup. Or a car pulling into the spot next to yours might just scratch your bumper if it comes too close.

You can spend half of a weekend washing your car, waxing it up, and buffing it to give it a nice shine. Then you’re even more proud to cruise down the road in your favorite toy, enjoying the looks of approval and envy you get from people walking and driving by.

Even with all the care it gets from a loving owner, a sports car has to have some pretty rugged parts inside of it to withstand the fast acceleration and high speeds it’s made to reach. Go inside a car factory and you’ll see the assembly lines where the inner workings of these cars are being made.

Walk by the transmission section, and you’ll see a conveyor belt moving slowly as robotic arms weld parts together. But before the parts are put together, they have to be clean from any oil or dust or anything else that might have gotten on them while being manufactured. The parts are placed in wire baskets, then put into a tub containing a chemical that will clean off anything that shouldn’t be on the parts. The basket is then taken out, excess fluid drips through the mesh, and the parts are ready to be assembled.

Three M Tool manufactures custom wire baskets for a wide variety of manufacturers. One of their clients, Tier 1 Automotive, does use baskets for cleaning transmission parts. But Three M Tool exists to serve a limitless range of possible uses. Check out their website (www.ThreeMTool.com) for ideas and consider the myriad of helpful ways you can use wire baskets for your industry. Three M Tool, based out of York, Pennsylvania, can be contacted by calling toll free 800.309.0671.