WHAT WE DO
Touchstone has:
- Developed hundreds of million dollars worth of products in the
marketplace today.
- Solved thousands of manufacturing problems.
- Performed millions of tests for thousands of companies from
coal mines to the Space Shuttle.
HOW DO WE DO WHAT WE DO:
Breadth of Experiences:
- Starting more than one project per day from a wide array of
industries provides Touchstone personnel a unique and ever-growing
tool box of solutions.
Shared Management:
- Individual authority derives more from expertise than organization
position.
- Management is shared by all members of the organization.
- What matters is not ones assigned “turf”, but the
outcomes of customer satisfaction.
- Initiative is expected.
- Intense focus on being highly responsive, flexible, cost-effective.
Atmosphere:
- Touchstone is a “high-velocity” environment where
change and improvement are the norm.
- Every employee is urged to think outside the boxes and lines.
- Communication moves quickly through this seamless organization.
- Everyone at Touchstone sees the customer not as an abstraction,
but a real person with specific needs.
Facilities:
- Touchstone has facilities to test, design and build almost anything.
Doing the Right Work:
- The number one failure in R&D is a lack of prioritization.
At Touchstone this is Job 1.
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