Manufacturers, & Processors
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Excellence
DEVELOPMENT
Operational Excellence
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Lean & 6 Sigma Training, Operations Leadership, Quality Management Systems, and more!
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New Product Development
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Product Design & Build, Rapid Prototyping, 3D Printing, Idea Development, and more!
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Supplier Scouting
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Supply Chain Scouting, Inbound to Meet Your Supply Needs & Outbound to Help You Meet the Needs of Other Manufactures.
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Food Manufacturing Excellence
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Leadership Training,
Product Development,
Food Safety Programs,
Process Cost Savings, and more!
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// Why TechHelp
Your Trusted Idaho Manufacturing Advisors
From university-based offices in Boise, Post Falls, Twin Falls, and Pocatello, TechHelp Specialists help Idaho manufacturers, food processors and entrepreneurs improve their competitiveness through continuous product and process innovation.
Experienced
Our manufacturing specialists have years of successful front line experience in a variety of manufacturing industries.
Local
We are your Idaho-based friends and neighbors working to make your company, our communities, and our state more successful today and tomorrow.
Magic
Everything you see in the picture above (employees, products, company, factory, machines, robots) began to materialize when Al Youngwerth brought his idea for a better motorcycle clutch to the New Product Development Lab at Boise State in 2000. Click the word "Magic" above to learn the rest of the story.
// our process
How We Work
Idaho Counties
We've Got You Covered
From our University-based offices in Boise, Post Falls, Pocatello, and Twin Falls.
Million $
Positive Economic Impact in 2020
Client Reported Sales, Investments, and Cost Savings Related to Working with TechHelp.
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Some of Our Work With Clients
TechHelp team members help Idaho’s most innovative entrepreneurs and manufacturers make productive investments in their plants, people, products, and processes that create sales, efficiency, quality, profits, and jobs. Listed below are some examples of our work with clients.
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In Our Client's Words
Al Younwerth
Founder of Rekluse & Versabuilt
"Without TechHelp, Rekluse would not exist"
Chris Rodgers
Creator of Rapid Rope
“TechHelp was willing to work with me at my own pace on little pieces of the product at a time. It was great working with the entire NPD team, including the students and management. The whole process was awesome”
Calvin Allan
Engineering Director, DECKED
As rapid prototyping continues to mature and services become a commodity, I continue to look for areas of differentiation. TechHelp’s small size and focus on client relationships sets them apart from the "Big Box" service providers.
Charlotte Armstrong
Owner, Cowboy Tom’s Flapjacks
“TechHelp has been a wonderful asset to our business. With each meeting, new and different ideas come to the surface. Their guidance and direction have been invaluable.”
Mark Melni
Inventor of Connector & Owner of Melni LLC
“I wonder what Tesla or Edison might have done with a resource like the TechHelp New Product Development Team. Without them, the Connector would still be just an idea in my head. ”
– Mark Melni, Inventor,Melni LLC
Latest News & Nuggets of Information
TechHelp Schedules 2021 Summer Courses for Manufacturers
June 9, 2021
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TechHelp Summer 2021 Courses Are Set TechHelp’s Manufacturing Specialists created a robust schedule of courses set to run during the summer of 2021. The lineup includes “Intro to Experimental Statistics”
Free Webinar – Demystifying GFSI, SQF, and Other Third-Party Food Safety Audits – June 22
May 7, 2021
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Demystifying GFSI, SQF, and Other Third-Party Food Safety Audits A Complimentary One-Hour Webinar on Tuesday, June 22 at Noon MDT Learn More or Register As a food manufacturing business, do
Gizmo CdA Summer Camps Start in June, 2021
May 3, 2021
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Gizmo Coeur d’Alene recently unveiled an engaging list of summer camps for young people that will kick off in June of 2021. Classes feature everything from coding to woodworking to building a guitar from scratch.
TechHelp Learning Management System Meets Manufacturers Where They Are
April 16, 2021
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TechHelp Learning Management System Meets You Where You Are TechHelp is delighted to unveil our Learning Management System or LMS that allows clients to take a growing number of manufacturing-related
Join Janna for OSHA 30 Course – October 25-28
April 12, 2021
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FINE TUNE YOUR OSHA EYES WITH OUR OSHA 30 – October 25-28 Join Jana Hamlett of TechHelp and the University of Idaho for our OSHA 30 course that will help you
E-Commerce Video – Win the Digital Shelf – The Hows and Whys of Growing Your Business Digitally
March 30, 2021
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E-Commerce – Win the Digital Shelf – The Hows and Whys of Growing Your Business Digitally You are invited to view a recording of our Webinar on Winning the Digital Shelf – ECommerce
COVID-19 Disruptions to the Global Food Supply Chain by Amanda Gibson
December 4, 2020
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For food, implications stretch beyond when everyone else reaches a “new normal” A chance discussion at a recent Idaho District Export Council (DEC) meeting led DEC Member Amanda Gibson, to write a
Tips for Optimizing Your Food Safety Plan
December 4, 2020
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By Jolene Cram TechHelp is thrilled to share this article written by Jolene Cram for Food Safety Magazine. As the food safety project manager for the Tri-State Food Manufacturing Collaboration,
Black Sage Sawtooth Identified as Idaho’s Coolest Product in 2020
December 4, 2020
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The Sawtooth by Black Sage: Idaho companies make a lot of cool things. In the absence of our annual MFG Day event at the Idaho Center in Nampa, the Idaho
TechHelp’s Catherine Cantley on Manufacturing Variability & Sample Size
November 4, 2020
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How to Calculate Sample Size Food Specialist Catherine Cantley, of TechHelp and the University of Idaho, brings a wealth of new skills, expertise, and service offerings to the TechHelp Team. Catherine
Recipe 33 Wins 2020 Trailmix Competition at Boise Startup Week
November 21, 2019
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EDA Grant Funds South Idaho Design – Prototyping Center at Boise State
November 21, 2019
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