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Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a well-known approach for achieving operational excellence that combines the process improvement benefits of Lean with the statistical process control (SPC) benefits of Six Sigma. It takes advantage of the “value-added” focus of Lean while maintaining the statistical rigors of Six Sigma. This series will include four full-day training sessions with three weeks between sessions for participants to complete project work that is an essential part of the LSSGB program.

If you look around, you may find many examples of ‘TIM WOODS’ in a food processing facility. TIM WOODS is an acronym for the ‘eight wastes’ that can plague a processing facility. In lean manufacturing, waste is any cost, effort, or material that is used in a processing facility that does not directly lead to a completed unit.

Food Manufacturing Specialists  Dr. Janna Hamlett & Catherine Cantley of TechHelp and the University of Idaho are working with their Post Falls-based colleague, Gene Hamacher, to deliver workshops to food processors in the Panhandle of Idaho.  “We do a lot of work in South, Central & Eastern Idaho and wanted to make an effort to meet the needs of companies up north,” said Dr. Hamlett.  The workshop series kicks off on August 15-17 at the U of I Research Park in Post Falls with our FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Course.  

TechHelp’s food processing specialists rolled out an impressive lineup of food manufacturing workshops and webinars for 2022.

According to the Idaho Business Review, there were about 470,000 Idaho workers eligible for the Accomplished Under 40 (AU40) award in 2022. From among that huge cohort, Food Processing Specialist Catherine Cantley of TechHelp and the University of Idaho stood out and was recognized as one of Idaho’s AU40 business professionals.

TechHelp’s Jessica Lambert Wins Women in STEM, Medicine and Law scholarship

Discover the new developments at the New Product Development Lab at studio\Blu. The list of NEW developments includes a new NPD space, the new studio\Blu program, new and bigger staff, new skill sets, new equipment, new services, and more.

When buying equipment for a food processing facility or commercial kitchen, it is ideal to purchase new equipment that is designed for the specific product, processing use, and processing capacity at the facility. However, in many cases this equipment may be cost-prohibitive, or the exact type of equipment may not be readily available, and so used equipment may need to be purchased instead.

Is your manufacturing facility undergoing a workforce shortage? Attracting, hiring, and keeping workers is one of today’s key workforce challenges. In this webinar, we explored how collaborative robots (also called cobots) can help. Our speakers, Ryan Okelberry (House of Design) and Al Youngwerth (Versabuilt) are local legends in the robotics industry who shared their experiences and answered questions.

Idaho’s Cocoa Bombs Sweetened Our Day at IMA MFG Trade Show TechHelp was proud to join the Idaho Manufacturing Alliance at the only manufacturing-focused industry tradeshow in Idaho. The event […]

M.U.D. BUD™ Kickstarter Site TechHelp’s New Product Development Team at Boise State works with many Idaho inventors who develop cool ideas born of necessity. Idaho is full of creative people […]

Voting for the Coolest Thing Made in Idaho Closed October 28 and the Winner is the Atomic Potato Chip Company Learn More In our continuing efforts to promote manufacturing, TechHelp […]

Read About & Comment on Topics the FDA Plans to Address in 2022 Do you want to know what topics the FDA plans to address this next year?  View a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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