It’s finally here! IWD was featured in the Toronto Board of Trade’s OnBoard Magazine!!
Toronto Board of Trade OnBoard Magazine Article featuring IWD
Above: IWD Canada’s CEO, Kris White, and COO, Brian Kumarasamy
Every Minute Accounted For
When Kris White read an article in the Spring 2008 issue of On Board about the skills shortage, a bulb went on. The piece, which recounted how Henry Ford broke down the assembly of the Model T into 8,000 distinct tasks, inspired White to research Ford’s methods. “Ford put a stopwatch to everything,” says White, CEO of the four-person International Web Development Corporation. “He wanted to know that every process was as efficient as possible.” So does White. This March, he started quantifying the time of each task performed by his team. With a benchmark, and the ability to compare the efficiency of staff members, productivity quickly improved — to the point that the firm completed two months worth of work in just one month. White reports that business has grown even during the recession and that, because of better efficiency, the company has the capacity to take on much more work as demand increases. “We like to know how every minute is accounted for,” says White. “Our bids are aggressive, because we have pages of statistics on previous results. So every service we offer we’re profitable on, and every bid that goes out, we know we’ll be the most competitive.”
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