Kimberly-Clark: Prototype for Success
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"When it comes to creating a prototype for new equipment, our engineers can act a lot like the CIA," explains Kimberly-Clark's director of training, Angela Matheny. "This is highly guarded information and remains proprietary to Kimberly-Clark. We couldn't let just anyone help us do this, but we trusted Quick Start because of its professionalism and integrity."

Last fall, Quick Start went to work training 32 of Kimberly-Clark's LaGrange employees on a prototype line that it helped develop after several months of study and analysis. The process, which helps the company manufacture materials for its popular disposable diapers, is highly sophisticated.

Quick Start's staff was able to help devise the new line, put the training in manual form, and help "jumpstart" the one-of-a-kind machine.

"All of this happened ahead of schedule and required creativity, as well as diligence, on the part of the Quick Start team," Matheny says. "As it turned out, it was so successful that now we are using the prototype -- with a few tweaks -- at our Barton, England, manufacturing facility. Quick Start is helping us stay competitive in more ways than one." QS