In this month’s employee spotlight, we chat with Lori Knaeble, Accounts Payable Manager within our Finance Department. Lori is vital to ensuring our accounting processes run smoothly and keep flowing, all with a smile or a laugh!
Employee Spotlight – Chris Henry
July 23, 2024
In this month’s employee spotlight, we sit with Chris Henry, an engineering manager with our Systems Technology Group. Chris is a key member of this group, working with his colleagues to design controls solutions to customer specifications and create impactful programming.
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Employee Spotlight – Markus Green
June 13, 2024
In this month’s employee spotlight, we talk to Markus Green, a safety specialist in our Dallas office. Markus leads our safety automation group in solving forklift/pedestrian interaction issues with advanced solutions. With June being National Safety Month, we talked with him about how he approaches safety for his customers.
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Employee Spotlight – Jason Boynton
May 21, 2024
In this month’s employee spotlight, we talk to Jason Boynton, an account executive in our Nashville office. Jason looks to solve his customer’s most pressing issues through tailored solutions. He also recognizes the value of communication in every step of the process.
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Employee Spotlight – Amanda Miller
April 16, 2024
In this month’s employee spotlight, we celebrate Amanda Miller, a Project Engineer in our Tulsa office. With over a decade at Cisco-Eagle, Amanda tackles each challenge with the right technology and process for the application. Beyond her technical expertise, Amanda is passionate about fostering teamwork and ensuring her projects are at the forefront of innovation.
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Employee Spotlight – Nichole Wheeler
March 19, 2024
In this month’s employee spotlight, we celebrate Nichole Wheeler, our CFO/VP, whose leadership is pivotal in our company’s forward growth and success. Nichole’s insights reveal a leader who values the heart of our company just as much as its financial health, blending strategic excellence with a genuine commitment to people and culture.
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Why Warehouse Employees Ignore Safe Lifting Advice – and How to Help Them
December 5, 2010
by Scott Stone
The most common advice that ergonomics experts, OSHA, and other researchers provide to people in warehousing or other jobs that require manual lifting is that you should always bend your knees and lift that way, rather than bend at the waist to pick something up. Repetitive stress on the lower back is staggering: 20% of workplace injuries are related to lower back issues. Lifting right is essential to employee safety, and also to preventing Worker Compensation claims.
Even when you train employees to lift right – and we know that not everyone does – they frequently ignore the advice. Why?
Tags: ergonomics, lifting, musculoskeletal, warehouse workers, back issues, injury prevention
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OSHA’s Top Violations for 2025
December 19, 2025
Ensuring workplace safety is an ongoing challenge, especially in fast-paced manufacturing and warehousing operations. Every year, the OSHA publishes its list of the most frequently cited workplace safety violations, providing a snapshot of the most pressing hazards that can lead to injuries and serious fines.
While the list results do not have many changes from year to year, it is important to review annually. Comparing your safety processes and training to what is included can help to create a more robust system that can save lives and protect what matters.
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So You Want to Buy (or Lease) a Building
November 20, 2025
Before you commit to a new lease or purchase, you need to think like an engineer. While optimizing your current facility often makes the most sense, a necessary move can quickly become a massive headache if the new space fights your operation.
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The Easiest Win in Automation: Machine Loading and Unloading
August 28, 2025
by Scott Stone
Machine load-unload automation is one of the most profitable and straightforward automation opportunities in both warehouses and factories. It improves productivity in two key ways:
- Reducing labor needs: Repetitive manual loading and unloading is replaced with automation, cutting costs and reducing injury risk.
- Increasing machine uptime: Machines stay productive with predictable cycles, eliminating idle time between parts.
The real payoff is in uptime. When unloading and reloading are automated, a machine rarely waits for an operator. Preparatory work and staging can happen offline, so the next part is always ready. In ideal cases, production rates can increase dramatically without additional equipment investments. Focusing on these key points, where automation can have outsized impact is the key to smarter, better operations. These tend to be low value, but critical processes that should be automated so that labor can be reallocated to more critical functions.
Tags: Automation, Manufacturing
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