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An Expert’s Thoughts on the Toyota Kata Summit

Monday, March 6, 2017 | Operational Excellence
  Steve Winters, Account Executive – Northwest Washington Steve has been associated with Impact Washington since 2000, with 10 years on the Board of Directors, two of which as Board Chair.... Read More

Preventive Controls for Animal Food

Thursday, February 16, 2017 | Food and Beverage
Craig Doan is an Account Executive with Impact Washington who has 30+ years in the food industry and academics specializing in food safety, food processing, and food product innovation. The FDA Fo... Read More

What Is the Defintion of Manufacturing? And Why Is It Important?

The latest Congressional Research Service Report was published on February 6, 2017. Read it in its entirety here.   Read More

Attending Events Like the ISO 9001/AS9100 Standards Change: One Day Seminar Can Make Things Clear

Friday, February 3, 2017 | Operational Excellence
By Kristin Kautz, SW Washington Account Executive Recently, Impact Washington hosted an ISO 9001/AS9100 Standards Change: One Day Seminar held in Vancouver, WA.  It proved to be just what th... Read More

Happy Holidays From Impact Washington

Saturday, December 24, 2016 | News Release
It is hard to believe that 2016 is drawing to a close.  It was another busy year, filled with wonderful opportunties, partnering with so many incredible manufacturers in Washington State. It is... Read More

New Aerospace Supply Chain Quality Management Requirements

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 | Operational Excellence, Supply Chain
Guest blog post by Marcia Buser and Tristan Buser-Molatore In our last blog post, we reported on the new aerospace quality requirements for preventing counterfeit products as presented at the Americ... Read More

Impact Washington Launches A New Practice Area Focused on Food Safety Under the Leadership of Expert Craig Doan

Monday, October 10, 2016 | Food and Beverage
FDA Issues Draft Guidances under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act for Animal Foods and the Classification of Activities for Farms and Facilities As the implementation of the FDA Food Safet... Read More

Happy #MFGDay 6

Friday, October 7, 2016 | Workforce Development, Manufacturing Day
It’s a BIG Day in Manufacturing!   It’s Manufacturing Day 2016! According to the Department of Commerce: Manufacturing supports 17.4 million U.S. jobs Manufacturing career op... Read More

Reasons Why YOU Should Attend Impact Washington’s ISO 9001/AS9100 Seminar

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | Operational Excellence
Hi, I’m Sarah Stuart. I’m the North King County Account Executive with Impact Washington. Recently, I had a client ask me why they should attend our ISO 9001/AS9100 Standards Change One Da... Read More

Preventing Counterfeit Products in the Aerospace Supply Chain

Friday, September 30, 2016 | Operational Excellence, Supply Chain
Guest blog post by Marcia Buser and Tristan Buser-Molatore   In our last blog post, we reported on the new requirements to consider human factors when addressing nonconformances as presented at... Read More