Katz Americas
Engineering Solutions
Customized software developed through UB TCIE is helping Katz Americas fulfill coaster orders with ease, enabling double-digit percentage sales increases every year since the technology debuted in 2008. University at Buffalo engineers designed a program to combine multiple orders with varying shapes, making operations more efficient for the largest manufacturer of beverage coasters in North and South America.
Matrix Imaging Solutions
Engineering Solutions
UB TCIE’s engineering experts developed the foolproof answer that Matrix Imaging Solutions needed to guarantee secure, error-free assembly of the approximate 10 million pieces of mail it processes monthly. Through a software system that optimizes Matrix’s vision system verifier, every document is tracked and validated in real time, helping the company attract new contracts and maintain existing ones.
The Mentholatum Company
Lean Executive
With TCIE’s Executive-on-Loan program, The Mentholatum Company is meeting and sustaining its self-identified improvement goals. Access to the expertise and outside perspective of a Lean professional is increasing productivity with a dedicated work team, expanding capacity and increasing the potential for new business.
Taylor Devices
Operational Excellence
With UB TCIE, Taylor Devices is pursuing operational excellence. The shock absorber designer and manufacturer has knocked on the door of TCIE — the bridge between the University at Buffalo’s technical resources and organizations — many times for business improvement assistance, from ISO standard guidance to Lean implementation and training.
Luvata Buffalo
Six Sigma
Since 2004, UB TCIE has helped Luvata Buffalo meet company goals with UB’s technical resources. TCIE’s operational excellence approach, through statistical analysis and Six Sigma training and consultation, is solving problems to save millions of dollars each year.
Glauber Equipment
Business Process Management
Survival needs drove Glauber Equipment Company to seek UB TCIE’s services. By leveraging university resources, a business management system enhancement project led to the company implementing efficient measures, substantially reducing costs and boosting profitability.
Town of Clarence
Lean Six Sigma
Clarence Town Supervisor Scott Bylewski chose UB TCIE to introduce continuous improvement to the municipality of 28,700 residents after a nearly year-long search for the right provider. TCIE, the bridge between the University at Buffalo’s technical resources and organizations, has infused Lean Six Sigma to save money and improve government effectiveness.