How to Conduct Business with Purpose Beyond the Shop Floor At Estes Design and Manufacturing, we believe business is about more than what we produce—it’s about how we serve people and communities. Excellence and precision drive our work, but purpose gives it meaning. That’s why we partner with two Indianapolis-based ministries: Purposeful Design and Good…
Estes’ Desire to Help With the looming crisis and global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching far and wide, Vice President of Operations, Ron Estes, was actively seeking for ways Estes Design and Manufacturing could help meet some of the needs created by the spread of the virus. With this desire to contribute on a…
The Hitzfield Group is a group of companies that design, engineer and install state-of-the-art building envelopes and structural façade components. They serve a wide variety of industries across the nation and have partnered with companies such as FedEx and Eli Lilly on various construction projects. Estes Design and Manufacturing recently had the privilege of partnering with…
We are here to help! The COVID-19 virus has brought changes to almost every industry in some form or another as well as disrupted many facets of our personal and professional lives. While many industries have seen rapid declines in business over the last month, other industries have seen spiking increases in demand and are…
Kaizen is defined as the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement. As a company Estes strives to follow the kaizen mindset instead of just working on “fixes.” Continuous improvement serves as one of the four pillars of our company philosophy, and Estes is constantly looking for ways to improve all facets of the business. To ensure this continuous improvement…
What is just-in-time (JIT) management strategy and how can it reduce costs? The just-in-time (JIT) management strategy traces back to early in the auto industry, first introduced at the Ford Motor Plant and later perfected by Taiichi Ohno for Toyota as a means to improve operational performance. With JIT, goods arrive exactly when they are…
Who is Dr. Bobby and how is he having a positive impact on the medical industry? Dr. Babak Hassid, otherwise known as Dr. Bobby, is a New York-based cardiologist at Northwell Health. Not only is he a highly respected doctor, but he is also an inventor. Dr. Bobby realized that there is a problem when…
Since early 2018, Estes Express Prototyping has been working in close collaboration with Florence Corporation, a mailbox supplier. Recently, our team interviewed Mike Molt, Florence’s Design Engineering Manager, to learn more about its experience working with Estes. Below are our findings from the interview. Florence Corporation Benefits from Estes’ Cutting Edge Technology and Fast…
Purdue MEP helps Estes retain business and plan for the future It is important for every business to design and implement a business continuity plan to outline the essential functions of a business, identify which systems and processes must be sustained, and explain how to maintain the processes. This plan takes into account any possible…
Estes Design and Manufacturing Inc. Purchases Automated Weapon Security and Launches Estes AWS to Protect Law Enforcement and Communities Indianapolis, IN, 09/1/2016 –Estes Design and Manufacturing, Inc. closed on the purchase of Automated Weapon Security late last week to form a new company, Estes AWS, which will manufacture and sell Rapid Access Weapon Lockers nation-wide.…