David Darrel Sr. in South Bend, Indiana, established Jamil Packaging in 1973. Jamil Packaging is a well-known company in the area that provides corrugated products, packaging product systems, and supplies. They focus on their customers, but realized that they needed to be better if they were to provide exceptional service to them.
Jamil Packaging graduated from the Cycle-of-Success Institute program two years ago, but the culture was changed forever. They have continuously improved their company over the years since graduation, and continue to do so. Before coming to the Cycle-o- Success Institute, they were facing many challenges both within their company, as well as from their competitors. While David did not have a clear idea of all their problems, he knew they included:
- No focus on the inner procedures of the Company
- Not knowing how many internal problems the Company faced
- They did not know the needs of their employees to perform better
- The company was not producing enough profit
- Did not have a good supplier base
- There was a fear of Shutting Down!
After working with COSI, Jamil Packaging was able to turn their company a complete 180 degrees the other direction. The Cycle-of-Success Methodology taught them to look at their company as a small business with many opportunities, and demonstrated how it could expand. The outcome after working with COSI was phenomenal! What Jamil packaging soon began to learn was:
- What kind of culture did they have in the workplace? The culture of the workplace dictates how a person feels at work
- Operations in the workplace are 70-90% of your company’s costs
- One small breakthrough can lead to other breakthroughs increasing profit
- Their employees needed to be well trained and disciplined, and there are methods to doing this properly
- Properly held meetings are important, and most companies don’t do them right
During its class sessions at COSi, their instructor introduced them to new management strategies, then their coach worked with them weekly, allowing Jamil Packaging to be continuously successful. First, they created a Problem Identification Team, with the employees and owners of Jamil Packaging getting together 3 times for 1 hour each session. This group included 13 members of various departments, so they had a good cross-section of the company. They discovered that Jamil Packaging had 167 problems costing them money, time, and effort.
To get rid of these 167 problem another strategy was required—properly structured Action Teams. With these teams, the employees were able to work together to solve the key issues that were threatening the workplace. They soon began working together devising new plans to improve the workplace and productivity.
In addition, the COSi curriculum taught them to properly hire, train, forecast their business demand, increase their sales, and do proper operational and financial reporting in their company.
COSI has helped many companies to improve their business in a systematic process that is effective and efficient. David Darrel Jr.(owner) states that “COSi steps you through it. It’s like buying a set of golf clubs and COSi is your golfing coach”. David Darrel Jr. enjoys working with COSi, and 2 ½ years later he is still applying the COSi strategies to continuously improve his company. In his own words, David Darrel Jr. states “COSI is a resource that provides tools for employees and how to outpace your competitors and to be able to survive. It demonstrates a dynamic approach to solving real world problems and gets you on the right path of success “. He will never go back to the old way he ran the company. |
