OOBE

Uniforms matter because they matter to your employee.

There’s an age-old saying in the business world that, “Nothing happens until something gets sold.” But the older truth is that, “Nothing happens until something gets made. “ Over the years, the balance between those two positions fell primarily on the selling side with the creation and application Just-In-Time (JIT) and Make-To-Order manufacturing principles, but it has shifted back toward the manufacturing side in recent history. This shift is due in part to the availability of better products with longer life cycles due to the application of advanced technology, materials, and manufacturing techniques within the manufacturing process. In fact, the availability of better products, coupled with an economy that has fostered a reluctance to spend, especially on large capital items, has now swung the pendulum to the point that we might be able to say that “Service” is the preeminent business growth area today.

Regardless of whether you manufacture product, install product, or provide service to product, your personnel are key to your operation. Your personnel do stuff. They just don’t sit all day shuffling paper or looking at a computer screen; they make it work. Every day, they have to meet production or face a list of work orders that have to be completed before the next day starts. You have to do everything in your power to see that they are optimally equipped to be as productive as is humanly possible.

In your business, uniforms matter. They matter to you because they matter to your customer. The customer wants to see that uniform before they let you on his/her property, in his/her house, or near his/her possessions. Uniforms matter because they matter to your employee. More than in any other industry category, uniforms In the manufacturing and service industries are about functionality and comfort. Pockets and loops need to be right-sized and provided in the right number and the right places to make every tool and part easily accessible. Seams and panels need to be strategically placed to facilitate freedom of movement and comfort when executing any activity the role demands. Lightweight, technologically advanced fabrics need to be the rule of the day to reduce fatigue and make the uniform comfortable from the warmest of days to the coldest of nights, from the dry heat found in some climes to the rain, sleet, and snow so common to others.

OOBE understands manufacturing and service. Heck… that’s our business, too… and the business of many of our customers. Don’t buy a pedestrian, off-the-shelf, out-of-a-catalog uniform for the royalty of our economy… the men and women that make or service everything that we own and use. Buy an OOBE. Your employees… and your customers… will recognize the difference… and will thank you for it.