In today’s labor market, the ability to immediately summon a workforce by simply sending a text may seem like a fantasy. But for TSG Resolute, a small manufacturer in Americus, Georgia, it’s reality, thanks to a unique partnership with Atlanta-based communication and scheduling software staffing company Casi, brought about by the Manufacturing team at the Georgia Center of Innovation.
TSG Resolute makes a wide array of products used by other manufacturers, notably gaskets, thermal insulation, and electrical insulators. As the Covid-19 outbreak hit in 2020, the leadership team discussed ways the company might be able to help in mitigation efforts while retaining their workforce. Sales team members visited hospitals in Atlanta and in nearby Crisp County and learned that what was most needed were face shields.
TSG/Casi 1″They sent photos, and it turned out we had all the materials available to make face shields that go over N-95 masks, ” says Reagan Barksdale, President of TSG Resolute. “We jumped right in and went from making none on Thursday to 10,000 a day on Monday. “
Georgia Southwestern University, especially its athletic department, was key in initial assembly and distribution efforts. But as the pandemic deepened, the labor shortage became an issue for TSG Resolute, just as it was throughout the world. The company simply needed more people, and that’s when they called on the Georgia Center of Innovation, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, for help.
Barksdale had met John Morehouse, Director of the Center’s Manufacturing team, while working with him and Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) West Region Manager, Derek Woodham, in a partnership to supply Kia’s Georgia plant with face shield materials. Woodham and Barksdale held an initial call with the Center of Innovation team thinking perhaps an app could be developed at Georgia Tech or another university to connect the company with potential workers. Instead,…
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