BIC September 2015 - Dynamic Manufacturing profile

GROWTH& EXPANSION@ Dynamic Source Manufacturing

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By Rennay Craats

by Rennay Craats

After 15 years in the electronics component manufacturing business, the

leaders at Dynamic Source Manufacturing Inc. are giving a nod to their past while keeping their focus firmly toward the future.

Hitting this milestone anniversary has led founders John Geissler, director of engineering, Duane Macauley, president, and Sherman Cunningham, Chairman to take stock and re-establish the company’s core values, direction and brand.

“We are poised for growth and we’re looking at what we can do internally and externally to achieve that,” says Geissler. “It was a great chance for us to talk to our employees, analyze our operations and really find out what makes us unique and a strong competitor. Our new values get to the root of who we are and will help take us to the next level with focus.”

“We also do a lot of prototyping for different customers and small, limited runs,” says Geissler.

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Since 2000, DSM has acted as the manufacturing arm for its western Canadian customers, building a variety of high-quality electronic components. What was born out of the telecommunications boom at the turn of the century has evolved to include a diverse resumé in the communications, oil and gas, industrial, military, and medical industries. DSM-manufactured or -built parts have found their way into unique products over the years including an offender tracking ankle bracelet, a wireless bandage that measures vitals, and antennas for a Corvette C7 Stingray that was modified to allow a quadriplegic race-car driver to drive using only head movements.

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“AS A COMPANY WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TOWARD WHAT’S NEXT FOR TECHNOLOGY IN THE INDUSTRY” -JOHN GEISSLER

The mixture of long-term larger clients like Novatel, Vecima and Extreme Engineering (division of Schlumberger) with a handful of smaller companies has worked well for DSM, allowing it to customize its manufacturing solutions around its clients’ individual needs.

“We’re not a cookie-cutter solution in which everyone has to fit our mould – we’re the opposite. We adapt to their needs,” says Macauley.

DSM focuses on customer intimacy, engaging with customers to find out what’s important to them and striving to deliver it. The manufacturers go the extra mile to make the process seamless and easy no matter the project. Many of the company’s clients have been with them from the start, and they value their loyalty and work hard to cultivate these relationships.

“We have great customers and we owe a lot of our success to the growth and success of our customers,” he says.

Customers aren’t the only ones growing. Dynamic Source Manufacturing has grown significantly over the past 15 years. It started out in a small facility with six employees and now boasts a roster of over 100 staff members and a 30,000-square-foot facility. Despite this growth, DSM maintains a smallcompany mindset with approachable top management, a collaborative

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Thank you Dynamic Source Manufacturing for 15 years of successful partnership.

DSM employee, Laura Geissler scans material using Cogiscan tracking system.

Vecima would like to thank Dynamic Source Manufacturing for 14 years of partnership and congratulations on their 15th Anniversary!

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“WE’RE NOT A COOKIE-CUTTER SOLUTION IN WHICH EVERYONE HAS TO FIT OUR MOULD – WE’RE THE OPPOSITE. WE ADAPT TO THEIR NEEDS.” -DUANE MACAULEY

work environment and quick decision-making. This explains why it has many employees who are celebrating their 10th anniversary with the company and some inching toward their 15th. It’s a great place to work and the founders are grateful to have such a dedicated group of team leaders and employees in the office and on the floor.

Some of DSM’s growth is also taking place south of the border. While it has had a procurement office operating in Phoenix since 2012, DSM is set to open a full manufacturing facility there in the fall. Some equipment from the northeast Calgary facility is earmarked for the new branch, which will serve to free up facility space for the company to move into new areas of manufacturing here and more effectively service customers in the U.S. These new areas and the subsequent technological innovations adopted

by DSM are largely spurred by customer requirements – from its industryleading automated equipment to the Kanban inventory control system that allows customers to streamline production by forecasting needs to the POURS inventory management software that links suppliers and consumers.

Another of the key innovations DSM uses is the Cogiscan Track, Trace and Control (TTC) System. Since 2007, Cogiscan has provided traceability for specific products as per individual client mandates, but now DSM is expanding the system to cover products from all clients throughout the factory.

“With this upgraded system we will improve our efficiencies throughout the materials process, providing both us and our customer improved response time, inventory accuracy and critical traceability tracking,” says Macauley.

Cogiscan tracks component usage within the facility and attaches a unique ID to each component that is placed on a board. It then ties the serial number of the

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As the world’s premier supplier of OEM GNSS high precision positioning technology, NovAtel depends on partners like you to keep us in the lead.

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Cenera congratulates Duane Macauley and the entire team at DSM on 15 years of success and innovation.

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end product to all the components that made it up, all the while offering real-time quantity tracking to better manage inventory.

“As a company we are always looking toward what’s next for technology in the industry,” Geissler says.

DSM also recently purchased a 3D printer that will benefit its quick-turn prototype clients. Customers can design a product and have it printed to check for proper fit and function. Then they can tweak the design and reprint it at minimal cost to perfect it before spending big money for mass production.

Most notably, last year DSM installed $1 million worth of state-of-the-art surface mount lines that are capable of placing upwards of 60,000 components an hour depending on the configuration. Not only do they operate incredibly quickly and accurately, they also take up a fraction of the space of the older ones. The extra space will be used to house new technologies and equipment that will allow DSM to offer additional services to both new and existing clients.

In the 15 years since it hung out its shingle, Dynamic Source Manufacturing has carved out a place for itself as a top manufacturer of components for highly complex industrial products. And now it’s building on its base of fantastic customers, loyal employees and years of experience for the company’s next phase of growth and expansion in the U.S. and beyond.

Above: The team at DSM; Below: Two of the DSM founders, Duane Macauley and John Geissler are excited for what the future holds at DSM.

Arrow Electronics congratulates Dynamic Source Manufacturing for 15 years of business. We are proud to be part of your success!

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Providing quality, flexible customized manufacturing for 15 years. http://dynamicsourcemfg.com/

Thank you Dynamic Source Manufacturing for helping to contribute to our success.

Congratulations on your 15th Anniversary!

Providing extraordinary value to the best technology companies in the world.

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