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Innovation: The Key to Extraordinary Success
But, what does innovative mean? Wikipedia tells us that innovation is “the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, inarticulated...
PRIER Announces Two New Associates: Scott Brady and Greg Mertes
Scott Brady will manage the research, development and engineering of all products at PRIER. This will allow him to create new and innovative...
Why Build a Culture of Giving?
Today we use our tithe in many areas of our business. First, we match our associates’ gifts to worthy causes. A simple example is United Way....
PRIER Announces New Product: C-633 Mild Climate Commercial Wall Hydrant
The C-633 Series includes two unique designs; one that includes a 360 degree swivel that allows a simple piping orientation inside a narrow wall...
How to Develop and Effectively Use Vendor Scorecards
One key area that can create improvement is the management of supplier performance, which PRIER does through vendor scorecards. Scorecards are a...
Pretty is as Pretty Does
As the Controller for PRIER Products, I ensure that we have “A-Quality” in our people, our systems and our things. To have “A-Quality” people, we...
Fun at Work: A Glimpse Inside PRIER’s Spirit Committee
This year we will race go carts in January, go bowling in February, attend a Royals baseball game in June (GO Royals!) and play golf in September....
New Year, New Careers
PRIER’s first opening is for a Research, Development and Engineering Manager. The ideal candidate will be a creative design engineer with an...
PRIER Product Giveaway
The PRIER Outdoor Lawn Chair is the perfect gift for anyone; from soccer moms and rugged outdoors men, to kids that like to just sit back and relax....
Corporate Health and Wellness
Here at PRIER, we have many programs to help fulfill a positive quality of life for all PRIER associates. These programs include: a monthly, healthy...
A Home for the Holidays
There are several other ways to give, and time is certainly a great one as well! Volunteer, become an advocate for things you truly believe in. One...
PRIER Announces a New Manufacturer’s Representative: Repcor
Repcor currently employs 28 sales and service associates, 18 of which are in outside sales, strategically located throughout the territory. Their...
PRIER Applauds the Kansas City Royals
In 1990, at one of the Royals games, the company that I worked for at the time chose me out of over a hundred employees to represent them at an...
Treats, Not Tricks!
These events have only one goal: to have fun with our fellow PRIER partners. The events run the gamut of celebrating a holiday such as “National...
PRIER Proudly Receives 2013 Safety Award
The Safety Award recognizes an outstanding company for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment for manufacturers with less than 125,000...
On the Subject of Water
I have heard time after time that drinking six to eight glasses of water per day has numerous health benefits, including eliminating toxins from the...
Home Sweet Kansas City
The Royals recently became everyone’s favorite underdog as the biggest baseball surprise in 29 years! They had a fabulous win last Tuesday night to...
PRIER Announces a New Manufacturer’s Representative: Marsh & Moore
Marsh & Moore is headquartered in St. Augustine Florida encompassing a warehouse and inside sales staff. President Mark Marsh resides in St....
New at PRIER: Swiss Turning Centers
Each lathe is equipped with a bar feeder. The bar feeder continuously loads bar stock into the lathes to be turned down into finished parts. Each...
Bonjour!
I was recently in Paris and our tour director, Pascal, gave us some advice as we drove from the airport to our hotel. He said that Americans...