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Who we are and how we operate at Wedeven Associates, Inc. defines
our culture. This includes things like ideas, values, skills, actions,
and people in our business.
Purpose
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Preparing the company for long-term
growth and career opportunities for employees. |
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Going-forward-strategy must be
built upon a sound company with supporting policies. |
Vision
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Vision is derived from
an understanding of industry's technology needs and from a discovery
of how those needs can be met in new and exciting ways. |
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Original vision of the
founder: develop a tribology testing capability to greatly enhance
tribology research and development. |
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Expanded vision: beyond
the bounds of our own company. We hope to affect a cultural
change within the industry with respect to how tribology technology
is created and applied. |
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The company's future depends
on the visionary thinking of employees beyond the vision of
its founder. |
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Today we have a vision-fulfilling
business opportunity with a worthy cause. |
Worthy
Cause
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A worthy cause is the technical
need, which, when fulfilled, will serve to greatly enhance
society and industry. It achieves a "higher purpose,"
which goes beyond bottom-line thinking. |
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Our worthy cause is to provide
the vital tribology tools, which enable industry to overcome
barriers in advancing technology. Our success is their success,
and some industries, including the aeropropulsion industry,
are counting on us to produce. We have both an opportunity
and an obligation to continue this worthy cause. |
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We are in business to pursue worthy
causes. Pursuit of worthy causes creates value and energy,
which propels our vision into reality. |
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A worthy cause gives meaning to
our business endeavor. It is fundamental to success. |
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Rewards — professional,
personal, and financial — can ensue for any employee who
significantly contributes to the higher purpose inherent in
the worthy cause. |
Worthy
Cause
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Company philosophy:
a worthy cause serves as the life-blood of a sustained
entrepreneurial business. |
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A worthy cause galvanizes
people to work together and gives them a higher sense of meaning
in their work. |
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Worthy cause provides
a compelling purpose, a focus not centered first on making money,
but rather on a quest for a higher purpose. |
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Attending to a worthy
cause is the primary order of business. Everything else
follows. |
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Personal and financial
rewards can be a spin-off from pursuing a worthy cause. |
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Our company culture
grows out of an organized and dedicated pursuit of a worthy
cause. |
Passion
and Replication
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The company future
relies on the ingenuity of its people and a passion for fulfilling
worthy causes beyond that of the company founder. |
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Replication of successful
attributes is part of grooming employees for the future
of the company and their own future. |
Higher
Purpose
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Company philosophy
seeks to pursue a higher purpose that profoundly affects
the employee, the company, and/or the customer. |
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Higher purpose includes:
(1) excellence in whatever you do; (2) creation of value in
product and service; (3) empowerment of the individual; (4)
personal training and growth; (5) caring for the company and
eachother; (6) enjoyment and sense of community; and (7) inventing
the future. |
Business
Strategy
To revolutionize the way tribology business is carried out in industry
requires:
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Being aware of customer needs and becoming involved
in research and development activities. |
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Producing valued service and products. |
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Willingness to take on difficult problem-solving
projects. |
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Knowing how to "leverage" projects to
develop new skills and to advance WAM technology. |
Technology
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Focus on the leading edge technology. |
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We do not just sell machines and services, we
provide Machines, Methodologies, and Meaning. |
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Employees need to be cognizant of new technologies
that can be implemented and of new methods that can be applied. |
Marketing
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Marketing is implemented through involvement
with customers, technical societies, and education courses. |
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Product and service value, rather than
a "hard sell," characterizes our marketing strategy. |
Customer
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A "worthy cause" is a worthy cause because
it fills customer needs. Our central focus is on customer needs. |
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The goal is to satisfy the customer beyond
expectations. |
Employees
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Employees are vital assets for an entrepreneurial
business with big ideas. |
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Employees are valued for their innovation,
excellence, teamwork, dependability, accountability, honesty,
trust, loyalty, their support of the company
mission, and their ability to affect a positive change in
company culture and mission. |
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Employees should view an entrepreneurial culture
with "added benefits". These are in the realm
of belonging to a "community" with a worthy cause,
opportunity for personal growth and financial reward. |
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The company can elect and sponsor spin-off
activities proposed by employees. These business opportunities
must be sustainable and compatible with the company mission. |
Management
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Purpose: to create the environment for
an effective pursuit of company mission and employee productivity/satisfaction. |
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Management actions are built upon and accountable
to an entrepreneurial company culture. |
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The company is operated with a flat management
style. A participatory management style assures the valuing
of employee input and ownership of ideas. Management serves
as a supporting partner with the employee. |
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Employee success is linked to company success,
and inventing the company future is inventing employee
future. |
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No leader of an entrepreneurial company can ever
have enough creativity and knowledge to make the right decisions
alone. Success depends on sowing, reaping, and rewarding
the brilliant work of others. |
Integrity/Values
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Unparalleled integrity—doing what
is right, honest, and sincere—is not at odds with success. |
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The highest standards for values and excellence
are foundational to our culture and credibility. Impeccable
honesty is essential. |
Reward/Profit
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Profit is a justifiable spin-off of quality
contributions to a worthy cause. |
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Earned profit, as the result
of serving the customer with value and beyond expectation is
consistent with company culture. |
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In this entrepreneurial business, a dedicated
team of employees with quality achievements can be given the
privilege of sharing company profit. Shared profit is
earned as a result of significant achievements. |
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Dedicated and innovative work that goes beyond
employer expectations, resulting in new capabilities as well
as financial profit, can be rewarded beyond employee expectations. |
Facilities/Environment
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The goal is to achieve a working environment,
which fosters innovation, creativity, and efficiency consistent
with an entrepreneurial company culture. |
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Proper care of company equipment and facilities
is expected. |
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While typical dress is casual, employee presentation
within the company and on outside business is expected to reflect
good business practice. |
Policies
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Policies ensue from and clarify company
culture and standards. |
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Policies are designed to protect the integrity
of the company and its culture. |
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Policies provide guidelines, rather than
rules, for employee actions and management decisions. |
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