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Cross-Industry Collaboration
are we going to make our nameplates and
labels withstand the test of time, how are
we going to grow, how are we going to get
better?" she said.
Martin Roth, dean of the Barney School of
Business at the University of Hartford, said
companies focus heavily on data analytics, but
knowledge sharing can also come from tacit
or informal data.
"That's really where the benefit of the
conversations with these cross-industry col-
leagues comes into play," Roth said. "You're
stepping away from the idea of, 'Let's con-
tinue to analyze the data that we have about
our business or industry and step away into
a world that's much more informal and con-
versational and start to utilize those conver-
sations to be more creative and innovative,' "
Roth said.
Ideally, companies don't choose codified
or informal data, but utilize both because
each has value, Roth said.
Getting lean
Svigals studied lean theories before meeting
with Willington Nameplate, looking for ways to
incorporate lean principles into its architecture
business, but found most of the processes geared
toward manufacturing, said Bruce Wujcik, an
architect and associate principal at the firm.
Svigals saw value in the lean manufac-
turing approaches, but wasn't sure how to
translate them.
Svigals sought from Willington "not so
much what lean was, but what do you do with it,
how does it work, how do you get it started and
how do you make it something that is useful"
and applicable to architecture? Wujcik said.
Because architects are always design-
ing something new, they wouldn't appear to
benefit from lean processes, architect Arturo
Arroyo said.
But there are common items relevant to
all drawings, he said, noting every building
has doors, windows and other components to
streamline.
The firm is talking to those who produce
documents and review them, including clients
and contractors, and engaging them, telling
them about Svigals' lean efforts and using them
as a resource as it documents buildings in a way
that saves time and proves valuable to those
receiving the documents, Arroyo said.
Svigals partner and architect Robert
Skolozdra said being lean can free more time
for creativity.
"It will hopefully [lead to] more profit
because we're not wasting time on certain
things, and it's allowing us to be more cre-
ative," Skolozdra said. n
