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Interview With 5S and Six Sigma Expert Brion Hurley
Creative Safety Supply was honored to have the opportunity to interview a Lean manufacturing expert. In this interview, Andrew McCall of Creative Safety Supply talks to Brion Hurley of Business Performance Improvement about the concept of 5S and its implementation in businesses. Brian discusses the eight wastes of Lean, emphasizing inventory as a commonly overlooked…
CSS Editorial Staff | June 5, 2023 | 5S, Lean, Training | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Lean, Lean Culture, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
Introducing the Winner of the Winter Scholarship Award 2022
Creative Safety Supply is excited to announce that Katie Russell is the winner of our 2022 Winter Scholarship. Our scholarship program provides financial assistance to students pursuing their education. We appreciate the hundreds of essays and applications submitted by students and enjoy reading so many different stories. We are happy to publish Katie’s essays in…
CSS Editorial Staff | January 16, 2023 | Company Updates | Scholarship, Scholarship Winner
Creative Safety Supply Toy Drive 2022
Creative Safety Supply was honored to participate in the Beaverton Police Department’s local Toy Drive this year. Our generous partners and employees joined forces with several other local businesses in our office complex to fill up more than two large bins with toy donations. The Beaverton Police Department’s toy drive was started when police officers…
CSS Editorial Staff | December 21, 2022 | Company Updates
Creative Safety Supply Named as Approved Vendor for Ammonia Refrigeration Training Solutions
We are excited to announce that we have recently been named the latest approved vendor for Ammonia Refrigeration Training Solutions (ARTS). ARTS is an organization that provides the best training and services for all types of industrial ammonia refrigeration systems. When used properly, ammonia refrigeration systems are the most efficient and safest form of refrigeration…
CSS Editorial Staff | November 11, 2022 | Company Updates, Training | Ammonia Pipe Marking, Labeling, Operator Training, Pipe Marking
Introducing the Winner of the Summer Scholarship Award 2022
Creative Safety Supply is pleased to announce Lily Blechinger the continuation of our scholarship program, which provides financial assistance to students pursuing their education. We read through hundreds of essays and applications submitted by students with a passion for their chosen careers. Passion is what we believe drives creativity and experiencing that as we meet…
CSS Editorial Staff | October 4, 2022 | Company Updates | Scholarship, Scholarship Winner
Introducing the Winner of the Spring Scholarship Award 2022
We are extremely happy to be able to continue awarding scholarships to those that wish to continue their education and reach goals that benefit the community around them. Twice a year, we read through hundreds of essays and applications from enthusiastic students finding their way through the world while doing the thing they love most.…
CSS Editorial Staff | January 3, 2022 | Company Updates | Scholarship, Scholarship Winner
Thank You Veterans!
Veteran’s Day is tomorrow and we here at Creative Safety Supply would like to recognize and thank our employees who have served in the military. Some of them have shared their stories below! Dan Horton, our Sales Manager here at Creative Safety Supply served in the U.S. Marine Corps from August 1982 to December 2002…
Mackenzie Busby | November 10, 2021 | Company Updates
Frequent Heat Waves Result in Increasingly Dangerous Conditions for Electrical Linemen
Citizens in the Northwestern United States suffered near unlivable conditions in their homes during this last summer because of June and July’s high temperatures. Combined with a widespread lack of air conditioning, temperatures reached a deadly threshold. Not only that, but the high demand for power during the massive heat dome in June resulted in…
Mackenzie Busby | October 4, 2021 | Industry News
Thanks for Donating with Us!
We wanted to thank all those who donated blood on Friday the 24th. It was such a successful blood drive that we exceeded our goal, as well as had 6 new people participate in donating to the Red Cross. We are humbled by the incredible generosity of the locals around the Beaverton area. The Red…
Mackenzie Busby | September 28, 2021 | Company Updates | Healthcare
New LabelSuite™ Updates
Many new features have been added to Creative Safety Supply’s LabelSuite™ software in the last 30 days. Have you downloaded them yet? Helpful changes have been made to both the Generic Label Assistant and Pipe Marking Assistant applications. But that’s not all, the complete list of recent LabelSuite™ updates are as follows: A new Health and…
Mackenzie Busby | September 13, 2021 | Company Updates | Barcoding, Facility Marking, Rack Labeling
Whiteboards: The Solution for the Disorganized
Creative Safety Supply has recently revealed a new product line all about whiteboards! Dry erase boards are an excellent tool for encouraging collaboration between departments and employees. However, one of the best attributes whiteboards hold is the fact that they are most often used as an organizational tool. When we say organization, it isn’t just…
Mackenzie Busby | September 8, 2021 | Company Updates | 5S, Continuous Improvement, Facility Efficiency, Healthcare, Kaizen, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing
Come Donate Blood with Us!
In Canada and the United States someone needs a blood transfusion every two seconds. Because of that, about 43,000 pints of donated blood is used every day! Each pint has the capability of saving up to three lives, which is excellent because America alone has close to 4.5 million people who need a blood transfusion…
Mackenzie Busby | August 30, 2021 | Company Updates | Healthcare
Introducing the Winner of the Summer Scholarship Award 2021
In these unprecedented times, we are proud to continue awarding scholarships to individuals continuing their education and pursuing their goals. In the past we’ve helped an emergency department technician who went above and beyond while working during COVID-19 to a United States Veteran returning to school. Each year we are astounded at the accomplishments of…
CSS Editorial Staff | August 4, 2021 | Company Updates | Scholarship, Scholarship Winner
Raising Awareness with OSHA Safe + Sound Week 2021
When was the last time you reviewed your company’s safety and health program? Next month, OSHA is hosting their fifth annual nationwide event, OSHA Safe + Sound Week. This year’s event, which will take place from August 9-15, gives workplaces the opportunity to highlight and improve elements of their safety programs while engaging with employees.…
Jesse Allred | July 28, 2021 | Industry News | OSHA, Safety, Workplace Safety
Using Drones to Improve Workplace Safety
A new final rule made by the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) finally went into effect earlier this year allowing operators to fly small drones over people under certain conditions. The flexibility this rule grants and advancements in technology make unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) a valuable asset for companies in construction and manufacturing to improve safety.…
Jesse Allred | July 22, 2021 | Safety Solutions | Safety, Workplace Safety