A former president of three different companies said:  “When President of three companies, I worked with and developed a good understanding of the Total Welding Management System and the Barckhoff Method which helped our companies improve their product quality and productivity.”

A Vice President and General Manager for a medical equipment manufacturer said:  “As Vice President of Engineering and General Manager for a billion dollar plus major medical device manufacturer…we had ongoing quality problems with complex assemblies. Jack introduced our organization to the Total Welding Management System using the Barckhoff Method. A stem to stern makeover of the complete process was made. Implementation of Total Welding Management met our goals and quality improvement expectations.  As a bonus, we were able to meet FDA compliance and ISO 9001 certification.  The ultimate success came from our assembly supervisor who said ‘we don’t need hammers at final assemble now.”

A Vice President of an industrial fan manufacturer said:  “The Barckhoff Welding Management system engagement has been the finest experience of my entire career.  It provides clear, measurable benefits for everyone involved in the initiative.”

An Operations Manager for a mining machinery manufacturer said:  “We were all quite shocked, after hiring Barckhoff Welding Management to conduct a Survey and Evaluation of our welding operations, by the magnitude of the savings when Jack presented us with the survey results. His initial report also included specific and detailed recommendations on where the savings were and what we had to do to get them.  Total Welding Management provided us with the roadmap that we needed to solve our high welding cost problems.”

An Operations Manager for a truck body manufacturer said, “ The Barckhoff Welding Management program has been the single most significant change in quality improvement of our products since we started building truck bodies.  The science of welding approach to our processes has dramatically improved the quality of our welds and enhanced our product consistency, leapfrogging us into automotive quality specifications.  The Barckhoff system is now an important part of our company culture.”

A Vice President of Production for a barge builder said, “Faced with the need to add a lot of new welders in a short period of time to meet our customer demand, we hired Barckhoff Welding Management to work with us to develop an in-house welder training program and teach us about the Barckhoff Method and the science of welding. As a result we were able to effectively add 100 new welders in a year. The program also showed us that we had a significant opportunity to reduce our weld-metal volume by eliminating overwelding as well as improve our welding processes.  The entire program allowed us to meet a peak in our business very effectively.”

A Senior Vice President of truck body manufacturer who was able to respond to rapid growth opportunities after having implemented Total Welding Management said:  “When we hire new people we immediately put them through the system not allowing anyone to start in the welding department without going through qualification training.  In 2004, we increased our business by 42%, hired 104 people and all were absorbed into the welding operations with minimal disruption and our quality did not suffer.”   "In 2005 our business grew by 50% over 2004, we hired an additional 134 people with the same excellent results we had in 2004. As over 50% of our employees are welders, the benefits that we gained from the system are far reaching and include better quality, more consistent welding, improved through-put, less consumable spending, plus the disciplines we needed to manage our welding operations more effectively."