Lowry Solutions Named to Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces 2016 List

Brighton, MI — Jan. 4, 2017 — Lowry Solutions, a leading Global Systems Integrator of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that improve productivity through real-time asset visibility, has been awarded a 2016 Top Workplaces, National Standard honor by the Detroit Free Press. The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC, a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace environment. The firm bestows awards based on how much the employees believe in their company’s direction and goals, how it will achieve them, and the sense of organizational connection and unity.

Key Facts

A family-owned and -operated company, Lowry Solutions prizes both professional and personal development, offering free online education and training as well as an onsite fitness center that employees can use free of charge.

The company sponsors numerous recreational events for employees, including annual free tickets to a Detroit Tigers game, an ugly holiday sweater contest with a cash prize, and monthly birthday and anniversary celebrations.

Lowry Solutions actively contributes to the local and national community through programs like its Jeans for Charity monthly donation and the annual food drive. Several of the charities have been recommended by employees for their personal connection to specific causes.

Lowry implements eco-friendly practices whenever possible, and has won five consecutive Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies awards.

Michael Lowry, President and CEO, Lowry Solutions “Lowry Solutions is honored to be a Top Workplace of Michigan in 2016. We want our employees to feel that they have value, that they have a voice, and that they are part of a community. It makes me so proud to see that they believe this company offers that to them.” 

How a Strong Workplace Culture Supports Long-Term Innovation

Being recognized as a Top Workplace is about more than just having a good workplace; it is an indication that the organization values its people, career development, and success. Family and community: With innovation in the technology industry moving at lightning speed, businesses give their companies longevity by cultivating a continuous workplace culture of learning, from employee to employee.

When implementing enterprise asset and inventory monitoring Solutions, it is more about Advanced software or hardware than actually how to do it. It needs experienced professionals who know operational pain points and can convert technicalities into business benefits. Having that expertise in your company comes from investing in employee development while creating an environment where new ideas are welcome.

Continuous Learning Strengthens Technical Expertise

For example, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, retail, and warehousing industries would continue adopting technologies including RFID (Radio-frequency Identification), barcode scanning applications, IoT sensors with Artificial Intelligence (AI) backed solutions for GPS tracking using mobility enterprise. Ongoing education and more technical training itself is essential to keeping up with differences.

Organizations that promote continuous learning prepare their teams to keep up with rapidly changing industry standards, guidelines for implementation, and emerging technologies. This allows employees to offer solutions tailored toward meeting each customer at their operational goals as opposed to taking a blanket approach.

When there is a culture of learning, employees learn to navigate complex projects related to integrating custom and 3rd party software with hardware device deployment and connecting cloud-based gateways, mobile applications, and other systems using long-term support for existing system-level contracts.

Collaboration Creates Better Business Solutions

There is rarely a single pillar across which there is successful implementation of technology. Projects frequently need coordination between engineers, project managers, support specialists, software developers, and customer success teams.

Knowledge is shared across departments much better when employees work in a collaborative environment. By leveraging the expertise of technical specialists, it enables integrated solutions to be designed that target real-world operational pain points with lower implementation risk.

By collaborating in this manner, organizations can better respond to shifts in customer needs and keep projects on track amid changing business goals.

Here are some of the benefits that a collaborative workplace offers:

• Faster problem-solving across technical teams.
• Faster planning and completion.
• Better communication between departments.
• Greater consistency throughout customer implementations.
• Cumulative learning through collective insight

Employee Engagement Drives Customer Confidence

Companies with high levels of employee engagement tend to have higher levels of customer engagement. Veteran workers will better retain in the fold if they feel supported and, consequently, develop a richer appreciation of customer operations.

The bonus to customers is continuous guidance across the life cycle of their technology investments. Experienced teams can provide recommendations as to whether they help with implementation, optimization, or future growth given the underlying operational goals in mind.

This stability translates into faster issue resolution, proactive support, and a higher quality of service that steers companies towards extracting maximum value out of their technology investments.

Community Involvement Reflects Company Values

A positive workplace entails more than how the day-to-day goes. Engaging in support of charitable projects and encouraging your employees to participate in community outreach programs, volunteer opportunities, and so on go a long way towards building bonds inside as well as outside the organization.

By getting involved with the community, you are showing that your company is more than just a business. Encouraging employees to champion issues that are meaningful to them creates a greater sense of purpose and camaraderie among teams.

All of these initiatives help to foster a workplace culture based on mutual respect, collaboration, and shared responsibility, all while reinforcing the values that customers and partners have wholeheartedly embraced in pursuit of long-term business relationships.

Sustainability as Part of Operational Excellence

Businesses today are increasingly focusing on sustainability as an essential aspect of running a responsible organization. By reducing waste and improving efficiency in many respects, the practices of an organization can also be environmentally friendly not just for itself, but also to the ecosystems in which it operates.

For technology organizations, sustainability may include folks generating more effective operational processes, reducing the pointless use of elements, enhancing equipment lifecycle management, and galvanizing green data-based workplace practices. These efforts are part of wider goals of both operational efficiency and sustainability over the long term.

Workers in organizations with a firm pledge to sustainability tend to engage actively in improvement efforts that help the customer and internally.

Building a Foundation for Future Growth

Recognition at work, meanwhile, is still largely a mirror of an organization’s people. Knowing that you are valued, supported, and empowered to grow professionally helps employees develop innovative ideas, provide exceptional service, or build lasting customer relationships.

For Lowry Solutions, this people-first approach aligns nicely with its mission of enabling organizations to enhance visibility and accuracy into their assets, inventory and operational efficiencies. Skilled professionals, cross-functional teams, and a culture of constant improvement can help you build robust solutions that keep pace with the changing requirements of modern businesses.

Investing in both people and customers, however, gives companies the ability to maintain or achieve leadership positions in an era where technology continues transforming industries. Trust, continuous learning, collaboration, and a unified purpose create an ecosystem where employees thrive, and the bonds that lead to sustained business growth deepen.

About Lowry Solutions: Lowry Solutions is a Global Systems Integrator of complete RFID and barcode solutions for diverse application requirements. As the industry leader for over four decades, Lowry has been implementing real-time asset visibility solutions that improve business outcomes. The company continues to evolve alongside its customers to provide the most complete and contemporary data collection solutions available. 888-881-2477. www.lowrysolutions.com. 

About WorkplaceDynamics, LLC: Headquartered in Exton, PA, WorkplaceDynamics specializes in employee feedback surveys and workplace improvement. This year alone, more than two million employees in over 6,000 organizations will participate in the Top Workplaces™ campaign — a program it conducts in partnership with more than 40 prestigious media partners across the United States. Workplace Dynamics also provides consulting services to improve employee engagement and organizational health. WorkplaceDynamics is a founding B Corporation member, a coalition of organizations that are leading a global movement to redefine success in business by offering a positive vision of a better way to do business.