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80 PCB007 MAGAZINE I JANUARY 2025 Emily, the inventory system is a really exciting and important project to manage. What has been most challenging about creating and implementing that process? Telesca: Honestly, the most challenging part is that it is a ver y tedious process because you're creating something from nothing. I'm there with all the parts, tr ying to decide how to organize it so it's manageable and track- able. Ryan created the soware system so I could actually implement and organize the inventor y system. Now, we can scan the parts to make sure they are going to the correct locations and track the correct quantities. It's been tedious, but fun because we're creating something new. You're creating a tremendous value-add tool that matters so much for your business. Telesca: Yes, exactly. Now we find that we're not over- or under-ordering, which are both important for cost containment. We can go into the system and know right away what we have. at allows us to get back to our custom- ers faster. It's just a click of a button. Now let's talk about company culture. What's most important to you? Moore: Something that's really important to me is having the freedom and flexibility to work the way I like to work, and to be able to express my creativity in what I do. I also value the positive relationships we develop between coworkers. Something that was kind of shock- ing to me at first was seeing everyone sit down and eat lunch together. We're in all different walks of life, with varying ages and interests, but everyone gets along. It's a really positive environment. Seeing everyone succeed and grow in their personal lives is so nice—includ- ing coworkers getting married, buying their first homes, etc. Emily, how does the company culture align with your values? Telesca: It reminds me a lot of being in the mil- itary, where it was a brotherhood, a family. Aer leaving the Marine Corps, I worked for a large insurance corporation. We tried to do lunchtime and aer-work functions together, but we just weren't a close-knit group. DIS is smaller and that's an advantage. We enjoy eat- ing lunch together every day rather than leav- ing and coming back without connecting. It really feels like this small family. At the same time, when it's time to work, we work. It sounds like a good work-life balance. Telesca: at's another thing. Work stress cre- ates a bad work-life balance. Here at DIS, there is a culture of understanding and of valu- ing things like family. If you must take care of something personal, then you're able to go ahead and take care of it. at culture and flex- ibility make work much less stressful. DIS has experienced a lot of recent changes, including moving to a bigger building and expanding customer solutions. How has that transition been? Moore: We're in a new building and have more space, which has made us more productive because we have much better organization in the back now, between Emily's inventory and each specific machine having its own bay. It's been a pretty seamless transition. " Seeing everyone succeed and grow in their personal lives is so nice—including coworkers geing married, buying their first homes, etc. "