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IPC COMMUNITY 63 SPRING 2025 "Our fantastic team has done exceptional work over the years to shape this business for growth," Jonathan says. "Our current challenge is how we suc- cessfully gear this business for continued growth by making it highly efficient and scalable to meet our customers' current and future needs." LSI's partnership with IPC has been extremely rewarding. "We have a great working relationship, and I am looking to continue fostering that relationship and leverage all the benefits we can in order to grow our people and business," he says. Because there is not a high concentration of electronics manufacturing in the Columbus area, Jonathan says it's harder to find and maintain a qualified workforce. "[Finding] soldering experience is especially challenging," he says. "Machine operators with 'past experience' aren't even necessarily relevant. There's a big difference between pressing a button on a machine and setting up, calibrat- ing, proving in programs, and running an entire SMT line." He takes workforce training seri- ously and does everything he can to focus on training and documenta- tion. "We invest heavily in knowledge and resources," Jonathan says. Looking outside the com- pany for their training needs meant hiring a third- party vendor, but the costs felt prohibitive. "Those costs led us to invest in adopting an in-house CIT and to leverage the [IPC] workforce training toolkit and workforce training subscription." It's not easy to manage training time and assign roles to optimize learning outcomes. Implementing training on the shop floor "always conflicts with pro- duction needs," Jonathan says. "Taking operators off the floor for an extended period directly impacts our ability to produce, depending on timing and daily production mix. But it is something we are deeply passionate about and committed to sustaining." He feels that the IPC training for operators "directly and positively" impacts the quality of their assemblies. "It's something our customers expect and appreciate." After using IPC's training courses for over a year, LSI opted to join the workforce subscription service. "The biggest advantage is how readily accessible the programs are now," Jonathan says, "which has really helped with the cost and administration of training. We try to take advantage of every opportunity we can." The company has noticed specific out- comes due to utilizing the workforce subscription programs. "Having a solid knowledge foundation cuts Jonathan Verity