Why is ACS Blogging?

So why is ACS Blogging? We have a website? Isn't that enough?

The short answer is "no".

Business is about communication. I was once told that the root cause of 90% of business-related problems stem from poor communication. I suspect the same applies for all relationships. So the time is right to add yet another type of communication. THE CORPORATE BLOG.

I suspect this blog will be a little different from our website or other marketing material. In fact, it will be quite different. Employees will be the primary contributors rather than the Marketing department. Topics will vary as widely as possible and are more about what is "new" as opposed to promoting products. Updates could be daily or weekly depending on how busy we are on other things - which makes sense since we have to be doing other things to make things "new" so we can blog about them. It's an exciting cycle isn't it?

We are just getting started. If you want us to blog about a certain topic, just ask. It's all about communication with the customer, the reader, the employee and the company.

Shawn Fitzpatrick
Marketing Manager

Quality Management Initiatives

ACS and our Suppliers: In a continuous effort to improve the quality of our supplied product, we identified the need to work very closely with our suppliers. One initiative, as part of our Supplier Development plan is to provide training for Production Part Approval Process system, with detailed explanations regarding this requirement. On September 10, 2008 our suppliers have been invited to attend the training, which we consider will facilitate the continuous improvement of our incoming material as well as our relationships, for the mutual benefit of all parties.

Please feel free to make any modifications should you consider so.

Cristina Popescu

Quality Manager

Olympics and ACS? How does that relate?

The Beijing Olympics are now over. That got me to thinking about parallels in my own life, and the efforts that are most near and dear to me.

Working at ACS for almost a year now, has allowed me to observe the part we play in the overall Ontario, Canadian and worldwide marketplace for "public safety" related products.

If there was a gold medal for such endeavours, then ACS would be the clear winner. Lest you think I write this as a shameless serving shill of ACS senior management, the reader should note that the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Ontario's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade recently independently awarded ACS their prestigious Ontario Global Traders Award - Innovation GOLD!

ACS was chosen from hundreds of worthy nominees as the company that best represents the excellence of innovation that its products bring to the world stage.

Ever since the tragic events of 9/11, worldwide interest in public safety and public safety related products has grown exponentially, and shows no signs of abating.

ACS, with its unswerving committment to R&D, will continue to be at the forefront of this rapidly growing market.

Allan Soll
Program Manager