Business Chief US+CAN Magazine December 2015 | Page 90

GI SPORTZ
Anything he touches turns to gold . He definitely has the right timing with everything he does . I think a lot of our suppliers see that and want to be a part of that .”
Protecting its employees In a constant effort to reduce costs and make a better product , G . I . Sportz has replaced a portion of its lower-paid packaging department workforce with an automated workforce . The employees that were once more susceptible to workman ’ s compensation injuries now have the strenuous portion of their jobs done by robots .
“ These two robots have probably saved us $ 200,000 a year in labor cost , not to mention people who have hurt their backs from lifting cases of paint and workman ’ s compensation claims , as well as a better product for the customer ,”
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