About Us
Revealing Our Corporate Soul
Before entrepreneurs become creators of great companies, they are people of intense vision and passion. This innate ability to see and believe in their future drives the entrepreneur with a relentless will to succeed. Another inspiring attribute of great entrepreneurs is their ability to build their vision around their deepest beliefs; "Core Values".
Core Values are the entrepreneur's deep core beliefs and source of intense focus and non-compromising principles. Core values can sometimes be a combination of inherent beliefs and adapted beliefs, learned through life changing experiences.
Joining Technologies was formed in New England in 1992 by founder Michael Francoeur after a separation of a previous failed business partnership. Partnerships often fail as a result of non-aligned core values. A failed partnership can often inspire lessons and experiences that pave the way for a renewed spiritual and philosophical freedom. Great leadership calls upon ones experiences and beliefs and is usually built around core values, which in turn creates the company's corporate culture.
Joining Technologies has nurtured a corporate culture since it's birth in 1992. Our corporate culture radiates our leaders key principles and values, which constitute the way we guide and treat our people.
Our People
All our New England team members are considered stakeholders, which contribute to Joining Technologies success. Every critical decision senior management contemplates, management weighs the impact on our people. Our commitment to our people not only reaches our internal stakeholders, but also considers our external stakeholders; our suppliers, customers, and community.
Competitors
Our culture recognizes the need to be competitively driven, however, we also understand the need to practice respect, humility and fair practice. Simply stated, if we cannot compete fairly, then we will not compete. All JT associates shall refrain from creating unconstructive criticism or disruptive mis-information for strategic purposes. We shall respect and co-exist with all of our competitive neighbors and will not engage in unethical practices. Joining Technologies has proactively encouraged positive dialogue with approachable competitive counterparts as a professional means of contributing to the industry science.
Ethics
There is no compromise in the ethics department at Joining Technologies. Each team member is oriented in our code of ethics. Our good old fashion ethical guidelines are: honesty, trust, respect, compassion, and humility. Our company's ethical ways form the foundation of our corporate culture. Joining Technologies not only recognizes and rewards good ethics but also continuously enforces and discourages poor work ethics with rapid attention and zero tolerance.
Pride
When we speak of pride we point out our team's sincere passion for a job well done. We take pride in our customer's products, accomplishments, and our perseverance towards excellence. Pride is an integral part of our corporate culture, our attention to every detail, our good housekeeping and our investment in the best company infrastructure possible. We measure our pride by our ability to compete with the biggest and the best and win consistently.
Excellence
The quality of our company's well being is directly proportional to the teams commitment to excellence. Striving for excellence in Laser Welding at Joining Technologies is daily mission. The business model is designed to leverage our commitment toward excellence. Every day we come to work we must exhibit a willingness to do battle with the best of the best, keeping our sight set on being the finest performers we can possible be and by achieving and correcting our effectiveness with measurement. At JT we consider excellence a merit that keeps us in the game. Our goal is to be outstanding, and we recognize that outstanding is supremacy.
Effective Communication
Our ability to communicate and meet the company's objectives is an integral daily routine. Joining Technologies is continuously working on, improving our communication skills. Beginning with listening; the company leadership has always maintained an open ear for feedback on all levels. From personal issues to conflict resolution matters the management team is sensitive to keen listening before an action planned is executed. Our management team communicates daily on all critical issues confronting the business. There is very little room for secrecy outside of deep personal issues. Our open book policy and company strategy is conveyed to the entire organization as often as possible. Our team unites monthly to review the previous months progress and setbacks, and an open forum is encouraged to foster idea sharing and fellowship.
Mutual Support
Joining Technologies, believes and encourages a mutual support atmosphere amongst employees. How can our company benefit fostering mutual support? We believe our return comes from creating better team associates and stronger internal community. Better-educated employees deliver a healthy level of professionalism clearly demonstrated when visiting our company. Mutual support is the foundation of the company's moral and spiritual energy.
Sense of Ownership
To own means, "to have power over". When you feel ownership in a company you have power. You have a say in controlling the quality, the efficiency, the customer satisfaction and the planning of Laser Welding. You have the power to ensure the company's success and the power to help play a part in shaping the future. People who feel like owners care enough to think things through and reach for new levels of excellence, which is internally driven. When you own something you tend to treat things differently. Ownership brings care and responsibility and a greater awareness for appreciation. At Joining Technologies we make ownership clear from the day a new associate joins our team. We pride ourselves in the ability to share ownership and it is truly reflected in the entire organization.
Recognition
Most people have the innate need for validation and recognition to stimulate employee's emotional state of well-being and acceptance. Joining Technologies knows and understands this natural low cost goodwill principle and makes every effort to praise each contributing member of our team. Our company refrains from creating a superstar, and concentrates on a collaborative team ego. We strive to be recognized as a great company as well as individuals.
Fair Compensation
Fair compensation is a core value at Joining Technologies; we consider our compensation assessment program competitive and progressive. Each associate job position is thoroughly research for compatible wages in the demographic region and field of endeavor. "Opportunity is based on merit" not entitlement. We are a non-union factory with fair employment practices that encourages growth through accomplishments and experience.
Career and Personal Development
Stated, as a core value at Joining Technologies "Continuous Self-Improvement" is high on our priority. While many companies extol their professional development efforts, we're one of those few companies that go the extra mile to help employees develop professionally. Our leadership believes in the principle of making your future bigger than your past. A bigger future is essential for lifetime growth. Our company has created a learning environment, which promotes and measures each individuals contributed growth.
Customer Focus
Keeping our customers at the forefront of our daily activities is another highly cherished core value at Joining Technologies. "Customer Satisfaction" is identified on our company banner as one the five most significant values we hold and measure continuously. Responding to customers needs is the most basic and necessary action that creates value and lasting loyalty.
Innovation
The JT business model is built on innovation. Our combined hand picked talent has created innovative horsepower; we use to push precision joining industry technology. Our unique ability to lead a high performance team gives our company the combined reflective and knowledge base thinking power. Innovation is reflected in our acceptance of the 2001 Connecticut Innovation and Excellence Award. We thrive on innovation and take pride in this humble tradition.
Risk Taking
Entrepreneurial spirit is as fresh and wholesome at Joining Technologies as the day we took the big risk. As a young company we understand risk and the weight of the return on risk. We encourage all members of our team to reach out to the edge of the risk envelope and feel the freedom and opportunity and failure.
Profitability and Growth
A necessary expectation for the entire company is profitability. The most beloved value of a free society is the ability to be entitled to vast reward. Profitability is insurance for a long and prosperous journey in the world of free enterprise. The Joining Technologies strategic plan encompasses a profit target and applies an objective plan to achieve the goal. All of the elements of our corporate culture contribute to the asset we call profit.
Measurement
Measuring our progress is a continual effort at JT. Our company's information and data collection system is built around the notion of "Plan, Do, Study, and Act". We can only change what we know through feedback. The JT leadership is demanding of itself, and therefore, our team's expectations are high as well. "Key Process Indicators" is the information closed-loop system used to monitor our short-term and long-term strategic goals. Each team associate is scored for their contribution towards the company's objective with our innovative scorecard management system.
Industry Leadership
Winning the gold is the dream, as a contestant in a busy game of capitalism leadership is taken seriously. We will continue to strive for a leadership position and will be relentless in our quest to be number one. Although a difficult unit of measure, we will strive for world-class dominance by achieving national standards of excellence through state and national quality award programs. This measure shall distinguish our company with the credentials to stake our claim as leaders among the best companies in our field.
President (CEO)
Michael Francoeur
