A TEAM THAT NEVER STOPS WORKING: MANUFACTURING RAPID RESPONSE HOSPITAL BEDS

When CIT Inc. quickly went to work to make life-changing rapid response hospital beds to help in the COVID-19 crisis, they had a special weapon – a team.

Though CIT had the tools, skills and experience needed to get the job done, their work ethic and teamwork is what made this project so successful.

Kim Wuertemberger, the president of CIT, said that the team knew of the importance of the rapid response delivery date, so everyone carried out their responsibility flawlessly.

At CIT, employees embrace a “get it done” attitude. When something new comes their way, they are always ready to take it on. Over the years, they’ve improved processes so that they can be sure to offer their customer the best quality product. No task is a task too hard. CIT gets it done. They get it done together.

“Without top-notch people we would just be another average manufacturing facility,” Wuertemberger said.

When CIT received the hospital bed assignment, these top-notch people met together to come up with a game plan. The design team manipulated the design to work to our strengths for manufacturing. The entire CIT team discussed the required time line and gave responsibilities – the design team (who worked the weekend) would have to finish the design in 5 days, purchasing would work on getting material lined up and manufacturing engineering would need to have the fixtures in a matter of days.

Completing the entire process to have the hospital beds ready for shipment in just two weeks should have been next to impossible. But not for CIT.

“Our people have been the biggest reason for the success of this project and countless others that we have tackled,” Wuertemberger said.

With a great team and a strong work ethic, CIT isn’t just another manufacturing company. They’re a manufacturing company that can do almost anything for almost anyone. The specialized rapid response hospital beds are proof of that.