Today’s managers need to take on new responsibilities, prioritize and support decision making, gain and act with confidence, lead teams, and get outstanding results under extremely challenging conditions.
DVIRC has provided our unique applied training, coaching and mentoring for over 30 years with exceptional results.
Our team of instructors and coaches provide unrivaled expertise successfully improving the capabilities of your leadership and workforce.
Whether you need to support growth opportunities, or process improvements now and in the future – it all comes down to your people.
It has never been more critical to help them develop the essential skill sets or refresher improvements to perform their roles effectively and efficiently. Empower your workforce, and move forward!
Our experts also provide management and workforce planning to support talent development for any level, and in any department.
We offer standardized and customized programs virtually, at your facility, or in any combination.
Supervisor Training, Management, and Leadership Development Programs
Our management program is an up-to-date refresher designed for existing managers that need to sharpen their skills to address the challenges imposed on today’s workforce – or people making the transition from a top individual performer to lead and support the success of others.
Participants fully integrate the new skills into their practice real time as their coaches and mentors support their progress.
Learning modules are easily customized according to the specific needs of the participants.
Materials are constantly updated based on the state-of-the-art research on the topics, and the feedback received from participants. We have found that this combination results in an experience that has repeatedly been reviewed as unique, enjoyable and immensely valuable.
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Lean and Six Sigma Programs
DVIRC’s Lean, and Six Sigma process improvement programs help organizations dramatically improve the efficiency of their enterprise – from orders received through shipping.
Whether you are focused on reducing costs or ensuring on-time delivery, these offerings will improve your team’s performance and your processes.
Participants will experience an exceptional learning opportunity through highly accomplished practitioners and coaches. DVIRC’s instructors are highly engaging, dynamic, and will accelerate retained learning for managers, leaders and staff with the necessary skills to improve and sustain process improvements.
DVIRC’s unique applied learning method has been successfully delivered to thousands of individuals, generating millions of dollars in value-added impact.
Lean and Six Sigma offers a dollar-for-dollar return on investment (ROI), and typically much greater, guaranteed for every completed project.
These innovative and comprehensive programs include instruction, and custom-designed activities and assignments for the greatest retention and skill development through our experienced instructors, coaches and mentors.
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ISO Auditor Program
The internal audit function entails a tremendous amount of responsibility, including an awareness of not only the audit process as a whole, but also the specific nuances of an organization’s relevant standards. This vital role demands a practitioner with a solid understanding of internal audit methodologies.
Achieving ISO certification is merely the first step. Maintaining that certification long-term requires a regular audit cycle, and it is imperative to maintain effective quality processes and business practices in order to stay on the straight and narrow. Internal audits are an effective way to stay on track.
This training will cover both the newly released ISO 9001:2015 standard and the ISO 9001:2008 standard. The course will provide a bridge between the two. Students will learn to audit both versions of the standard.
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Nationally recognized instructors, coaches and mentors
DVIRC’s team of experts has helped thousands of companies improve their people, productivity, and bottom line.


Alan Shell
Lean, Six Sigma
Alan is an expert in process improvement developing individuals, teams and organizations in their Continuous Improvement journey utilizing his Master Black Belt skills in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.


Donna Butchko
Supervisor, Management, Leadership Development
Donna subscribes to the motto, we turn experts into leaders, and strives to help people, especially people with strong technical backgrounds such as manufacturing, learn the new skills that will make them successful leaders and developers of others.


Jeff Kopenitz
Lean, Kata
Motivated to help others, Jeff is a highly sought after coach, mentor and instructor. He trained at Japan’s Shingijutsu Institute under the direction of Yoshiki Iwata, Chihiro Nakao, and Akira Takenaka, all pupils of Taiichi Ohno, creator of the Toyota Production System.


EJ Lydon
Lean
Mentored by Shingijitsu, a premier Sensei group founded by pioneers of the Toyota Production System, EJ has worked with over 200 companies in the US and internationally.


J.R. McGee
Lean, Six Sigma, Leadership Development
J.R. is known as one of the world’s best Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Sensei’s and has facilitated more than 730 improvement events around the world. J.R. is also an experienced practitioner and coach – dedicated to transforming ordinary people into world-class leaders who have the skills to go out and help others do the same.

Martin Ziegler
Management Systems, Quality, and Food Safety
Martin is dedicated to his work and a natural at guiding, training and engaging clients through the implementation management and quality systems and food safety.
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What Our Clients Say
“Our partnership with DVIRC has allowed our team to successfully meet the business and client challenges and grow our business in excess of 15% annually.”
John Fox
CEO, Air King Limited Division, Lasko Group, Inc.
Winning Teams
“I've taken other management courses before, but this one is very effective in the way it's constructed. You actually have time to work on the topic and implement it at work.”
Emiliano Ceola
Product Support Engineering Manager, Leonardo Helicopters
Management Development
“With Covid 19 and in-person on-site instruction halted, DVIRC was able to pivot seamlessly and complete the training virtually. Was a huge help for our team to be able to continue their training to push their projects over the finish line.”
Garrick Weaver
Human Resources Generalist and Human Capital Manager, Rhoads Industries
Level One Lean
“The course gave me the tools to be a mentor and to provide leadership rather than just assign tasks.”
Eleonora Vendrame
Senior Manager, Procurement, Leonardo Helicopters
Leadership Development
“We have already estimated that our first two [Lean] projects will save $40,000 and $60,000 per month, respectively.”
Nathan Couch
Continuous Improvement Supervisor, Johnson Matthey
Level One Lean
“The Black Belt course improved my understanding of data and the way it enables me to ask the next important question.”
Rob Henderson
Director of Strategic Sourcing and Acting Director of Quality, Edmund Optics
Six Sigma Black Belt
“I learned that leadership is not just a matter of what you tell people to do; you are a leader when you are working with your team and with others.”
Eleonora Vendrame
Senior Manager, Procurement, Leonardo Helicopters
Leadership Development
A Partial List of Our Clients
- Apparel and Fabric Products
- Chemicals
- Electronics and Equipment
- Fabricated Metal Products
- Food & Beverage
- Furniture
- Industrial and Commercial Machinery
- Lumber and Wood Products
- Measuring, Analyzing, and Controlling Instruments
- Metals
- Miscellaneous
- Paper Products
- Printing and Publishing
- Rubber and Plastics
- Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete
- Textiles
- Transportation
Apparel and Fabric Products
BOATHOUSE SPORTS INC
EHMKE MANUFACTURING CO INC
GARRETT LINERS, INC.
HUMPHRYS, D C CO INC
KAMPUS KLOTHES, INC.
PENN EMBLEM COMPANY
AMPRO
Chemicals
Hammond Group, Inc.
WHITE ENGINEERING SURFACES COR
Americhem
ESSCHEM CO
PUROLITE COMPANY
Palmer International, Inc. – Skippack
Stockwell Elastomerics
MARTECH MDI
Charles River Laboratories Biopharmaceutical Division
COLORCON
Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials
ACCUPAC INC
Johnson Matthey Advanced Glass Technologies
FMC Corporation
GELEST INC
C G M INC
Coating & Converting Tech
Pelseal Technologies Llc
REFRACTORY MINERALS CO INC
Chem Service Inc
LAMPIRE BIOLOGICAL LABS INC
POLYSCIENCES, INC.
SPRAY PRODUCTS CORP
MPD Chemicals
Electronics and Equipment
PENN PANEL & BOX CO
STEIN SEAL CORP
BECK, HAROLD & SONS INC
Bender Inc
ONEXIA INC
APD&M (ADVAN PROD DSG & MFG)
EDGECRAFT CORPORATION
Independence LED Lighting, LLC
STREAMLIGHT INC
COMMUNITY PROF. LOUDSPEAKERS
CTDI
DATA DISPLAY SYSTS
ELECTRO SOFT INC
EAGLE DESIGN GROUP L.L.C.
Z-Axis Connector Co
CTDI (COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESI
ELECTRO-TECH SYSTS INC
Galaxy Wire and Cable
IMET Corporation
Metaphase Technologies, Inc.
VIDEORAY, LLC
Fabricated Metal Products
CONTAINER RESEARCH CORP
BESTWELD, INC.
Lionheart Industrial Group LLC
JGM Welding & Fabricating Services, Inc.
RHOADS INDUSTRIES, INC.
WILLIAM SCHMIDT & SONS
HOUSEHOLD METALS INC
Timberlane, Inc.
FISHER TANK CO
O’ROURKE & SONS STEEL
BENJAMIN OBDYKE
BERGER BROTHERS
COMPUTER COMPONENTS CORP.
Metal Finishing Systems Inc
SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING
NATIONAL GLASS & METAL INC
PENCOYD IRON WORKS INC
B & G MANUFACTURING CO
Bromiley John R Co Inc
C & L RIVET CO
MK Precision
SPECIALTY RING PRDTS INC
A&S MANUFACTURING
GERMANTOWN TOOL & MACHINE
Jade Corp.
Marmetal Industries, LLC
TOTTSER TOOL & MANUFACTURING
TUCKER INDUSTRIES, INC.
PRECISION FINISHING
MATERIALS SCIENCES CORPORATION
EVAPORATED COATINGS INC
PLAS-TECH COATINGS INC
THERM-OMEGA-TECH INC
Admiral Valve LLC dba CPV Manufacturing
AGF MANUFACTURING COMPANY
VULCAN SPRING & MFG CO
Closet City Ltd
Kalan LP
Tri-Com Inc
WHITEHILL MFG CORP
R E P INDUSTRIES INC
SPIKE’S TROPHIES INC
WINDLE MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS INC., EXCEL MACHINE DIV
New Hudson Facades
Schweitzer & Crosson
Food & Beverage
EMIL, E G & SON INC
Weckerly’s Ice Cream
Merzbacher’s
ISwich Gourmet
BLOMMER CHOCOLATE COMPANY
Barry Callebaut Group, Inc.
FRANKFORD CANDY CHOCOLATE
WRICLEY NUT PRODUCTS CO
Liberty Coca-Cola
COUNTRY FRESH MUSHROOMS CO
Furniture
Haskell Office
USSC, LLC
Industrial and Commercial Machinery
PTR Baler and Compactor
SCHILLER GROUNDS CARE
Snap Cab
NCC Automated Systems
BALLYMORE COMPANY
AWE Tuning
MOLDAMATIC, INC.
NEU DYNAMICS CORP
ARC MANUFACTURING
GEMINI BAKERY EQUIPMENT
The Greater Knead
Victory Brewing Company
P D C MACHINE INC
SP INDUSTRIES
VIBRATION SPECIALTY CORP.
Johnson March Systems Inc
Packaging Coordinators Inc
EMP Industries Inc.
ARIES ELECTRONICS
Milton Roy
TEIKOKU CHEMPUMP
New Way Air Bearings
GENERAL AIR PRODUCTS INC
DELAWARE VALLEY PACKAGING
FRES-CO SYSTEM USA, INC.
OMEGA DESIGN CORPORATION
PacPro Inc.
TAVO PACKAGING INC
WAYNE AUTOMATION CORP
Zentis
Ipsen, Inc.
SP Industries
KINGSBURY INC
ADVENT DESIGN CORPORATION
AIRLINE HYDRAULICS CORP
EMPIRE ABRASIVE EQUIPMENT CORP
NETZSCH INC.
Rankin Corp
Sentinel Process Systems Inc
TESCOR INC
TWO TECHNOLOGIES INC
LavAzza Professional
EIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
Air King America LLC
Wesco Industrial Products
Custom Machine and Design, Inc.
Jacquet Mid Atlantic, Inc.
SIMCO-Ion INC
MACRON DYNAMICS INC
PRECISION SOLUTIONS, INC.
Baum Precision Machining Inc
Dynamic Concepts Manufacturing
E F PRECISION INC
GEITZ MACHINE WORKS
HARDY MACHINE LLC
KEYSTONE PRECISION MACHINING
Laboratory Testing Inc
Nicomatic
Prieto Machine Shop Inc
Reimel Machine Inc
ROWLAND COMPANY
Victoria Precision Inc
Shoemaker MFG Solutions, Inc.
THOMAS SPRINGER, INC.
Lumber and Wood Products
Alan McIlvain Company
Trimline Windows Incorporated
TOLL INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
LAMINATORS INC
ACRO DISPLAY INC
Compass Display
Measuring, Analyzing, and Controlling Instruments
Cobham Advanced Electronic Systems
JOHNSON MATTHEY
ORBIT-FR
American Additive Manufacturing, LLC
Applied Controls Inc
PROBES UNLIMITED INC
BROOKS INSTRUMENT
MEECO, INC.
ABB, Inc.
E F E LABORATORIES INC
HERAEUS YARDLEY
BOEKEL SCIENTIFIC
Climatic Testing Systems, Inc.
Trilion Quality Systems
OPPENHEIMER PRECISION PRODUCTS
Newage Testing Instruments
NIELSEN-KELLERMAN CO INC
RIEKER INSTRUMENT CO INC
WARREN-KNIGHT INDUSTRIES, INC.
Acceletronics
BIO/DATA CORP
DSM Biomedical
INSTECH LABS INC
RUSHABH INSTRUMENT, LLC
US BioDesign, LLC
Axial Medical
PREMIER MEDICAL MANUFACTURING
Faro Technologies
Metals
AMETEK – Superior Tube Company
PennFab, Inc.
Pennsylvania Steel Co Inc
METALLURGICAL PRODUCTS CO
S D Richman Sons Inc
Johnson Matthey Specialty Chemicals Division
REUBE’S PLASTICS INC
METLAB CO
Rex Heat Treat
Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC
SANDMEYER STEEL CO
Miscellaneous
CLARENCE J. VENNE, INC.
Pure Fishing
Elmark Graphics Inc
UNIVERSAL SERVICES ASSOCI
Caltech Manufacturing
Chiral Technologies
Lambert L F Spawn Co Inc
Melior Discovery
Stored Energy Concepts, Inc.
Monster Pets
Lansdale Warehouse Co.
LASKO PRODUCTS INC
Eldredge Inc
Sureshade
Draeger Medical, Inc.
Premier Dental Products Company
Medcomp
Tiger optics
COILPLUS PA / PRECISION COIL
Tech Tube
SOUTHCO INC
CUSTOM ULTRASONICS
Kemper Equipment
ADI (Automation Distribution)
D R CORDELL & ASSOCIATES
ELMARK Packaging, Inc
Medimmune Vaccines, Inc (Astra Zeneca)
Mobile Outfitters
VALTECH CORPORATION
Zook Molasses
Luxtech
LSG Sky Chefs
Philadelphia Works
The Dubin Group
InterDigital
SYNERGIS TECHNOLOGIES
Crystal Metalworks, Inc.
Fitness Machines
Urbanlux
A S I Drives
Fabspeed Motorsport
Charles River Laboratories
Merit Medical
University of Penn New Bolton Center
Oat Foundry LLC
HPT, LLC
Chromatan
Eurofins S-F Analytical Laboratories
QFix
Monitoring Analytics
Hutchison Miller Sales
Paper Products
Loparex
ACME CORRUGATED BOX CO
WEBER DISPLAY & PACKAGING
Dee Packaging Company
METAL EDGE INTERNATIONAL
LABEL RITE INC
LEM PRODUCTS
Lux Global Label
Oliver Healthcare Packaging
Converters Inc
MATERIAL CONCEPTS, INC.
GRIFF SPECIALTY PAPER AND FILM
Printing and Publishing
American Reading Company
ClientLink Direct Mail & Fulfillment
MOTSON CO INC
Rubber and Plastics
NEW AGE INDUSTRIES
Powell Electro Systems, LLC
Dooley Gasket and Seal, Inc.
M & C SPECIALTIES CO.
MASON RUBBER CO INC
PHILADELPHIA SCIENTIFIC
DUNMORE CORP
GLOBAL PACKAGING
Mr. Shrinkwrap
Leading Edge Composites
WESTLAKE PLASTICS
GEHR PLASTICS INC
PLASTIC SPLY OF PA INC
DELTA INDUSTRIES
CW Thomas
DONTECH INC
DOUBLE H PLASTICS
FLUORO-PLASTICS, INC.
GEMALTO
Midgard Inc.
Pac Strapping Products
REBLING PLASTICS CO
RODON GROUP
Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete
FREDERICKS COMPANY
ATLANTIC CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC
POLY-TEC Products, Inc.
Textiles
DAVLYN MANUFACTURING CO INC
FABRIC DEVELOPMENT, INC
FP Woll & Company
Transportation
The Eastwood Company
Leonardo Helicopters
EATON AEROSPACE TEDECO
ESCO (ENG’D ARREST’G SYS CORP)
Moog Components Group
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard
Philly Shipyard, Inc.