Core Values

DSN Innovations' core values embody a set of beliefs and behaviors that each member of the DSN Innovations staff has fully embraced.

  • Collaboration – We believe in intense, trusted collaboration and communication between the DSN Innovations team and all partners.
  • Integrity – We believe that integrity means acting in ways that are credible, ethical, excellent, trustworthy, and truthful.
  • People – We believe that our people are our most important asset.
  • Sustainment and Growth – We believe in the need to sustain and grow the U.S. manufacturing base.
  • Win-Win – We believe in always striving to find solutions that are beneficial to all.


We encourage and expect our staff, customers and partners to hold us accountable to these values in all that we do.


Collaboration

We believe in intense, trusted collaboration and communication between the DSN Innvations team and all partners.

  • Agility - We are flexible and adapt quickly to changing environments.
  • Communication - We communicate openly and honestly among ourselves and with our partners.
  • Cooperation - Our partners can expect our full cooperation in all of our business dealings.
  • Partnering - Partnering means having a special relationship with each and every customer and supplier. We cannot succeed without the full support and collaborative spirit of our partners.
  • Shared Priorities - We strive to determine common ground on which we can establish a shared focus that will allow us to set priorities together.
  • Teamwork - We believe more is accomplished when dedicated people work towards a shared goal.
  • Trusted Third Party - Our partners can count on us to act in accordance with the highest standards of ethics, integrity and information security.


Integrity

We believe that integrity means acting in ways that are credible, ethical, excellent, trustworthy and truthful.

  • Credibility - We value the trust our partners have for us and strive to maintain their confidence.
  • Ethics - Our high standards are the foundation of all our business dealings. We will never do anything unethical or compromise our standards.
  • Excellence - Our work meets or exceeds the highest quality standards.
  • Trust - We have both the skills and the character to be trustworthy.
  • Truth - We can always be counted on to tell the truth.


People

We believe that our people are our most important asset.

  • Work-Life Balance - We strive to balance our business needs with those of our staff and partners.
  • Coaching and Mentoring -We learn from each other.
  • Continuous Learning - We strive to learn from every new experience.
  • Customer-Focus - We strive to have the best interests of our customers in mind.
  • Dedication - We act with great passion for our work.
  • Respect - We act in ways that are respectful of others.


Sustainment and Growth

We believe in the need to sustain and grow the U.S. manufacturing base.

  • Impact - We strive for a favorable economic effect and being a change agent of manufacturing in America.
  • Thought Leadership - We maintain our thought leadership through research, knowledge, and innovation in network centric manufacturing.


Win-Win

We believe in always striving to find solutions that are beneficial to all.

  • Openness - We openly share our knowledge and best practices with our partners.
  • Synergy - We believe that opportunities become larger when we work together in a true partnership.
  • Abundance - We believe that there is an abundance of opportunities for all who contribute to the sustainment and growth of the U.S. manufacturing base.
2008 NCM Forum


2008 NCM Forum Recap

In October, attendees joined in four working sessions and a Q&A panel discussion to help bridge the gap between the NCM framework envisioned in 2007 and the implementation of NCM nationally. Look for the white paper to be released in November.

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One of the earliest tests of Network Centric Manufacturing (NCM) is beginning to deliver quantifiable cost and time savings for the U.S. army.

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DSN Innovations—bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. through innovation
Dennis Thompson wants to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and he has a plan to do it, starting with Pittsburgh.

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