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COLUMBIA TECH TURNS 20!

Twenty years ago, the Coghlin’s purchased Greenshaw Electronics in Newton, MA. Within Greenshaw there was a small value-added assembly group. Upon completion of the acquisition, Coghlin Companies focused its training efforts with its newly combined sales force (Greenshaw and Coghlin) … Continue reading

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How many and what kind of audits do we do?

As the Columbia Tech Audit Manager I can say with all assuredness, “lots of them”! We perform process audits and “walk-around” audits, internal quality system audits and supplier audits; we are auditing all the time to be sure that we … Continue reading

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Welcome Spring!

It’s Spring!! What a great winter we’ve had – for those of us who don’t enjoy skiing, snowmobiling, snowboarding, ice skating, and cold weather! The birds are out now chirping us awake in the early morning, the daffodils are coming … Continue reading

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Relationship Blog

At Cogmedix we are most commonly known as an industry leading medical device contract manufacturer, however, we like to say that we are in the relationship business. Relationships are the foundation of our current success and future growth. At the core … Continue reading

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GO PATS!!!

Coghlin Companies caught the Patriot fever during their recent playoff and Super Bowl run. On February 3rd a company-wide sponsored “spirit day” was held, complete with munchies throughout the day, and employees wore their favorite Patriots attire to support their … Continue reading

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Top Priorities First

Every project must have a multitude of goals that need to be met in order to successfully launch a product. Typically these goals are not consecutive but run parallel to each other, and most of the time they are competing for the … Continue reading

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Crossing the New Product Development Chasm

In his classic book “Crossing the Chasm” (Harper Collins, 1991), Geoffrey Moore discusses the challenges in bridging the gap between the early adopters of innovative technologies and the early majority. While visionary customers are generally receptive to a cool new … Continue reading

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HOLIDAY BLOG:

Well, the holidays are right around the corner! Where did the time go this year?? We’ve blogged in the past about how great the Coghlin Companies employees are…kind, compassionate, and caring. Recently, the kind, compassionate, caring employees came through during … Continue reading

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Sweat the Details (Part 2)

We all know there are many distractions to perfection. Not only are we expected to ship a perfect product, we have the added pressure to continuously reduce cost. This is a fact of life and what keeps us competitive. Reducing … Continue reading

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Need for Speed (and Reliability)

The Coghlin Companies are an innovation contract engineering and manufacturing leader. For nearly two years they have been upgrading the wide-area network, which is the network between buildings, replacing older T1’s with new Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) service carried … Continue reading

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