Partners

Intern Alley

Intern Alley is a unique environment for a select group of college interns who design, develop and implement independent and group projects for real businesses in their community. Our staff works directly with business clients to help draw out creative ideas for projects that are suitable for the current set of interns. They then coordinate the tasks and facilitate the involvement of professional mentors into the process to help the students learn and deliver a quality product for the business. Based on a popular "Shared Office Space" model where talented people gather to work on various projects, we leverage a diverse set of talents to accomplish just about any business related project.

Confoe, Inc.

Confoe – Turbo Charge Your Operations

Since 1998, Confoe has rapidly improved operational and manufacturing performance for companies of all sizes. We bring consulting and technology solutions that are fast, effective, and fit your budget. Confoe has served clients across industries and across the globe. From fortune 100 to new venture start-ups, Confoe customers include cities, chipmakers, solar fabs, computer manufacturers, capital equipment makers, software suppliers, and others. Are your key initiatives taking longer than you want? Are your IT solutions always on the road-map, but never solved? To get results now visit us at www.confoe.com or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

VIC

VIC, short for Virtual Interactive Center, is a web-technology agency with the creative and technical expertise to develop and deliver Internet-based products and services that add value to your bottom line. We provide custom solutions to Create, Develop, Market & Manage the complete Lifecycle of your online presence including web and application development, hosting, system integration, support, marketing, advertising and SaaS products. We provide the tools needed to manage your internal and external relationships with clients and partners. We cultivate relationships through technology.

Crossroads RMC

FFD and CrossroadsRMC are excited to work together to offer more complete suite of manufacturing operations management (MOM) tools to our customers. Crossroads RMC- was created in 2008 by the merger of RMCis Corporation and Crossroads. Crossroads RMC’s unique advantage is that they offer manufacturers the ability to widen expectations by offering a complete and comprehensive set of products to support the optimization and integration of shop floor and warehouse with industry-leading ERP solutions. Combining that with the highest reputation of manufacturing, distribution and technology consulting, Crossroads emerges as the leading source for MES and Data Collection for leading ERP solutions. With headquarters in Lisle, Illinois and satellite offices in Wisconsin, Crossroads RMC is the leading choice among Infor-based discrete and process manufacturers.

Bejicel

Bejicel- a consulting firm located in Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada - specializes in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing Techniques. Founded in 1996, Bejicel’s mission is to ensure the improvement of their client’s long-term performance through dynamically controlled, sustainable progress that is specifically tailored to each client’s own characteristics and needs. Bejicel’s clients have experienced significant improvements in the flow of both materials and information; immediate and long-lasting improvements in quality, productivity, working conditions and the ability to meet deadlines allowing optimization of company resources and investment.

NComputing

NComputing, Inc. was founded with the goal of making desktop computing affordable for everyone. Winner of the Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Award, the NComputing solution is based on a simple fact: today’s PCs are so powerful that the vast majority of applications only use a small fraction of the computer’s capacity. NComputing’s virtualization software and hardware tap this unused capacity so that multiple users can simultaneously share it. The pairing of our Sequence and NComputing's solutions allows our common customers to significantly reduce acquisition costs and the total cost of ownership of common manufacturing solutions.

Center for Entrepreneurial Growth

The Center for Entrepreneurial Growth (CEG) has played an integral role in the success of FFD. The CEG is an entrepreneurial support organization within Technology 2020. The CEG delivers sponsored programs to assist entrepreneurs in the process of developing an execution strategy that leads to a sustainable company. The CEG's Strategic Company Playbook process is a proven road map model for entrepreneurial startups who have innovative ideas and want grow their businesses.

Microsoft

Developed on the Microsoft .NET platform with a SQL backbone, Sequence is easily integrated with most other business software platforms. Sequence leverages the Microsoft platforms and tools to help ensure ongoing compatability with our customer's database platforms.