Case Studies

Case Studies and Testimonials

Learn how THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP has helped its clients by providing gold minds to solve their consulting interim or permanent employee requirements. Click on the links below to read some of or case studies.

ALS Association Greater Philadelphia was concerned about employee morale.

The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit business advocacy group with a staff of 90, needed to create an employee evaluation process.

Immunotope, a Doylestown, PA based immunotherapeutics early stage company, needs marketing help.

Middle Atlantic Products, a Northern New Jersey manufacturing company, expands.

Ferag-Americas, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturing company, reorganizes.

Fuhrman Management Associates, a Pennsylvania-based financial services company, loses a key employee.

Full Life Products, a New Jersey-based start-up medical products company, requires technical support.

Pincus Brothers-Maxwell, a Pennsylvania-based apparel company, reorganizes.

Price Waterhouse Coopers seeks bottling expert.

Quality Systems Integrators (QSI), a Pennsylvania-based software development company, requires additional resources.

Local university startup company requires an educational grant writer.

ALS Association Greater Philadelphia was concerned about employee morale.

Problem:
Nurses and other staff deal with serious illness and death every day. "Compassion Fatigue" was taking a toll on employee morale.

Solution:
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with ALS to develop a program that they could use for their annual retreat.

Testimonial:
"Susan's program was not only informational but also relaxing and fun…. I would certainly recommend Susan's program to anyone that maintains a busy, hectic schedule - so in other words - everyone!"

Laura Klenke-Borgmann
Nurse Research Coordinator
ALS Association Clinic
Penn Neurological Institute

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The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit business advocacy group with a staff of 90, needed to create an employee evaluation process.

Problem:
Employee evaluations were subjective and vague and completed once a year. Since there isn't a Human Resources department, the organization had no paper trail for employee progress.

Solution:
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with a committee of employees from various departments to develop a comprehensive, less subjective, employee evaluation completed twice a year and provide training for all staff members with direct reports.

Testimonial:
"Barbara Taylor was a true professional. We had several planning meetings with her to determine the best way to train senior staff on how to evaluate their direct reports. Her training sessions were informative and interactive. The feedback we received from senior staff was extremely positive."

Joseph Mahoney
Executive VP
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia, PA

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Immunotope, a Doylestown, PA based immunotherapeutics early stage company, needs marketing help.
The company was invited to present at BIO2005 with little notice.

Problem:
The company needed a poster for "Innovation Corridor" presentations at BIO2005. No one on their team could do the work and the show was just two weeks away.

Solution:
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with Immunotope's VP of Corporate Development and identified a consultant who could develop the poster quickly.

Testimonial:
"....Leigh (the TPSG Marketing consultant) is very professional, very responsive, was ahead of schedule on a very short deadline, and a pleasure to work with. The poster looked great. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone needing graphics work."

Lorraine Keller, Ph. D.
Vice President, Corporate Development
Immunotope
Doylestown, PA

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Middle Atlantic Products, a Northern New Jersey manufacturing company, expands.
The company is planning to expand it's current multi-plant operations into one larger plant.

Problem:
The company has outgrown it's Electrical Engineering systems and processes. No one in house has the experience or knowledge to develop these systems and processes.

Solution:
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with the VP of engineering. Using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - Consulting model a senior level electrical engineering consultant was selected. Our consultant assisted the client in the development of a parts numbering system, selection of engineering design software and the processes to support engineering systems.

Testimonial:
"…. "A quick note of appreciation, you have been more helpful then perhaps you even realize. The thoroughness of the EE Resume review and the PWB software analysis were both exceptional. Plus the on-site conversations have allowed us to make some concrete decisions. "

Keith Carney
Vice President of Engineering and Quality Assurance
Middle Atlantic Products
Riverdale, NJ

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Ferag-Americas, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturing company, reorganizes.
Previously all North American manufacturing, sales and service for the U.S.holding of a Swiss company were located in the U.S. Since manufacturing could be done more efficiently in the larger facilities of the parent company, the decision was made to eliminate the redundant U.S. manufacturing facility.

Problem:
How does the company deliver the same quality of HR and IT services to its internal customers?

Solution:
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with the President of the company and his staff. Using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - HR and PEOPLE SOURCING™ - IT models, we enabled the company to provide HR and IT services at a fraction of the cost of using full time employees.

Testimonial:
"…. THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP filled both of these positions with highly qualified interim resources. Whenever we had a question or concern, your organization responded quickly. You demonstrated the depth of your organization, when the IT consultant originally assigned to our program became seriously ill and you immediately filled his position with an equally qualified person.

"Your responsiveness and depth of resources have helped us as our business has changed and enabled us to maintain our high levels of internal quality service. We would be happy to recommend your company to anyone and look forward to working with you on other projects and programs in the future."

Joseph Colletti
President
FERAG AMERICAS LLC
Lawrenceville, NJ

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Fuhrman Management Associates, a Pennsylvania-based financial services company, loses a key employee.
The company was faced with the unexpected resignation of an employee during a critical period of heavy workload.

Problem
How does the company find a qualified individual in a very short period of time to meet its client deadlines?

Solution
After receiving David Fuhrman's email late Thursday evening, THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP immediately began the search. By the next morning, using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - HR model, we identified and qualified 3 candidates based on the information provided in that email.

Testimonial
"THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP listened carefully to our needs and in less than 24 hours, I had resumes from three qualified candidates. Within a week, we had interviewed the candidate whom we eventually hired."

"THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP was with us through the entire process: asking probing questions about the type of person we sought, arranging interviews, debriefing us after interviews, and, finally, helping to negotiate the compensation package."

"THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP really came through for us when we were in a bind. Thank you for making this personnel crisis as brief and painless as possible."

David A. Fuhrman
Fuhrman Management Associates, Inc.
Fort Washington, PA

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Full Life Products, a New Jersey-based start-up medical products company, requires technical support.
The company had made some great progress with prototypes and initial designs. The next phases in the business plan were to design for manufacture (DFM) and finalize the supply chain.

Problem
The company needed to use sources in China to compete with the pricing of the competition. There was no one on staff with experience with DFM or sourcing in China.

Solution
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with the President of company. Using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - CONSULTING model, we identified a person with a strong background in engineering, manufacturing and supply chain who had done similar projects for another medical device company. The president liked him so much that he asked him to join his management team.

Testimonial
"I very much appreciated how you were able to quickly identify an executive that so closely matched with our search criteria. The result has been a perfect fit, and we couldn't be happier."

Craig Karasin
President/CEO
Full Life Products, LLC
Moorestown, NJ

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Pincus Brothers-Maxwell, a Pennsylvania-based apparel company, reorganizes.
Business conditions forced this local apparel company to reorganize. Management had determined that some assets had to be liquidated. The company needed to react quickly.

Problem
The company did not have the internal resources to complete this reorganization in a timely manner. The cost of using its usual resources was extremely high.

Solution
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with the CEO of the company. Using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - FINANCE model, we identified a consultant who had experience in the apparel business and had done similar work for a local woman’s high-end apparel designer. He helped the company complete this accounting work at substantial savings.

Testimonial
"We needed someone immediately to work with our accounting department. THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP responded quickly and provided us with a highly skilled interim financial expert at substantial savings over my traditional resources."

Bruce Fishberg
CEO
Pincus Brothers-Maxwell
Philadelphia, PA

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Price Waterhouse Coopers seeks bottling expert.
Price Waterhouse Coopers asked Duke University to provide an expert to discuss trends in the bottling industry as part of its continuing education program.

Problem
The university did not have any resources on its staff or in its network with expertise in that industry.

Solution
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with the university. Using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - CONSULTING model, we identified several individuals with the marketing credentials in the bottling industry that our client required. Based on our assessment, we chose the one we felt would best fulfill the client's needs.

Testimonial
"….The team really enjoyed the update and you're right, the time FLEW by. You provided us with helpful insight and we thank you for your time. As we continued through our afternoon, the team referred a few times back to things you had mentioned, so your input was very helpful. If we have any questions in the future, we will be sure to follow-up."

Shanon Little Bonds
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Atlanta, GA

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Quality Systems Integrators (QSI), a Pennsylvania-based software development company, requires additional resources.
This technology company customizes Training and Document Management System software for its clients. Since the company must maintain a minimum staff to control costs, it relies on software contractors to augment its staff.

Problem
The client had an immediate need for a software developer with Visual Basic and SQL expertise.

Solution
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with the company. Using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - CONSULTING model, we identified several individuals with the Visual Basic and SQL experience the client required. Based on our assessment, we chose the one we felt would best fulfill the client's needs.

Testimonial
"Just a quick note to say thank you for the help you have given our organization. As software developers, we depend heavy on our ability to find qualified and talented contract programmers. Your organization has been very helpful in this regard. Because most of our projects are for existing client base, it is also vital that costs are kept within budget and time frames are met. Your organization has been able to accomplish this..."

Marti Turocy
President
Quality Systems Integrators
Eagle, PA

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Local university startup company requires an educational grant writer.
This prestigious area university start up technology company sought a federal grant to fund its next stage of development. The company identified the appropriate government agency to receive the application.

Problem
There were no grant writers available within the university with experience with these grant-writing applications.

Solution
THE PEOPLE SOURCE GROUP worked closely with the company. Using our PEOPLE SOURCING™ - CONSULTING model, we identified several individuals with the grant writing experience the client required. Based on our assessment, we chose the one we felt would best fulfill the client's needs.

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