Recent Changes in Reporting Concealed Freight Damage
Draper ships products all over the planet. From to Abilene, Texas, to Zurich, Switzerland, at one time or another you’ll find boxes stamped “Draper” making their way through the delivery process. Unfortunately that process can come with a lot of headaches, and it’s...
read moreWhy Draper-Scott Blankenship
Today's Why Draper subject is one of those people who never seems to be standing still, as his job in Draper's Quality Department keeps him very busy. One of Scott Blankenship's occasional tasks-and probably his least favorite-is to don his white lab coat and stand in...
read moreErgonomics
The latest edition of the Indiana Department of Labor’s newsletter featured an article written by Draper’s Safety and Wellness Director. Linda Brinson’s piece for “Indiana Labor” detailed one of Draper’s latest efforts surrounding employee health and workplace safety:...
read moreThe Human Touch
For the past several months, we've been running a Wednesday series on this blog called "Why Draper?". Each Wednesday we've introduced a different Draper employee--usually someone who works with our customers in one capacity or another. They are part of Draper's human...
read moreWrong Thinking About Daylighting
Here at Draper we think a lot about ways to manage daylighting. Current sustainable architectural trends depend a great deal upon daylighting, so there are more challenges and opportunities than ever before to harvest daylight, and reduce glare and heat gain issues....
read moreProjection Versus Flatscreens
I recently read what I felt was a rather short-sighted blog post concerning the pros and cons of projection versus screens. The premise of the post—that projection is only an attractive option if you “want to watch movies”—is extremely limiting. I do agree that the...
read moreDraper Provides Summer Jobs for College Students
There are several signs that summer has at last reached Indiana. People start disappearing for summer vacations. Corn and soybeans start poking out of once bare fields. Farmers’ Markets start popping up in parking lots every Saturday morning. If you work at Draper,...
read moreHalfway Through the Year of Draper
As the old saying goes, "time flies when you're having fun." For this week’s Why Draper post, we thought it would be nice to take a halfway-point look at the Year of Draper. Or, as we call it on Twitter, the #YearOfDraper. So far this year, we’ve shared 120 photos—not...
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