Chris balances the LLungen Lures business with an active role serving as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer in the United States Airforce. It may not seem like the most obvious combination of careers, but Chris recognises that similar skills are required in both roles: He says: “I lead people and manage processes. Whether it’s continuous improvement, lean, Six Sigma… those principles are at the core of what we do in aircraft maintenance and they parallel well with the manufacturing industry.”
As an extended family business, being able to integrate inventory management with other software means that data flows seamlessly from one system to another, and keeps everyone involved as Chris explains: “We have multiple users. Matt and I are geographically separated, and we can log into TidyStock and have a conversation about business, or he can be doing inventory management while I'm doing invoices. Then my wife, she does the back-end finance. That’s Cari’s role - she uses TidyStock for all the accounting purposes, which we match with Xero.”