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riTljW ^ fi y NEWSLETTER VOL. 1, NUM. 11 riJVNT MANAGKR'S MKSSAGE By: J. Anand GASTONIA. NORTH Mr. Suter's visit on February 28 went very well. Plant housekeeping was good and Mr. Suter was very complimfdntary about the plant even considering tlie old multistorey building. He complimented the employees on the progress made during the last year in increasing our productivity and reducing our gap. He urged everyone to continue witli tlie improvement trend. Thanks to all the employees who participated in making the Bridgestone trial fabric. Although some minor problems were encountered, overall the Bridgestone folks were very pleased. On a personal note, I £ud very disturbed at the number of sn^all injuries that keep occurring in the plsmt. Please take the time to be extra careful to avoid injuries. If there are aiiy conditions present that contribute to a possible injury, inform your supervisor, department manager or BILL PASSMORE immediately. CUSTOMI-I^ COt'lMENTS By: Jeff Heavner February's performance was improved over that of the past two months. Decatur remains the major source of chargebacks. The majority of Decatur's complaints are for filling tails (or trash in the selvage area) and splits eithe.r at the shell or close to it. The style involved is P5126 woven on tlie Sulzers. Hiey have reported problems processing the material that has been rewoven, but not retreated. If we concentrate on P5126 off the Sulzers and the treating unit, the chargebacks will go down. Total chargebacks are averaging almost A,000 lbs. per month so you can see why it is mentioned so often. Gastonia is doing a much better job of getting data to the tire plants and the tire plants have noticed. Gastonia has begun shipping fabric for McCreary. This is a difficult situation in which we are competing directly with llniroyal. The material is shipped to Edwards Warren who calendars tlie tire cord for McCreary. Edwards Warren's report to McCreary, comparing Firestone's fabric with material from Uniroyal, stated that the Uniroyal material was tlie higher quality fabric. The Firestone product was baggy and did not process as ciasily as Uniroyal's. Copies of the report are available. Gastonia made a second shipment to Cooley for tJie purpose of qualification. Cooley could not use tlie initial material due to knots and grease. We have switched to weaving from beams which should improve the quality of our product. The initial trial at this account demonstrated how tough the customer requirements are for the material woven on tlie west-end. Reviewing the potential for tho west-cnd, there appears to be enough business to keep it busy for some time. RBfflKK REPORT Weaving Rerolls Generated 189 { TOO } Reweaving Rolls Generated 60 { MANY!! } Treated Rerolls Generated 2A0 { } MARCH, 1988 CAROLINA PKRKICT ATTKNnAWCK Listed below are all employees with pcrfect attendance. ElQrr YFIARS ri-HFT-Xrr ATTENDANrj; BOBBY J. GREEN - Maintenance JAMES A. HAMILTON - Twisting SCOTT J. McCARTER - Maintenance SKVEH Y>7\KS n-TRFIvCT ATTFJtDANCK LINDA CHILDERS - Warehouse MALCOUt G. STLTVART - Twisting EARL B. TAYLOR - Maintenance PAUL C. WHITFIELD - Twisting SIX YEARS PERF)CT ATTFIfmAHCK aiARLES LANCASTER - Twisting CLOE McDANIEL - IVisting FIVE YEARS PERFF-CT ATTENPANCK JOHN F. ADAMS - Treating CLYDE HUFFSTETLER - Treating HAROLD KIRKLAND - Maintenance FOUR YEARS PERFECT ATTEtfflANCE JOE G. GILREATH - Twisting HAROLD M. GREEN - Weaving DAVID L. HUFFSTETIER - Twisting NATHAN L. McFALLS - Twisting THREE YFARS PSR^'ECT ATTENDANaE SARA E. CARPENTER - Twisting LINDA L. CONNER - Twisting GEORGE E. HARPER, JR. - Warehouse ALBERT R. LAUGHLIN - Twisting DAVID G. McCARVER - Weaving JOHNNY N. McFEE - Twisting EARL W. McKILLAN - TX'/isting DON L. PRICE - Twisting DARYL G. REID - Warehouse BETTY J. SAYLORS - Qiiality Assurance DEl.PHIA M, THOMAS - Twisting KAY H. WHITE - Twisting TD YEARS PtJtFECT ATTFSDAKCE KEITH D. HAPJ^ON - Twisting BOBBY R. HARRIS - Maintenaince RACHEL R. HARTNESS - Ti^isting DICK JOHNS - Production Plcinning DENNIS L. MAUNEY - Twisting J. HERSCHEL PARSONS - Data Processing BEATRICE S. PLAYER - Twisting MELVIN SIKES - Twisting SHIRLEY H. WALKER - Quality Assurance KENNETH M. WILKES - IVisting ONE YEAR PERFECT ATrPtDAKCK KAY F. BELL - Weaving ROBERT W. BRYSON - Twisting MELVIN W. CARPENTER - Twisting EARNESTINE CHAMBERS - Twisting CARROLL M. CLOER - Technical Service GRADIE C. COOK, JR. - Weaving BECKY J. CRAWFORD - Quality Assurcuice EDWARD T. DAILEY - Twisting FRED J. DAVIS - Production Planning JOHN D. DOCKERY - Twisting THOMAS 0, GIBBY - Twisting PAUL D. HALLMAN, JR. - Twisting JAMES E. HELMS - Maintenance BOBBY G. HENSON - Maintenance WILLIAM G. HOUIES - Warehouse ARTHUR N. McCARTER - Maintenance JAMIiS A. McCARVER - Maintenance JOE B. NEAL - Tv.’isting WILLIAM R. NORRIS - Maintenance JAMES D. SAYLOR - Weaving DEBBIE L. THORPE - Twisting ALFRIEDA WAITS - Weaving WILLIAM A. WHIT^i/ORTH - Twisting BOBBY L. WILSON - Weaving c 0 N 6 R A T U L A T I 0 N S I
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