VO.UIE 2, NUMBER 7 GASTONIA, NORTDA CAROLINA FEBRUARY, 1989
PLMIT HMttGEB'S HESSiGR
By: J. Anand
The current round of employee meetings were started
about four weeks ago. I hope that the infomiation shared
was interesting and beneficial to you. I have enjoyed
meeting and discussing items of coninon interest with you.
These meetings will continue on a weekly basis except for
the period of April 6th thru April 22nd when I will be on
vacation. I am sure I won't be eating any Barb-B-Q
during that time.
It is very gratifying to see the optimism in the
Twisting Department and the spirit of coop)eration that
all the employees, including Supervision, have shown to
Richard Harrison.
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate
all the Process Improvement Teams for the excellent work
that they have been doing. Our objective is to
eventually have all employees involved in these
activities. With the talent available in this plant, we
can make big gains in the areas of safety, quality and
cost.
HOWTHL'; PRODDCnCW
Pounds per Day
Department*
Required
Actual
Ply Twisting
147,000
137,850
Cable Twisting
147,000
138,000
Sales Yarn
1,000
963
T. C. Weaving
151,000
148,060
Industrial Weaving
2,700
1,976
Treating
165,000
158,970
Total Pounds Shipped for Month 4,137,367
*Operating days vary by department.
HASTE REPOBT
Actual % Objective %
to Production to Production
DEPMtTMEirr HEHS
WEavnG; DRAPKR/sniJlKB WRKVTUfi:
EFFICIENCIES:
Exp. Eff. February
Draper 78.0 78.0%
Sulzer 72.0 70.0%
Actual weaving efficiencies in the Sulzer,
Draper,and Dornier areas continue to be very good.
Your efforts are greatly appreciated. Our
greatest opportunity to improve is in the area of
Quality. DOIHG IT RIGHT THE FIRST TME. For
example, not running mixed yarn in a roll of
fabric. By paying extra close attention to
quality, both the employees and con^iany make more
money. Reweaving and Rerolling fabric is very
expensive, and the quality of "reworked" fabric is
not as good as DOIHG IT RIGtTT THE FIRST TIHE for
our customers. Quality also includes good
housekeeping and thinking "Safety First" (NO
ACCIDENTS). Let's all get excited about the
overall "Quality" in our department.
Employee meetings will begin in the next few
weeks where discussions will be held concerning
Gastonia's Plant Goals for 1989 and employee
involvement. We will also be holding meetings
within the department to discuss how this
information effects the Weaving Department.
TREATING:
February
#8 Efficiency 105.5%
#3 Efficiency 90 %
We would like to thank the Shop for a good job on
the reroll table in the #3 unit. The Process Team
and unit personnel are well pleased with the roll
builds we are getting now.
Also, in appreciation of the Process Improvement
Teams' accomplishments, they were treated to
dinner at the Hungry Fisherman.
Feb.
Twisting
.97
1.13
Weaving
.71
.43
Treating
.45
.78
We are pleased to announce that JIH SHMSCM, Lead
Electrician, is being promoted to NAIDTERANCE
SOPERVISOB effective March 13th. Jim has been
employeed in the Maintenance Department since
October, 1968. Congratulations, again!
QUMJTY SCOREBOARD
Feb.
Weaving Rerolls Generated 125
Reweaving Rolls Generated 47
Treated Rerolls Generated 425
SAFETY NEWS
Feb.
Incidents * 4
Lost Time 2
Incident Rate - Month: 9.8
Year to Date: 7.2
SERVICE AHARDS - PKRRnARY
Department Years Service
WILLIAM G. FLOYD
TWISTING
45
PAUL D. NEAL
WEAVING
35
JOE C. HARR
WEAVING
30
COLIN L. QUINN
TREATING
30
RONNIE J. SMITH
SHOP
15
MARTHA S. COCHRAN
WEAVING
15
PAT R. BURGESS
DATA PROCESS,
10
JIMMY W. HUSKINS, JR.
SHOP
5