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By: Richard Harrison
Safety in the department has greatly in^iroved. No
incidents have been recorded this year. Thanks for
your efforts and the efforts of the Key Safety
Teams. Our objective is to go through 1991 with no
serious injuries.
Six Section Supervisors have been moved to the
first shift to assist with our overhauling program
for this year. As parts arrive, these projects
will begin. They are now working on installing 3
ply knock-offs on 21 cable twisters. This should
improve drop ply yam from going to the Weave Room.
WAR has been declared on the fifth floor against
spools of bad work. MIKE ROLAND is working with
all fifth floor employees to help our quality
problems. Tne group iu working closely identifying
specific twisters and problems in order to reduce
daily spools of bad work generated. Doffers are
recording the spools of bad work generated on otlier
floors. This is being done so that data can be
established to identify problem areas.
We welcome our visit from our sister Hikone plant
this month. MESSRS. MURABAYASHI, TAKAHASHI, and
OKAKURA will be here to assist in our quality
related problems.
Housekeeping teams £ire doing a good job. Tliese
teams are going to be expanded to include the
second find third shift.
WKAVIHG
By: Walter Dodd
Weaving has formed a new Process Improvement
Team called S.C.R.A.M., comprised of splicers and
section supervisors from splicing working on
problems of big spools affecting their ability to
reach performance goals. They will also address a
maintenance progrsun for Terrell tables.
Treating and Weaving have formed a Pmcess
Improvement Team called B.E.S.T. to work on
customer's problems. Members are: JACK
WHITESIDES, MIKE JOLLY, DORETHA WILSON, CARROLL
CLOER, DAVID HUFFSTETER, NANCY BOONE, HELEN ALLEN,
WENDY MEYER, RICKY SMITH, JIMMY BATTLES, RON
GARMON, PETE POWELL, AND JIMMY GAULTNEY. Stop
some of these folks and find out what you can do
to in^irove the image of our Con^iany.
Weaving also has formed a t£isk force of TOM
HAYES, STEVE KISER, JIMMY ADAMS, RON GARMON & ALAN
CHAPMAN to investigate why Sulzer productivity has
been low.
Welcome RON GARMON to Weaving. Ron will be
responsible for Sulzer weaving and splicing on the
firkt shift. We also hope to install the trial
Draper air jet loom this month. We will be
running a wide £irray of tire cord styles testing
this loom.
OUALTIY ASSURANCE/TECHWICAL
By: Dave Lewis
The Total Quality Control, TQC, classes for
salaried associates and the URW Executive Committee
are complete. The lesson plans for the hourly
associate training eire being prepared so that by
October 1991 we will all iiave had this training.
The TQC philosophy, or way of thinking cind way of
acting, are absolutely necessary for the success of
this plant in the 1990's. I am excited about this
method of doing business! I know you will be too.
During Mr. Hirai's visit this month he expressed
his desire for Gastonia to adopt the Quality
Assurance concepts and programs used by our tire
plants wherever appropriate. Mr. Bob Martin,
Corporate Quality Assureuice, will be working with
us on this. So you C£in expect to see a lot more
signs, graphs, examples, etc. appearing auround your
area.
TOEATIMG
By: Phil Huddleston
Thanks to all Treating Unit enqjloyees for their
extra effort in making the areas look great for oui
visitors. (
We have been able to run some leaders on our new
surface windup arnd in the near future we will be
running some fabric £uid getting it ready to put
into use. This will improve the quality of our
start-up cind roll build and will Increase tire
cord processing efficiency. Dip tank #12 has been
redone for storing Bridgestone dip that replaces
our PD-IO dip.
Congratulations to MIKE BOONE for receiving his
GED and MICHELLE BAKER, daughter of ROGER BAKER,
for being selected as a member of the Jr. Beta
Club at Friday Jr. High. We are proud of you.
Efficiencies for January:
m Unit 82.7% (Goal - 87%)
#3 Unit 79.6% (Goal - 87%)
MAINIEWAtKIE DEPARIMKHT
By: Becky Lefler
A new Process Improvement Team was stairted in
January 1991, consisting of Maintenemce cind
Treating employees. The team is named P.U.M.P. -
Prevent Unscheduled Maintenance Problems. Team
members are: RONNIE PARKS, TIM MASSEY, JIM
SWANSON, LEON WEBB, BOBBY G. HENSON, BILL
LINDQUIST, JERRY CARNES, PHIL GOBLE, and RICHARD
MC GINNIS. The team's objectives for the year
are to reduce unscheduled downtime on the #8
Treating Unit to less th£in 3% of scheduled hours.
FISHING gjlB HEWS
The 1991 Fishing Club has 65 members already
signed up and ready to go. We will again sponsor
our Fishing Club display in the lobby. If you
have a trophy fish please bring it in by March 1.
We vill also giving away a full line of John
Robinson fishing baits to promote membership. If
you join the club by March 27 you will be eligible
to win these lures by random drawing on that date.
Join cind get in on all the fun!
Just a reminder that the Fish of the Month
winners receive a $25.00 gift certificate from
Bill's Will Lures. February's fish is the
striper. Stripers ceiii be caught on Lsike Norman in
the hot holes (Marshall or McGuire) on shiners or
shad.
KDHCATICTI
If you would like to get a high school diploma,
brush up on math cind reading, or just learn to
read, you can do it right here with out leaving
your workplace. It is time to register for the
Spring quarter. The learning lab is located on
the 2nd level of the Warehouse. According to the
following reprint from the Gaston Observer,
Sunday, February 10, 1991, you are fortunate to be
working for one of the few coispanies in Gaston or
Lincoln Counties with a free on-site progrcim.
Hire Education
Lincoln and Gaston comffa-
nies that offer employees “ Yarns Inc.. Myers
free on-site courses leading plant, Gastonia
to higt^ school equivalency ■ Duke Power, Riverbend
degrees: plant, Mount Holly
■ Armtex Inc., Gastonia Firestone Fit>ers.& Tex-
■ Automatic Transmission tiles, Gastonia ^
Shops Inc., Gastonia : , ■ Joiin Jenkins Inc., Gasto-
■ Burlington Mills, Ranlo
plant ■ Parkdale Mills, Belmont
■ Cochrane Furniture Co., Gastonia divisions
LIncolnton : ■Precision Seals, Gastonia
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