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lume 47, Number 4
October 1991
Above, lobster “poses” for Donna
Fincher. At left, Martha
Saintsing’s shot of the Grand
Canyon, Below, Sandra
Draughn's view of the Hoover
Dam.
Fincher Photo
Wins Contest
Donna Fincherls vacation took
her underwater this year and one
of the photos she brought back
took top honors in the 1991 Amco
News Vacation Photo Contest.
Shots by Martha Saintsing of
High Point Knitting and Sandra
Draughn of Mount Airy Finish
ing earned second and third prizes
in the contest.
Fincher's photo was shot
during a scuba diving vacation
off Bimini in the Caribbean.
Saintsing photographed the
Grand Canyon during her vaca
tion and entered a photo she
titled “Framed Shadows.”
While on vacation in Las
Vegas, Draughn visited the
Hoover Dam w here she shot her
mployees Make Inventory Accuracy Work
'/en though the Manufac-
g Resource Planning (MRP
stem has not yet been fully
:mented into the Adams-
smanufacturinganddistri-
in operations, some signifi-
contribulions by employ-
Iready are working toward
accuracy of the entire proc-
nce the MRP II journey
;d in May, 1990, we have
ted several action teams to
ss specific areas we felt were
rtunities for improvement.
’’said Bob East, MRP II Coordi
nator. ’’The Inventory Record
Accuracy Action team has been
by far the most successful and it
really shows what our people
can do if we give them the chance.”
East said the team started with
top-level management direction
but very quickly got down to the
plant floor “where things really
happen.”
“William Johnson and his
team got the plant people in
volved from the very beginning
which is really what MRP II is all
about - people involvement. We
have thousands of problems (ac
tually opportunities for improve
ment) in our business, and most
of the time the people who can
resolve the problems are the
people working in our plants
and distribution centers.
“All we as management need
to do is present the problem (op
portunity), ask the people in the
plansLs/distribution centers how
to solve it, give them the author
ity to make things happen, and
get out of their way,” East added.
“America has the smartest,
most talented workforce in the
world and Adams-Millis is bet
ter than most American compa
nies as far as people are con
cerned. The mistake most Ameri
can companies make is they try
to run the company from the
top with a few people.
“What MRP II tells us to do
is get all 3,100 people involved
in making things better at every
opportunity. Inventory Record
Accuracy is just one success story
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prize-winning photo.
As first place winner, Fincher
will receive a S150 gift certifi
cate from Belk’s. Saintsing will
receive a SlOO Belk’s gift certifi
cate and Draughn will get a $50
certificate.
(Continued On Page 9)
United ifiiy
Campaigns
Register
Big Gains
Adams-Millis employees have
been quite generous this year
when it comes to the United
Way campaigns. Although fig
ures from all campaigns were
not available when this issue of
Amco News went to press, those
reported showed sizable increases
from a year earlier.
“Our employees have dem
onstrated vividly with their
pledges that they really care for
their fellow human beings,” said
Adams-Millis/Silver Knit Presi
dent George Burfeind. “What
they have accomplished this year
certainly was due to an all-out
team effort that included much
hard work by a lot of people. We
appreciate what everyone has
done either with their contribu-
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