Newspapers / The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle … / Jan. 4, 1971, edition 1 / Page 3
Part of The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
D. Gusler, weaver, demonstrates the method by which operator will be able to dial in a code on a console connect- . ‘“the '“Hi, computer and be given an efficiency reading for his Doroihy Dalton, schedule clerk, shows how additional in formation is fed into computer through an input-output typer to determine efficiency for machine down longer than 15 min utes. ^arastan Testing New Computer Set-lJp '^®stan Information Services is in of testing a computer sys- will put it in the unique °h of having a business computer tojw® production monitoring computer I, the same disc file. Mr, «5" j. Hj^^^Polly^ manager-Karastan Infor- Uti Services, says that he knows of OtVi 'Company which has these type 'di . 6rs sharing the same data base. P^'oduction monitoring computer '’’“iPs 4020) is directly wired to' ^els, beamers and winders and operations every five sec- the looms it records running ^dage, loom speed and stops and *dst the reason for stops. For the (.1 machinery it records run down time and number of It is shift oriented, people oriented and machine oriented to allow opera tors, fixers and supervisors a better means to ascertain their performance. Functional reports based on data transmitted by the computer will come in regularly and supervisors can, on a scheduled or demand basis, ask for any of these associated reports. From these reports it will be possible, for example, for a supervisor to tell if excessive stops are caused by the machine or are due to sub-standard material going through the loom. “What all this will do for us,” says Mr. Connolly, “is to enable us to use our equipment more efficiently, which increases our productivity, which in turn enables us to be more competitive.” A three phase approach is being used veiS Named NE Service Center Manager with regard to the system. The first part is machine monitoring. The sec ond is in-process control. The lot num ber will be dialed into the computer when the yarn is received from the Dye House. Because the monitoring is machine oriented, the production cycle of specific lot numbers can be traced through each process. The third approach involves building an incentive pay system. Because the production monitoring computer is scan ning constantly it can serve as a base for piecework payroll. Some of the objectives and expected benefits of the system are a reduction of machine downtime, improved con trol of the quality of production, im proved efficiency, lower cost, better planning and servicing of equipment and an improvement in supervisory utiliza tion of equipment, materials and per sonnel. Appointment of James D. Norvell by Frank W. Green, presi- >0(1 ^ the Fieldcrest Marketing Divi- rVoB • . Otvgij Joining Fieldcrest in 1963, Mr. Set tias served as assistant man- *68, ^ Fieldcrest Towels Sales until he was appointed product 4 Y later he was named product t ot the Automatic Blanket De- a position he held until his Appointment. Vi ?^orvell, a native of Slater, Mis- ' ‘ ’ Is a graduate of the University in of the Northeast Service Piscataway, N. J., has been [j‘’'* *stration. 'itV” "^tth a BSC degree in business ^•>5 wife, Kay, and their three *V their home in Upper Mont- V' Jersey. JAMES D. NORVELL Ay, JANUARY 4, 1971 Towel Mill Recognizes Top Weavers, Fixers The Fieldale Towel Mill’s outstanding weavers and loom fixers are listed be low for the most recent periods of rec ord. The “Weavers of the Week” are those with the lowest percent of seconds with respect to the standards for the various loom groups. The “Top Fixers” are determined through a combination of low seconds and high loom efficiency on their re spective sections. Weavers—W/E December 6 Dobby Terry Ralph Ballard Jacquard Terry Frank Bradley Fixers—^W/E December 6 Dobby Terry Jackie Hubbard Jacquard Terry Frank Fulcher 3
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 4, 1971, edition 1
3
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75