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DAVE RICHARDSON set his own record in addition to that achieved by
the plant. He ran his 14 iooms at 99.2 percent for one shift and then
broke his own record with a 99.3 percent.
Everybody said the “9-90”
program couldn’t be done.
But employees at the
Columbus Towel Mill proved
everybody wrong. For the week
ending September 11, they
achieved an outstanding record
of 7.5 percent seconds and 91.3
percent efficiency, a perfor
mance envied by all those in
towel manufacturing. In cele
bration, an in-plant barbecue
was served on September 14 to
all employees.
Back in March, efficiency was
about 85 percent with seconds
running about 13 percent,
according to Harold Auman,
plant manager. At that time he
came up with the “9-90”
program, which set a goal of 9
percent seconds and 90 percent
efficiency by the end of 1977. All
employees were notified that
when they reached that goal,
they would be served an “all you
can eat” barbecue dinner.
“They are number one,”
Auman said. “I knew they could
do it, they knew they could do it,
and they proved it. This is an
achievemnt unequaled by any
towel manufacturing operation I
have been able to find.
“We felt we had potentially
the best towel mill in the
industry.
“We have enormous talent,
technical knowledge and
determination, the best group of
employees I’ve ever seen. They
not only surpassed the goal we
set, but they did it in a much
shorter time than we would have
thought possible. And they are
just as determined to sustain
this performance as they were
to achieve it the first time,” he
said.
“It beats anything I’ve ever
seen,” said Tommy Sanders,
Weave Room superintendent.
“I’ve been here 19 years and. I
knew they were a great group of
employees, but what they’ve
accomplished now with this
program is just outstanding.
Every single person in the plant
was involved from Opening and
“Everybody pulled together, on
all three shifts.”—MARY CANNON
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