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VOL. 4, No. 2
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Inc., Brevard, N. C.
May, 1971
Cost Reduction Benefits All
As the one in control of how
you spend your income, you wouldn’t
wait until you run out of money before
you start economizing. That would be
too late. Instead, you examine care
fully what you pay out, especially for
expensive items, on a continuous
basis. In business, this is called “cost
reduction”.
Cost reduction to our Purchas
ing Section is an everyday effort.
Each Buyer has been trained to de
velop and maintain a good cost re
duction attitude. This has resulted
in a steadily improving cost reduc
tion program.
DUCO Has Good Year
Steve Talmadge — Plant Buyer
IN THIS ISSUE
Foto People 2
Du Pont Co. News 3
New Road News 4
Fishing 4
Area of the Month 5
Foto Events 6
Steve Talmadge, one of our
plant Buyers, contributes directly
to that effort. Fie persistently seeks
alternate lower cost materials, opti
mum contract and service agreements
with local vendors, combined freight
shipments, and lowest fabrication
costs through competitive bids. Steve
states, through the cooperative efforts
of others and a concientious cost
reduction attitude, he has saved 50 to
60 thousand dollars during the past
year.
Here’s a breakdown;
ITEM SAVINGS
• Substitute Materials (gloves,
paint brushes, etc.) $ 5,000
• Negotiated Prices (Janitor
Supplies, Cardboard, bags) 25,000
• Contract Agreements (Alcohol,
Filters, Storage) 10,000
• Freight Deliveries (Combined
Shipments) 2,000
• Service Contracts (Typewriters,
Calculators, Fork Trucks) 6,000
• Fabrications (Pallets, Machine
Parts, etc.) 5,000
Total Savings/year $53,000
Steve strongly believes cost
reduction is the responsibility of each
employee and each dollar saved is a
direct investment in his job security,
his future, and consequently, the future
of the Brevard Plant. He feels if all
employees would relate cost reduction
to their daily activities, as he has been
taught to do, our total Plant effort
would be greatly enhanced.
What part can you play? . . .
Take a look at wasted time and ma
terials . . . Give your supervision your
ideas.
ON SAFETY
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Achieving a Saie.
DUCO, the Du Pont sponsored
Junior Achievement Co., visited the
Plant in March and went away with
a double reward. They had an oppor
tunity to see big business in operation
and they had a chance to sell their
product (a phone caddy) to several
appreciative customers.
The DUCO Co. was very suc
cessful this year. Return on stock
holders investment was 71.5% gross.
Of this 10% went to stockholders.
The remainder went to donations
to the Brevard Rescue Squad, a col
lege scholarship fund in memory of
Ben Brewer, and annual report ex
penses.
Visitors are Coming
Visitors are beginning to take
advantage of the Spring-like weather
for traveling to WNC to see our
modern x-ray film plant as well as its
beautiful setting with picturesque
mountains, waterfalls, and forests.
We are proud of our operation, our
location, and most important of the
people who work hour-by-hour to keep
a high quality product flowing to many
of these same visitors.
(See pg. 4 for Visitor Photos)