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f J P . ~ a « rnK* --f^. Ji _ ^ jiS^. j3^ /L„ . jA» . .r.T*^ ( r'‘ ’S' (1 -f* i( - •■' rr 11 f r ’•'/ t -i rj tc>“ Cl il VJ « . '.^ P5 f:i « .-r '?i fi ri ti « f.r yj Ai>u .•' .eiaB^jS* *i_v.- ■ if;4 i.K. -■' ■ As rt w F? wt NEWSLETTER . 1, NUn. 10 GASTONIA, NORL'i CAROLINA FEBRUARY, 1988 PLANT MANAGER'S MESSAGK By: J. Anand I would liko to thaiik all the employees vlio worked on weekends to make up some of the lost production due to the snow. As a result, inventories at the tire plants have inrproved. though still not totally up to the r’er.ired levels. Tlie pj'oUuction schedule for February & March projects that most employees in Twistir.g and Weaving should be able to have a few weekends off. Of course the scheduling of weekend work depends upon tlie daily production level - which is still not at an acceptable level. Mr. A. E. Suter, President of Firestone Inc., will be visiting the Gastonia plant on February 26th., Let us make certain that he has a good visit and leaves with a favorable impression of our plant. CUSTO>ffiK TO5-ffiNIS By: Jeff Heavner Gastonia's January perforniance continued along the same line as in December. With respect to customer surveys, it v/as the worst month since we began to keep records. Tliere were complaints from Venezuela, V/ilson, Oklahonja City, Decatur, Costa Rica, Buckcye, Gates, Reeves, and Akron. The complaint from Akron was actually Decatur complaining to Alcron about the quality of fabric they \,’ere receiving. The customer surveys are being circulated so tliat the department managers will be able to read exactly what the customer has stated. We need to respond to the customer complaints with action as well as written correspondence. We continue to receive new business for the West End primarily from Cooley and Reeves. Initial shipments of fabric went to Cooley for their evaluation which should be complete tlie week of 2/1. Tlie material was inspected by Cooley personnel last week, and their response was favorable. Tlie products being woven in the West End require very high quality, specifically no broken filaments and oily yam, and so far the material has been impressive. It would appear tliat we have overcome the major barriers preventing larger orders from Reeves. •SAFETY Incidents A Lost Time 0 Incident Rate - Month; 9.1 Year to Date: 8.2 A recent study of ^*13 workers by the Acoustical Society of America and tlie Institute for the Deaf found that hunters or sportsmen who are exposed to gun fire had an 8 Limes greater loss of hearing tlian those not exposed. It is not orly important to wear hearing protection on the job, but is eqimlly important to use hearing protection while shooting. f V.'f^ >»—I III—' ) »iiwi( )»««««! I r TT I I 1.- ■>>■ sri fi! V ! I 51 o if! c-^'o ? i II »’¥l Hoir( 11 X it ! ii f »■ iri It? I « i * riE"2r^ *-* V-* ^ y ... ) 8 £■■' 8 I a S I iJ v-V- ir>. u/l-'ftf'IJ ? I W»- ^ , V'V'V'V'W'W''V'W'V'V''v'\.'V'V'v'VV'W’'Vi'V'\^V'S.'''v'V'V' “ i A ■'/>:- nr'r I if/?-" Itv 18 i iS I ? Viw >H? (?cV^ l¥^C i?;« IC .«•- i*- I s V' lit^- !Tro>-^ FOOD VENDING SERVICE By: Personnej Dept. We are working with Ser\'ioe America to improve our vending service. Hopefully, you can now see improvement. If not, please continue to inform us of tlie problems. Our service’^annot improve if some of you continue to vandaliv.e tlie machines. You report that machines are , out of order and wlien tiie attendant checks, he finds s,lugs, paper in the bill changers, or parts deliberatoLy removed or broken. We need your help to m.iintain Uiese machines. Anyone vandalii'ing the vending machines will be subject 1.0 disciplinary act ion. REWORK r:i-:poRT Weaving Rcrolls Generated lf.9 { TOO } Rewoaving RulJr, lU'nerated 38 { M/\NY!! } Tj'cat.od Rerolls Genaratod ■ 190 { } JANUARY PRODUCTION Pounds per Day Department* Required Actual Ply Twisting 158,000 14't,500 Cable Twisting 158,000 150,’i 00 Sales Yarn 1,500 1,6/) 8 Tire Cord Weaving 158,000 151,007 Industrial Weaving 2,500 1,9V)0 Treating 165,000 165,6/i7 Total Poimds Shipped for Montii 3.313,336 *Ojicrating days vary by department. WASTE Rl'TORT rss-sirsssrsssssi-ssssr: Actual % Objective ‘ to Production to Product ioi 'I’wirt.ing ./)7 1.13 Weaving .52 .A3 Treat .Ing .66 .78
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