KERNERSVILLE PARTS STOCK ROOM ORDERLY
Keeping a parts room stocked with
the proper jacks, sinkers, needles,
sliders, screws, cams, coil springs
and gears is a problem in any knitting
room. This problem becomes greater
in a plant remote from the machine
shop which supplies the parts.
Keeping the room stocked suffi
ciently--yet not overstocked--formany
different kinds and models of knitting
machines, and yet being able to find
the parts immediately as they are
needed, is not easy.
If a part is needed in the knitting
room at Plant #4, the foremen and head
fixers can issue the part on a moment's
notice. If it is a part not in great de
mand, a requisition goes to the shop
immediately for a replacement.
Since many of the parts are mem
bers of attachments produced by our
Research Department to do special
jobs, the parts are not available from
the manufacturer of the machines, but
are produced in our machine shop.
Whatever the source of supply for
the parts, the men who issue them
must be sure the part is on hand and
in its proper place so each person can
quickly issue the part.
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THE FIXERS AND FOREMEN
The fixers and foremen of Plant
#4 are quite proud of the orderly ar
rangement of their new stock room in
the Knitting Department. Storage bins
have been set up for parts which are
used in quantity, while peg boards
overhead hold single parts which are
needed less frequently. "A place for
everything and everything in its place,
is their motto.
Admiring the new set-up are, left
to right: Andy Stamey, head fixer;
Ralph Wilson, first shift supervisor;
Carl Hatley, head fixer; Grady Cox,
second shift supervisor; and Henry
Smith, third shift supervisor.