Check Out These Cool Videos

Click here to view a video of a product similar to one that one of our customers manufactures. If that wasn't interesting enough here is another one that is more in the line of education click here. We manufacture a piece for the stylus that the teacher is using in the video.

MISSION ACOMPLISHED

Well after several attempts to improve the Timbercon Boot mold to prevent the sprue from sticking it looks like we have done it! Thanks to everyone that helped with input and to those that ran the job while it was being a pain. Hopefully we wont have anyone running around with sore fingers anymore and hopefully I don't end up looking like George Bush.

5S Friday

Friday R&D will be Sorting, Straightening, Scrubbing, Systemizing, and Standardizing the shop durring day shift hours. We will finally be moving out some old equipment and tooling making room for new jobs and giving us room for other projects. If you will be working please make sure to wear your grubbies.

List of R&D Paid Holidays Posted

I have posted a list of all 2009 Paid Holidays for R&D's qualified employees on the right hand side of the blog. This is the best estimate of dates at this time. Dates are subject to change depending on R&D's work schedule around that particular holiday.

Also, one of R&D's Paid Holidays for eligible employees each year is the Employee's Birthday. This holiday should be taken within 30 days of your actual birthday. Please schedule your time off with your supervisor so they can plan for your time off.

If you have any questions, please see Kandi or Charlie.

Work Schedule - Update

Good News! We received some move-ins and a rush order from a few customers that make our machine schedule very tight for the next two weeks. Although the orders are not substantial enough to go back to a full schedule, we do have the need for more machine hours. We will offer to allow full-time employees to fill their lost hours as machine operators. Please let Tino know if you are interested and we will work out an individual schedule. Training will be available – no experience necessary.

Again, we will review the work schedule each week as we get better visibility from our customers.

Great Initiative Jeff

Thank you to Jeff Geiger for taking the initiative to set up the robot with the "universal" fixture for the GE Securities Coverplate job. This allowed us to run the job fully auto with less than half of an operator to trim, inspect and package the parts. Steps like this directly impact the Labor Efficiency numbers in a positive way and help make us a more successful company. Good job Jeff!

R&D Welcomes Two New Employees

We are pleased to announce that Megan Gemma and Maria Vera are the newest additions to the R&D Plastics team. Megan is an operator on graveyard shift and Maria is on swing shift. Both have worked at R&D through Sedona for a while but now are official R&D team members.