Eric Fisher is moving on to join Denton Plastics in a new role as a Trader (sales and purchasing) . Eric will be with us through the 24th of September.
Sarah Cornwell has joined us straight from the Western Washington University. Please join me in welcoming her to the R&D Plastics family and to the Portland area. Sarah will be working as a Project Engineer and spending time in training supporting the customer service group.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
People on the Move
Shane Mayo named Shipping and Receiving Lead.
It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Shane Mayo as our new Shipping and Receiving Lead. Over the next few weeks Shane will be training for his new role. Please join me in congratulating Shane for taking on this new challenge.
Mike Sato added to the Technical Lead and Material Handling support.
Please welcome Mike to the R&D Plastics team. Mike brings 20 years of experience to our technical team and come to us highly recommended. It is nice to have one more local fisherman in the building.
Doug Schmidt moves from Sedona Staffing to R&D Plastics.
Please congratulate Doug on his move to R&D Plastics. Doug has been an operator for many months on graveyard. Doug has been a valuable part of the graveyard team and we look forward to his continuing support.
It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Shane Mayo as our new Shipping and Receiving Lead. Over the next few weeks Shane will be training for his new role. Please join me in congratulating Shane for taking on this new challenge.
Mike Sato added to the Technical Lead and Material Handling support.
Please welcome Mike to the R&D Plastics team. Mike brings 20 years of experience to our technical team and come to us highly recommended. It is nice to have one more local fisherman in the building.
Doug Schmidt moves from Sedona Staffing to R&D Plastics.
Please congratulate Doug on his move to R&D Plastics. Doug has been an operator for many months on graveyard. Doug has been a valuable part of the graveyard team and we look forward to his continuing support.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
PRE-ACT Reminder
Just a reminder of the PRE-ACT acronym that I like to use within the team. Please make sure we all follow these, including me!
Personal Accountability => Stop the blame game, largest waste of all
Risk => Be apart of the solution - Get involved
Execution => Support the team
Attention to Detail => Focus on the customer
Candor => Be professional
Trust => Trust the team
Personal Accountability => Stop the blame game, largest waste of all
Risk => Be apart of the solution - Get involved
Execution => Support the team
Attention to Detail => Focus on the customer
Candor => Be professional
Trust => Trust the team
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Outlook For July & August
As we head into the next two months our sales outlook looks to be the weakest we have seen this year. We saw a similar drop in revenue last year at this time, but this year it is magnified by the state of our economy. As the price for a barrel of oil has increased we have seen many of our expenses increase. Our raw material has increased 10% over the past few months and we have seen similar increases in shipping, fuel, and other outside services. We expect that these increases will continue through the end of the year.
I will be meeting with employees over the next week to get input on where we can conserve on many of these expenses. As a team, we can work together to reduce and conserve the materials, goods and services needed to support our customers in our day-to-day operations.
We will have changes to work schedules over this period. Tino and I are working on minimizing the impact as much as possible. As we define the changes for each shift and/or group we will notify you as soon as possible.
It is important that we all understand that we should not panic or over react as we need to continue to support our customers with the outstanding service that they have come to expect from our team. We need to buckle down as a team and really work toward reducing cost everywhere we can.
I will be meeting with employees over the next week to get input on where we can conserve on many of these expenses. As a team, we can work together to reduce and conserve the materials, goods and services needed to support our customers in our day-to-day operations.
We will have changes to work schedules over this period. Tino and I are working on minimizing the impact as much as possible. As we define the changes for each shift and/or group we will notify you as soon as possible.
It is important that we all understand that we should not panic or over react as we need to continue to support our customers with the outstanding service that they have come to expect from our team. We need to buckle down as a team and really work toward reducing cost everywhere we can.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Payday Update
7/02/08 UPDATE:
Paychex did not process our payroll yesterday morning when I submitted it. They are processing it this morning, but that means that the paychecks will not be here until some time tomorrow (hopefully in the morning). Those people on Graveyard shift that have live checks will need to come back in to pick up their checks. Please call to make sure they have arrived before you come in.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Paychex did not process our payroll yesterday morning when I submitted it. They are processing it this morning, but that means that the paychecks will not be here until some time tomorrow (hopefully in the morning). Those people on Graveyard shift that have live checks will need to come back in to pick up their checks. Please call to make sure they have arrived before you come in.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Change Announcement
On July 7th, Jill will be moving to the graveyard shift to support in the production lead role. We have asked Jill to focus on operator training and the development of a long-term production lead. This new lead will support the shift when Jill moves back to day shift. We expect that Jill will be back on day shift in less than six months.
Shane will fill in for Jill in her absence. I will post a new job description for this opening in the next few days. We will start the interview process after the Fourth of July break.
Josh will be moving from graveyard to days to continue his training. Josh will make his move shortly after Jill is settled in on graveyard.
Please join us in offering any support that you can as they learn their new roles.
Shane will fill in for Jill in her absence. I will post a new job description for this opening in the next few days. We will start the interview process after the Fourth of July break.
Josh will be moving from graveyard to days to continue his training. Josh will make his move shortly after Jill is settled in on graveyard.
Please join us in offering any support that you can as they learn their new roles.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Lean and Green Project
In a continuing effort to support our company values our Lean Team has implemented the following program:
Description -- We have added new recycling containers for production scrap and process waste. We have found a recycler that will take the material, so it does not need to go into the trash/dumpster. You will find large gray plastic cans located at the NW corner of the building, near the large pallet scale. The cans are marked in yellow with "SPRUES, PARTS, & PURGE" painted on the side.
Please review e-mail for more detail and instruction.
I would like to thank Eric, Sherry, Regina, Kevin, Tino, Shane, and Jill for their help and support. They have estimated that we will reduce our impact at the landfill by one dumpster a week!!!!
Description -- We have added new recycling containers for production scrap and process waste. We have found a recycler that will take the material, so it does not need to go into the trash/dumpster. You will find large gray plastic cans located at the NW corner of the building, near the large pallet scale. The cans are marked in yellow with "SPRUES, PARTS, & PURGE" painted on the side.
Please review e-mail for more detail and instruction.
I would like to thank Eric, Sherry, Regina, Kevin, Tino, Shane, and Jill for their help and support. They have estimated that we will reduce our impact at the landfill by one dumpster a week!!!!
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