CIP 2015 2nd Quarter Winners The Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) is a program where employees may submit suggestions on ways that they think can improve Crest Foods. These suggestions may help improve overall efficiency, employee safety, sanitation, record keeping, maintenance and various other areas around Crest Foods. In exchange for their sugges- tions, each employee is rewarded with a $5.00 gift certificate to our Crest store. We received 31 suggestions from employees for the 2nd quarter. Thank you to everyone for participating! Marcia Breeden, A-Shift Parts Room 2nd Quarter 1st Place • $250
Marcia’s idea was to use a soft tipped type material such as a stylus on equipment key- pads. This should stop the buttons m being bro-ken by using hard objects like screw drivers. Some of the touch pads cannot be purchased anymore and would cost a lot to replace.
Ray Sixaysana, B-Shift Production 2nd Quarter Runner Up • $150
Ray’s suggestion is to use a wing-nut on the tape roll on tape machines where the case goes through. It can then be adjusted by hand rather than having to search for a tool to adjust the nut making the process quicker.
Benjamin Nelson, C-Shift Ingredient 2nd Quarter Runner Up • $150
Ben’s idea is to load pallets on the Ingredient Division trucks in a more organized man- ner. The stages for our various batches are put on the truck and sent upstairs in ran- dom order causing pallet “shuf-fling” in a small area. Loading them in a more orga- nized way would allow for easy placement when being sent up the elevator.
Larry Shipman, B-Shift Mix 2ndQuarter Runner Up • $150
Larry’s suggestion was to replace the stainless steel lines that connect the extruders to the hoses at the Mix Facility. This will stop us from damaging the lines and connec- tions. They occasionally get hit by handcarts resulting in bent lines and pipes.
On a very cold January day a hot air balloon was seen drifting over Crest Foods. If you look closely you can see the person manning the balloon. They say hot air rises so was it warmer up there than on the ground? Hmmm…
April, May & June 2015 Crest Ink 15
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