CIP 2016 3rd Quarter Winners The Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) is a program where employees may submit suggestions on ways they think can improve Crest Foods. These suggestions may help improve overall efficiency, employee safety, sani- tation, record keeping, maintenance and various other areas around Crest Foods. We received 16 suggestions from employees for the 3rd quarter. Thank you to everyone for participating! Kenny Blomberg, Machine Shop 3rd Quarter 1st Place • $250
Use 1/2” (plastic) sheets under the totes on the new NBE tipper conveyors to release drag when pushing totes into the tipper. This would keep the hood in place so no adjustments need to be made for various tote sizes. This was a great idea as a temporary solution, and it turns out that even with the newly installed permanent solution in place, the plastic sheets are still needed.
Brad Furman, Mix B-Shift 3rd Quarter Runner Up • $150
Install a crank to move the discharge up and down for drums and totes under the mixer. This would make it safer to move the discharge up and down. This is a real potential for injury on 6 of the 7 mixers, and we are working on a plan to proceed. Jackie Ayling, Production A-Shift 3rd Quarter Runner Up • $150 On the new Waste Food Product totes, put a list of things that cannot go into the totes. We’ve created One Point Lesson Plans for this and plan to use pictures that show what can and cannot go into the totes to avoid confusion.
Mike Piper, Maintenance B-Shift 3rd Quarter Runner Up • $150
Put an eye behind the wiper on cartoners with a time delay to shut the cartoner down if product sits on the flight chains for too long. This idea should cut down on downtime when pouches build up and will keep pouches from getting pulled up into sprockets and throwing cartoners out of time.
The local AFC Cheerleaders held a fundraiser by grilling pork chops for delicious sand- wiches that Crest Foods employees could purchase during their lunch hour. The smell coming from the parking lot made it difficult to wait until lunch for the sandwich. “I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of you at Crest for your continued support with our pork chop fundraisers! We always have such a wonderful turn out and we enjoy seeing everyone. We raised $600 to help pay for camp. We will be sure to share with you pictures from camp! The cheerleaders are going to have an amazing time and I cannot wait to see how much they learn and how much fun they are going to have spending 3 days on the campus of ISU. Thank you all so much once again.” Ashton-Franklin Center high school cheerleaders and their coach Kristi Henry
July, August & September 2016 Crest Ink 13
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