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have a saying, “you don’t know someone until you live with them.” So, once we get a new employee in the door, we take two different routes. In the plant, we built a compre- hensive and structured training program. We have on-floor training when people come in with our technical service team. The technical service team is a group of top-notch operators that we took off the floor. Now they go to all the different shifts. They train the new people, and help on the second and third shift when we have trouble. We have classroom training for all the employees, and the trainer is somebody who’s been with us for 30 years, and he knows how to run every piece of equipment in the plant. We also recently hired a videographer to film the prop- er way to do a doctor blade change, the proper way to set up the machine, the proper way to set up the twin box splitter, and then after all the training, we use Vector Solu- tions to qualify them. The good thing about the test is you find out where they’re strong and where they’re not, where they need ex- tra help. So, they might not get qualified, but at least we know the areas in which they need improvement, and we can work with them. Our one goal is to eliminate tribal knowledge. We don’t want them to learn from the guy in front of them who only tells them 50 percent of what he knows because he wants to be better than the new guy and he doesn’t want to look bad. By taking these steps, we eliminate tribal knowledge. In the office, we hired a learning and development cen- ter and created our own corrugated one-on-one program specific to President Container. We created our own virtual learning environment. The other thing we had to do for the office was to cre- ate a career path so employees have places to move up. We have entry level, an associate, a senior, and a team lead. Because the people nowadays that come into the workplace ask, “Where do I go from here? What is my next step up?” We took the same department, and broke it down in 4 steps, so they have a way to advance in the company. Morelli: What are some of the ground-level entry points to training employees for companies that are smaller in scale? Tucker: We build a matrix. We have to teach them about fundamentals of corrugator —Corrugator 101. And find out what they can do in our operation. Can you run a machine? Can you set it up? And finally, are you highly talented about running that machine and hitting your expected setup and run times? We measure all of that in real time so that we can see how they’re doing, and, just as importantly, they can see how they’re doing. We pay them that way, as well. We pay them to play, and we pay them to hit the expected goals in real time. Anyone can do that. It doesn’t cost you anything; it’s just
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AES is a leading full-service provider of integrated convey- ance systems specializing in scrap, trim, and dust. AES en- gineers custom scrap systems and works as a partner in process improvement to help businesses achieve greater profitability, productivity, and sustainability. Products include balers, shredders/hoggers, core shredders, filters, fans, and specialized dust control and collection systems. AES is the ex- clusive distributor for the AirShark Rotary Material Separator. For a wide variety of new and used equipment on to- day’s market, visit our website at www.acm-corp.com. BAUMER HHS CORPORATION www.baumerhhs.com hhs is a global leader in advanced gluing, camera verifica- tion and quality assurance systems for the packaging indus- try. Zero-defect quality and elevated production speeds are key parameters in the manufacturing of corrugated boxes. With hhs Xcam Box Monitoring and non-contact flap gluing of corrugated board, hhs offers every option for quality as- surance in the production of boxes with flexo folder gluers. AMERICAN CORRUGATED MACHINE www.acm-corp.com BLOWER APPLICATION COMPANY (BLOAPCO) www.BloApCo.com BloApCo has served the corrugated industry since 1933 with a variety of scrap handling solutions, including Hori- zontal Floor Shredders, Trim Cutters, and Material Handling Fans and Conveying Systems. BloApCo Shredders allow for continuous shredding and pneumatic removal of sheet waste stacks of all sizes, roll slab, cores, and carton scrap.
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