CIP 2017 2nd 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 received17 suggestions from employees for the 2nd quarter. Thank you to everyone for participating! Mike Spencer, Mix A-Shift 2nd Quarter 1st Place • $250
When power is cut to the mixer (manually, or due to an outage) all batch options should be re-set to the “off ” position. The lead mixer then must manually turn all options back on. This will prevent smizing or shortening going into a batch that may not require either. This is a great idea that has been implemented already at the Mix Facility. Mike worked with Engineering to come up with a program to fix the default that was causing problems after an outage.
Mark Smith, Maintenance A-Shift 2nd Quarter Runner Up • $150
Mark’s idea was the help keep hardware on tote dumpers from falling out and potentially getting into the product. This has already been implemented and is a great idea to help with foreign objects! Daniel Estrella, Production B-Shift 2nd Quarter Runner Up • $150 Daniel’s idea was to use green plastic totes instead of cardboard boxes for repurposed food product on twin screw hoppers. Great idea! Green containers have been ordered, and we hope this helps with GMP’s .
2017 Walking Club
Walking Club 2017 is underway! Break out those sneakers and get ready for a great year. We are going to be including a couple of new events this year - Run to the Stronghold Castle in September and a Halloween event (complete with costume con- test) in October. I hope you are ready to get out and enjoy the mornings with us as we raise money for Kreider Services this year!
We have been so close to a donation of $10,000, and we are hoping this can be reached this year for Kreider Services. They are a great local (Dixon) foundation that provides direct care programs to persons with developmen- tal disabilities. Kreider Services serves over 600 individuals and is known for its programs in the areas of Autism, Community Living, Creative Employment, Day Services, Early Intervention, Individual Supports and Respite. We hope that the money raised throughout the upcoming Walking Club season will be able to help them during a time where funds from the state are not available. Our first event is going to be the Make-A-Wish 5k on May 20th in Dixon. Start looking for postings and informa- tion in the hallways soon. As always if you have any questions please give Erika (x201) or Jamie (x270) a call.
April, May & June 2017 Crest Ink 13
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