CIP 2018 1st 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, sanita-
tion, record keeping, maintenance and various other areas around Crest Foods. We received 29 suggestions from employees for the 1st quarter. Thank you to everyone for participating!
Jerry Maronde & John Messenger, Maintenance B-Shift 1st Quarter 1st Place • $250 each Make a removable bearing seal made out of HMW. This will allow Sanitation to clean out the bearing area which is a trap point of product. It can be removed, cleaned, washed, and inspected for powder. Excellent idea! We have already done a trial on an auger hopper and it worked extremely well. The shop is in the process of making 20 more inserts to modify additional auger hoppers.
Candy Koch, QA 1st Quarter Runner Up • $150
Update the program for Micro Hold in order to avoid inadvertently releasing product when it shouldn’t be released. With the revision, finished product will stay on a micro hold even if it is released for a quality issue. This is an excellent suggestion, and we are currently working on re-writing the program and implementing it soon. It’s a necessary safeguard with the increase in testing that is required. Larry Shipman, Mix B-Shift 1st Quarter Runner Up • $150 We should move the oil system from its current location in the back of the Sweco rooms to the right side of the room. This change would mean that employees would no longer have to take forklifts & handlifts into the back of the room – which is difficult to maneuver, and we end up accidentally hitting the walls and breaking tiles. This is a great idea that will improve functionality in those rooms!
Jim Smith, Maintenance B-Shift 1st Quarter Runner Up • $150
Instead of throwing away Matrix Pull Belts, try resurfacing them in order to get more use out of something that is expensive to replace ($64.80 each). This is an excellent idea, and we are going to get the Machine Shop involved with figuring out a design for Jim’s idea.
It’s the end of the year! Please make sure Payroll has your current address and phone number. W-2’s will be sent out in January!
14 Crest Ink January, February & March 2018
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