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Our next network meeting: Where: Remcon Plastics, 208 Chestnut Street, Reading PA 19602 Phone: 610.376.2666 When: Thursday, February 22, 2007 from 8:30 until Noon What: Remcon will be discussing “competing effectively in adverse conditions”. As many of you know, in 2006 Remcon’s lower facility was ruined in a flood, requiring all operations to be combined… Read more »

Discussion topics included: Flow, waste & workplace layouts Key performance measures and indicators (A3 forms) Bi-monthly round-table meetings Standup meetings (Gemba) Audits Working on the right things and having fun We toured the facility and watched their recently developed “stick cell” functioning very well four weeks after start-up. A very valuable meeting for all in… Read more »

It is my great pleasure to introduce UtiliTech Inc. as the newest member of our network. Utilitech, located in Wyomissing, PA, has completed two Value Stream Maps and is well underway completing those implementation kaizens. UtiliTech provides expert analysis of utility and telecommunication invoices, contracts, tariffs and infrastructure to eliminate unnecessary expenses and recover refunds…. Read more »

Good Afternoon Our next meeting at Yoder Brothers Inc., has been rescheduled for Thursday January 11, 2007.  The meeting will begin at 8:30am, ending around Noon.  PLEASE ADJUST YOUR CALANDERS. Happy Holidays to All Dwight

Good Afternoon Our next network meeting: Where:  Yoder Brothers Greenhouse, 2369 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, PA 17602 Phone: 717.299.0300 When: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 from 8:30 until Noon What: Yoder Brothers will discuss how they have effectively used communication tools to begin to create and maintain a culture of continuous improvement.  They have a compelling… Read more »

A fascinating morning which demonstrated many improvement opportunities for all attending companies. Perhaps we can simplify and possibly outsource MRO inventory control and three-way-match costs. A special thank you goes out to Scott Bemesderffer of American LaFrance and Keith and Randy of MSC for helping to make this event a success. Over twenty member representatives… Read more »

Network meeting: When: Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006 from 8:30am until Noon Where: MSC, 100 MSC Drive, Jonestown, PA…….Keith Bowersox is our contact @ 1-800-637-0916 ext: 8676 Who: 3 attendees per member company What:  MSC is a large distributor and supplies several network members (Clean Burn, American LaFrance and The Rose Corp).  This meetings focus will… Read more »

Many thanks to Eric Savage at Savage Toyota in Hamburg, PA for doing a terrific job describing and walking us through the process improvements Savage has attained in the last few years. We discuss their much improved Sales process……measurable and continuously improving, the Service process and it’s relationship to manufacturing, capacity planning, on-time delivery etc.,… Read more »

Good Afternoon The next meeting of our network: WHEN: Thursday September 21, 2006 from 8:30am until Noon WHERE: Savage Toyota, 41 Industrial Drive, Hamburg, PA 19526 (across from Cabela’s) phone: 877.646.1122 WHAT: How Savage has improved it’s Sales and Customer/Auto Service processes. WHO: Customer Service, Marketing and Sales THREE ATTENDEES PER MEMBER COMPANY ARE INVITED…. Read more »

Due to travel demands Reading Powder Coatings has had to cancel hosting the network on 9/21/06, we hope to reschedule at RPC sometime Q! 2007. In reaction I am working on two options… both are tentative. First, in mid-September a network visit to Savage Toyota in Hamburg, touring their new facility built to Toyota’s Service… Read more »