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News Release from: Harper Corporation of America
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 November 2005
Worker Exchanges Benefit Anilox Firm's
Efficiency
Global anilox supplier Harper Corporation of America is ensuring consistency for its customers worldwide with its employee exchange programme.
Global anilox supplier Harper Corporation of America is ensuring consistency for its customers worldwide with its employee exchange programme Starting next year, all of Harper Corporation's manufacturing facilities will exchange one person from each department between its global locations for two-week periods
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 17 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Art Ehrenberg, vice president of manufacturing operations at Harper, said: "Maintaining our global quality consistency is a key objective for us and our affiliates.
The exchange of personnel is excellent insurance that we will all stay on the same page with regard to processes.
Plus, it offers our team members around the world the opportunity to travel and work overseas for practical periods of time." The programme is an extension and formalisation of a process in place at Harper since it began manufacturing outside of North Carolina in 1997.
With the start-up of each new facility, Harper has had a senior person on site to review the plant layout, workflow and other manufacturing details.
For instance, during the laser installation and testing at Harper Graphics, Harper Corporation's licensed affiliate in Herford (Germany) last year, three people from Harper Corporation's North Carolina facility were on site - one senior laser operator, one laser specialist and one outside laser consultant.
The senior laser operator has just returned for two weeks to review the operation's progress.
In addition, from time to time, key personnel will work at another location for an extended time.
For example, Todd Luman, a Harper Graphic Solutions technician based at Harper Corporation's Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters, is currently spending one year working at Harper Graphics in Germany.
Luman has a background in anilox manufacturing, including quality assurance and laser operations.
His current responsibilities include acting as lead laser technician and consulting on several facets of the Harper Graphics manufacturing operation.
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