Company Newsletter

The Human Resources manager sent me a copy of the company newsletter, with an article about my boss and I coming in to facilitate the move. Here is a copy of that article, along with the photos they included.

Project Repositioning Planning Training



Our staff, with the help of Baker and Associates, spent two days immersed in project
planning. The overall objective was to brainstorm and identify all the activities, tasks,and milestones needed to build a successful Project Repositioning Plan for moving out of the Seattle Plant and into the Puyallup Plant. We focused on the following:
∗ All inputs and outputs
∗ Interdependencies
∗ Timeframes
∗ Resource Responsibilities
∗ Time Constraints
∗ Critical Path



Breaking down activities, tasks and setting milestones was not an easy task. Each department mapped out its activities which were then reviewed by the rest of the staff for additional activities, tasks and milestone timeframes

The team was focused on a myriad of issues. Examples of some of them: Facility planning, to include utilities, permits, equipment, contractor safety and tracking, security badges and building access. Inventory levels, scheduling and build ahead requirements. Drawings, procedures, product planning, EHS requirements, files, archives, telephone, fax and computer capabilities. Equipment and manpower movement. Quality requirements and customer process approvals. Customer and supplier notification. Carpool and vanpools, flex passes. Plant layout, lunch room, training rooms, meeting rooms, office layout.



The Mezzanine Training Room is being designated as our “War Room”. It will be soon filled with project planning boards and plant layout maps. The project planning boards are detailed activity work plans which will be reviewed and updated on a
routine basis until the move (repositioning) is complete. In addition to work plans and status reports, we will be using a database to help us manage our progress. The information recorded will be used throughout the course of the repositioning to ensure a smooth transition to our new facility.



Our goal is to set up the Puyallup plant to enable us to produce our products in the most efficient manner and to provide a comfortable workplace for our employees.