Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. Edmonton, KY

01/23/2023

Introducing the founding members of “The 750 Club”. It is a very exclusive club. However, we expect more folks are going to want to get in.

Congratulations to Lori and the 1st shift 21M Civic team! Your continued efforts have culminated into a great milestone achievement.

The Manufacturing Management, Engineering, Maintenance, Kaizen, QA, SQA, PC/MC & Material Handling folks have all worked diligently and made great efforts to identify gaps, work on solutions and put forth a strong effort to close those gaps.

01/19/2023

The following associates had a "Good Catch" for the month of December and received $10 Metcalfe Bucks:

Derrick Miller, Windy Walker, Rita Jeffries, Dakota Jeffries, James Flarida, Christina Ballard, Hannah Bragg, Treasa Barton, Jody Roberts, Kenny Ball, Gracie Norris, Anna Piper, Larry Keltner, Josh Fritz, Kristie Foley, Hayley Poynter, Wende Lee, Jon Lobb, Carol York, and Nikki Ballard.

01/18/2023

The following associates participated in the Quality Kiken Yochi and were drawn to win $10 Metcalfe Bucks for the month of December:

Nick Edwards, Mark Atkins, Wayne Grant, Tony Wilson, Jon Lobb, Mary Jessie, and Joey Acree

01/10/2023

The following associates participated in Kiken Yochi for the month of December and were drawn to win $10 Metcalfe Bucks:

Lovell Grider, Larry Cleary, Sherry Edwards, Jessica Thompson, Derrick Miller, David Bennett, Ann Chapman, Ann Rowlett, and Joey Acree

01/03/2023

Today we celebrated the retirement of William Norris and Janice Neal. William Norris was with Sumitomo for 30 years and Janice Neal for 34.

12/14/2022

Santa comes to SEWS!

12/13/2022

The following associates were awarded a "Good Catch!" for the month of November and received $10 Metcalfe Bucks:

Hayley Poynter, Larry Keltner, Josh Fritz, Betsy Cordell, Anna Piper, Peggy Finn, Gracie Norris, Joyce Jackson, Chad Carter, Teresa Barton, Tara Trent, Sarah Grider, Meshell Fanelli, Shelia Emmitt, Beverly Johnson, Crystal Morgan, Ethan Belcher, Nikki Ballard, Debbie Coffelt, James Flarida, Michael Dubree, Amy Young, Windy Walker, Hannah Bragg, Christina Ballard, and Lisa Pulliam

12/06/2022

The following associates participated in the Kiken Yochi Safety Awareness Activity for the month of November and were drawn to win $10 Metcalfe Bucks:

Genice Jessie, Todd Bryant, Kenny Ball, Jack Barton, Ella Salmon, Jon Lobb, and Joyce Jackson

12/01/2022

12/01/2022

The Scrap Yard Dogs competed in the 7th Annual SMDC Kaizen Summit. “Kaizen” is a Japanese word meaning “Good Change”

Individual associates work together to determine the root cause(s) to problems then develop and implement countermeasures for improvements. The focus of the team's improvement activity was scrap reduction. The Scrap Yard Dawgs brought home the 1st place trophy for this event. This competition was open to all Sumitomo Electric Industry SMDC Companies in North America, and the team competed against teams from the U.S. and Mexico.

The team then competed in the Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Annual Kaizen Competition against other SEWS U.S. and Mexico companies. The Scrap Yard Dogs won 2nd place in this event.

The team had an overall goal to reduce the scrap from a manufacturing line by 50%, which is no small task, but they over-achieved and was very successful with their countermeasures that were implemented and actually reduced scrap by 95%. They also were able to feed-forward the lessons learned to other assembly lines to help reduce scrap through the entire Edmonton facility.

Presenting members: Kelly Moss, Chris Thompson, Kevin Lee, Sheila London, and Nancy Harper.
Other members: Debbie Birge, Zach Oak, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Lovell Grider, Steve Bragg, and Jill Ervin.

11/28/2022

Congratulations to Dwight Norris on his retirement after 29 years with Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. Edmonton, KY!

11/23/2022

Kiken Yochi is a hazard prediction activity that promotes safety awareness and leads to a safer work environment. Each month, there are two "unsafe" conditions pictured on the form. Associates must identify the hazards on the form and place their answers inside the box. All associates are eligible to participate; each participant is entered in a drawing every month for a $10 gift card.

The following associates won $10 Metcalfe Bucks for the month of October:

Angie Erwin, Ricky Bartley, Nick Edwards, Amy Young, Brandy Rigsby, Robert Brown, Heike Davis, Whitney Piper, and John Warf