As the year winds down, Fab Masters Company is gearing up for a surge of new business in 2014. Preparations are already in motion for the increase in production. One of the changes has already been made; a new managerial position was created to help expedite orders more efficiently.
Managerial changes on the production floor have taken place due to the creation of the new position. Ed Durbin who was Production Manager for the past eight years is now the new Logistics Expediting Manager. As Production Manager, he used to do both jobs, but as the company has grown, the need to separate order and material expedition, and daily production management became apparent. Ed will coordinate material delivery with the production schedule; assist customers with material scheduling for production, and assist in the expedition of orders.
Brian Phillips, Shift Supervisor for the past two years, will take over as the new Production Manager, handling daily production scheduling and work flow. Carl Anderson was recently hired to fill the position of day Shift Supervisor. Carl is experienced in tool and die, and has worked as a machinist for the past twenty years. The company is confident in the abilities of the new managerial staff and sees these changes as a positive direction in overall production management.
As the New Year unfolds, Fab Masters will add two new machines to the production floor, in anticipation of an increase in parts for the new UPS vehicle, a project they have been involved in for the past two years.