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LOCKWOOD international Need-to-Know News Human Resources & Payroll/Benefits Darlene Garza has taken over Lockwood’s Human Resources Department. Deya Martinez has transferred from Procurement and joined her team as Assistant and they will be responsible for all new hiring duties such as locating new quality individuals to join Lockwood's team, but also security - employee ID badges and drug testing and eventually training. This expansion allows Margaret Graff, our Payroll & Benefits Coordinator to focus on her main duties which is payroll and looking out for us regarding our benefits. She is responsible for all of us getting paid (overnight express to branches if anyone else was wondering). Margaret can take care of you if you need to change your tax exemptions-just call and ask for a new W-4. The next benefits enrollment period will be November or December and it will be here before you know it. Left to right - Margaret Graff - Payroll & Benefits Deya Martinez and Darlene Garza the years 1979 - 1998 and see what names pop up. Next edition we’ll pick up at 1999. So, who has been here the longest? To answer that we look at payroll records beginning with 1979... Mike Owens (Warehouse Mgr.) and Rudy Zenon (Project Lead) appear to have been on payroll since 1979. Then comes Mr. George, (Tagging Technician) 1981; Joanne Thornton was first here in 1992 and rehired in 2002. June Yonkman, (Inside Sales Mgr.) began in 1994 (technical training provided by none other than Tom Lockwood), Joe Delaney, (Forged Analyst) 1997; then Mr. Lee, Crate Construction, 1997. Mr. Lee has worked with the Lockwoods since 1981 or 82 but wasn’t on payroll until 1997. Bill Licarione, MRO Sales, and Cynthia Pantoja, Executive Assistant, both hired on in 1997; and Wilma Hand (Shorts - Texas City), and Daniel Martinez, Warehouse, began in 1998. Bill Licarione states “with almost 11 years at Lockwood I’ve seen it grow from a small office and warehouse inside the loop with 13 total employees, to a world renown corporation. In the 28 years I’ve been in this industry this is the most solid company I’ve worked for.” The sentiment is unanimous-anyone who has worked at Lockwood for any length of time tells us “incredible” on Lockwood’s growth and evolution. fyi Just a reminder to check out the N drive for all kinds of helpful how-to’s on AS400 and other computer related training. Renee Roberts is still and will always be our resident AS/400 Queen. Also, we have a demonstration “movie” (very short tutorial that shows you how to perform a task) on the J drive (J:\Demonstrations). It demonstrates how to insert our brand new logos into your documents. Regarding the demo’s - audio is required and if you can’t hear anything, have your supervisor send a request to helpdesk@lockwoodint.com and we’ll get you hooked up (no pun intended) with speakers. Tenure Looking back on Lockwood’s history we delve into tenure. Lockwood opened its doors in 1977 by Frank Lockwood. We look at Top: George Allen, Joann Thornton, Rudy Zenon, Bill Licarione, sitting-Mike Owens. Did you know?... Cynthia Pantoja ... S.p.A. - have you seen it? What does it mean? You will see it behind OMB’s name, and others..... It is the Italian equivalent to “Incorporated” and stands for: Societa’ per Azione (Society for Share) (again, thank you Luca!) Daniel Martinez Wilma Flintstone & Wilma Hand Page 4 Mr. Lee
LOCKWOOD Ch-ch-changes international Another exciting change at Lockwood is our new Marketing Department. Laura Fitzgerald heads up the team with Steve Shubnell. Our focus is commercial and technical marketing. Crazy busy (as we all are), but we’re developing some basic marketing materials such as product line sheets, reference list, and leave-behinds for our sales force. Koleta Parsley is working closely with the team coordinating print jobs and teaching us plenty. We will soon begin revamping our website (you will love the plans we have). The Valve Identification book is receiving its third remake and you will all enjoy the CAD drawings that Luca Radrizzani has helped Lockwood acquire ( ). We’re getting to know the branches and appreciate the feedback and insight we’ve received. The more we know, the better we can help Lockwood. Koleta Parsley, Laura Fitzgerald, Steve Shubnell F A C I L I T I E S We visited with Judy Collier, Lockwood’s Facilities Manager to catch up on her happenings. Judy has been very busy since joining Lockwood in 2007 beginning with the big move into the new building. Now, she is concentrating on renovating Buildings A & C. Although A is finished, as Betty reported, Building C is still a couple of months away from having coffee service ordered! She will be lending her expertise traveling to other branches to implement projects and improvements. Locally, Judy has been responsible for the new security system which involved more than the obvious - picture ID badges for every employee, setting up entry credentials, passwords, etc. The great benefit of the new system is security for our people and property. Eventually, the system will allow for time tracking (YES - no more time sheets) but right now its our key to get in and our proof that we belong here (badges must be worn and visible at all times). The administration of the system will be handed over to HR once all the kinks are worked out. Furthermore, Judy has started Lockwood’s recycling program. All empty toner cartridges and aluminum cans are being collected and she is working with Furr’s High School who will use the proceeds to subsidize field trips, buy backpacks and school supplies, as well as instructional Judy Collier material not covered by the budget. John Yonkman is now in charge of Material Management and we spent a few minutes learning about his team and plans. His team consists of Aladdin Hussein, Vince Veloz, and Tony Galan. Highest priority is implementation of cycle counting which will, in theory, eliminate year-end inventory (do I hear a “YES!”). As with all change, it will take time but he has big plans and high hopes that this will bring our inventory into focus as accurate. The new system will also allow for discovery of current material handling problems to reduce risk of error. The plan is to implement in Houston and work through any problems before rolling it out to all of the branches. John is looking at all possibilities and although he may not have THE answer, he feels trying different variances will allow for THE solution to become apparent. He is calculating John Yonkman the redesign of the warehouse which, once in place, should further reduce the risk of errors. It will allow less product expertise to be expected by warehouse personnel and a more intuitive process on how to pull and track product. (Back row, left to right) Renee Roberts, Sheriff Kareem, (front row left) Alan Walls, Adam Adams, Jose Garza Iit (Information Technology) Our group spent a week in Palm Desert, California attending the TUG (The User Group) annual User-to-User Networking and education conference for Users of Infor Distribution Software. As you know, Lockwood uses APLUS, which is a family of Infor’s product offering. Our people came back excited and educated. Those who attended include Alan Walls (IT Manager), Renee Roberts (AS/400 Training Specialist), Donna Wells (Operations Manager), and Adam Adams (Report Specialist). Renee relays that she participated in labs, sat in on multiple training sessions and networked with many users who she will collaborate with to further help Lockwood optimize our performance. According to Alan, “this conference gave us an opportunity to participate in the improvement process of the software, learn new solutions to approach various APLUS issues; and most importantly, meet and discuss with other APLUS users about their company’s issues and solutions, as they’ve tried to improve their business. We all came back educated and inspired.” Branch Photos Carson, CA (LA) Left to right: Gary Smith, Cliff Houk, Rey Lopez Page 5
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