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ISSUE 2/08<br />
egele<br />
ealth Awareness<br />
Hidden Ways to Help Your Heart<br />
Heart disease is America’s No. 1 Killer; but a healthy heart is within everyone’s reach. You know<br />
some of the rules: Eat less fat; eat more fruits and vegetables; and keep blood pressure and blood<br />
cholesterol levels in check. But there are more ways to boost heart health:<br />
♥ DON’T SKIP BREAKFAST. Most heart attacks occur between 7 a.m. and noon. Possibly,<br />
because the cells that help blood to clot, called platelets, are stickiest then. Eating breakfast appears<br />
to make platelets less sticky, therefore less likely to clump together and block a vital artery.<br />
♥ LIGHTEN UP. People who overreact to stressful situations are more likely to have heart<br />
trouble. In one study, people whose blood pressure and heart rate jumped highest during stress tests<br />
were also the ones most likely to have reduced blood flow to the heart.<br />
♥ MEET THE “A’s.” You may have heard about the antioxidants –- vitamins A, C and E, and betacarotene<br />
– they appear to slow plaque formation in the arteries.<br />
♥ KICK TOBACCO IF YOU ARE USING IT. Smoking affects more than your lungs. Fact is,<br />
within a few years of quitting, you’ll cut your risk of heart attack by at least half, similar to those who<br />
never smoked.<br />
♥ GET OFF THE COUCH. Sedentary living – not high cholesterol, is one of the greatest risk<br />
factors in heart attack deaths. Tip: Just a half hour of moderate physical activity most days of the<br />
week can deliver fitness benefits similar to traditional exercise routines. So walk briskly. Take the<br />
stairs. Play actively with kids. Live longer!<br />
<strong>“Sudoku</strong> <strong>Puzzle”</strong><br />
The Sudoku grid has three main elements: 9 columns, 9 rows and 9 blocks.<br />
Using the numbers 1 through 9, the 81 squares in the Sudoku grid must be filled so that<br />
every column, row and block contains the numbers 1 through 9. No number can be<br />
repeated within any column, row or block.<br />
Certain numbers are given, and the puzzler must then fill in the remainder in order to<br />
solve the puzzle.<br />
NOTE: use a pencil.<br />
Are you a creature of habit?<br />
There is nothing wrong with that as long as your habits are good ones! Motivation for self-improvement comes with a healthy self-respect.<br />
Affecting a lasting change happens one step at a time.<br />
“It’s not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts!”<br />
2 7<br />
7 4 1<br />
9 5<br />
8 6 3 2<br />
7 1<br />
2 1 8 6<br />
4 9<br />
3 1 2<br />
4 8<br />
Puzzle 1 Puzzle 2<br />
4 9 2<br />
6 7 1<br />
2 5 4<br />
9 6 3 5<br />
7 5 9 6<br />
1 8 9<br />
3 4 8<br />
4 6 2<br />
Puzzle 3 Puzzle 4<br />
3 2 9<br />
2 5<br />
9 4 8 1<br />
4 6 8<br />
5 7<br />
3 1 4<br />
1 5 3 9<br />
1 8<br />
7 9 2<br />
8<br />
8 9 4 5<br />
5 2 6 8<br />
6 2<br />
4 1 9<br />
8 7<br />
9 1 6 4<br />
5 3 4 9<br />
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Andy’s Mom’s Potato Salad<br />
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5 Common Headache Triggers<br />
Headache sufferers spend more than $4 billion a year on over-the<br />
-counter pain relievers. But prevention costs you nothing.<br />
Here are five leading headache culprits to watch out for:<br />
STRESS: Frayed nerves are a frequent cause of tension<br />
headaches and may also trigger migraines.<br />
Ideas: Take 30 minutes a day just to daydream, meditate or<br />
otherwise relax. Daily exercise also helps ease stress and tension.<br />
EYESTRAIN: Focusing on one object for a long time (such as a<br />
computer screen) can cause temporary head pain.<br />
Suggestion: Take occasional “eye breaks” by looking out a<br />
window; consider an eye exam to see if a vision problem may be a<br />
factor in your headaches.<br />
DIET: Certain foods contain substances that can trigger<br />
headache pain.<br />
Examples: Caffeine, red wine, processed meats, chocolate,<br />
cheese, citrus fruits, lentils, snow peas and monosodium glutamate<br />
(MSG).<br />
SITTING: Staying seated for long periods, especially if you’re on<br />
the phone or hunched over for extended periods, can tighten<br />
muscles and lead to tension headaches.<br />
Self-defense: Shift positions; stretch once an hour; stand during<br />
phone conversations; take a lunchtime walk.<br />
SLEEP: Too little, or surprisingly, even too much sleep can bring<br />
on headaches.<br />
Best: Control your body’s internal “clock” by going to bed and<br />
getting up at the same<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
• One red potato per person, cook in skin until fork tender<br />
• One dozen eggs (hard boiled) keep out one or 2 to slice for garnish on<br />
top (I only slice the middles and add the ends to the rest of the eggs)<br />
• 2 bunches of green onions<br />
• 6 celery sticks<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
1. Cut potatoes into small cubes; finely chop eggs, green onion and celery.<br />
2. Only use Hellmann’s mayonnaise (use enough depending on the number<br />
of potatoes - usually a half bottle; if it's up to 5 lbs of potatoes, use the<br />
whole bottle).<br />
3. Place the mayonnaise in a bowl, with a spoon; fold in "air" until mayo is<br />
very creamy – then pour it over the first 4 ingredients.<br />
4. Add a little salt (don't over do).<br />
5. Fold in - garnish with sliced eggs lightly sprinkle paprika for color.<br />
6. I sometimes ring sprigs of fresh parsley for an added touch.<br />
Hegele Logistic LLC<br />
1460 Brummel Ave,<br />
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007<br />
Tel: (847) 690-0430<br />
Fax: (847) 690-0438<br />
www.hegelelogistic.com<br />
Editorial Team<br />
Josie Bautista, Christel Kaiser, Andy<br />
Pech, Sarah Bither, Irina Nikolayeva
INSIDE THIS<br />
ISSUE:<br />
HEGELE GROUP<br />
♦ Business Units of<br />
Simon Hegele<br />
RS NEWS<br />
♦ Questions for Paul<br />
FAREWELL &<br />
WELCOME BBQ<br />
QUALITY<br />
MANAGEMENT<br />
IMAGING<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
♦ X-Ray Machine<br />
HEGELE FAMILY<br />
♦ Biographies of the<br />
month<br />
HR CORNER<br />
♦ Customer Service<br />
Improvement Texas<br />
HEGELE FUN<br />
♦ Hegele health<br />
awareness<br />
♦ Sudoku Puzzle<br />
♦ Potato Salad Recipe<br />
HEGELE WELCOMES:<br />
Jose Serrano, HTL<br />
Bruce Weaver, HTL<br />
Peter Albrecht, HTL<br />
Thomas Tesch, HTL<br />
Irina Nikolayeva,<br />
Administration<br />
Javier Rodriguez,<br />
Warehouse<br />
Diana Danev, Accounting<br />
Christopher Roe, QA<br />
BIRTHDAYS:<br />
4/6 Richard Welhouse<br />
4/7 Javier Rodriguez<br />
5/9 Adam Tapia<br />
5/12 Jesse Arista<br />
5/14 Juan Longoria<br />
6/3 Mariluz Munoz<br />
6/11 Peter Albrecht<br />
6/20 Ulf Schoebel<br />
6/24 Kelly Gaucher<br />
6/26 Rosa Alcala<br />
6/27 Andy Pech<br />
CHECK OUT WAYS<br />
TO HELP YOUR<br />
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Hegele Newsletter 2/08<br />
Editorial Letter<br />
Dear Employees,<br />
I would like to present the second edition of our Hegele Newsletter 2008, which is filled with a lot of news and information<br />
about our company.<br />
As you may have noticed, business is pretty slow right now. There are various reasons: The economy in the United States is<br />
slow due to the weak dollar, and the subprime mortgage crisis is also having dramatic effects. Furthermore, due to stricter<br />
governmental regulations, our customers are facing challenges in regards to the financing of new medical equipment. But we<br />
are doing everything we can to keep ourselves on track and move forward.<br />
At this time, I would like to highlight the profile of Paul Holesha, who will be taking over the position of Peter Mohrmann at<br />
the beginning of June. I would also like to draw your attention to the new homepage of Simon Hegele in Germany<br />
(www.hegele.de). A lot of information awaits you there.<br />
Enjoy the newsletter!<br />
Thanks,<br />
Christoph Sitzer<br />
Hegele Group: Business Units of Simon Hegele<br />
2. Business Unit: Medical Logistics and Services<br />
The Simon Hegele company began operating in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1920 as a For decades, Simon Hegele has been<br />
providing vital logistics services through the Medical Logistics and Services Division of Simon Hegele. There are three<br />
logistic centers located in Forchheim and Kemnath (Germany) that work either directly or indirectly with Siemens Healthcare.<br />
They produce CT’s, X-Ray machines and Therapy Systems for cancer treatment. The employees of Simon Hegele manage the<br />
warehouse inventory and the “just-in-time” supply of components for the production of the units. They support the production<br />
process in many areas (pre-assemble of components, management of C Parts, etc.). After completion and testing of the<br />
systems, Simon Hegele then disassembles and readies them for shipment. CT, AX and Therapy Systems are then crated by out<br />
German Colleagues.<br />
Simon Hegele also provides a high capacity Refurbishment Facility with similar processes as<br />
those of our own Logistic Center. Our colleagues in Germany also install new medical systems<br />
like the HTL teams here in our own High-Tech Department. Over 150 highly trained technicians<br />
install systems around the world.<br />
In total, about 350 employees work for the Medical Logistics and Services Division of Simon<br />
Hegele which makes it the biggest division of Simon Hegele.<br />
Introduction of the five remaining business units will be presented within following newsletter editions.
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RS NEWS<br />
Questions for Paul:<br />
1. How do you feel about the new position?<br />
2. What do you like most about this new<br />
opportunity at Hegele Logistic?<br />
3. What are your expectations/goals for<br />
your new job?<br />
4. What did you do before you started with<br />
Hegele?<br />
Farewell & Welcome BBQ<br />
Imaging Technology<br />
2. X-RAY machine<br />
An X-ray machine utilizes electromagnetic radiation<br />
to produce an image of an object, usually for the<br />
purpose of visualizing something located below the<br />
object's surface. The machine is made up of an X-ray<br />
source or X-ray tube, an x-ray detection system, and<br />
positioning hardware to align these two components<br />
with the object to be imaged. X-rays are produced<br />
by introducing a current to a Cathode, which<br />
cascades electrons to an Anode, which when they<br />
collide, produce X-ray photons (all in a vacuum).<br />
How They Work<br />
An X-ray imaging system consists of an X-ray source<br />
or generator, and an image detection system which<br />
can either be comprised of film (analog technology)<br />
or a digital capture system (such as a Picture<br />
archiving and communication system).<br />
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_machine<br />
Physicians often use X-Ray Machines for:<br />
♦ The detection of pathology of the skeletal<br />
system.<br />
♦ Detecting some disease processes in soft<br />
tissue.<br />
♦ Chest X-ray, which can be used to identify<br />
lung diseases such as pneumonia, lung cancer<br />
or pulmonary edema, and the abdominal Xray,<br />
which can detect ileus (blockage of the<br />
intestine), free air (from visceral<br />
perforations) and free fluid (in ascites).<br />
♦ The use of X-rays is debatable, such as when<br />
detecting gallstones (which are rarely<br />
radiopaque) or kidney stones (which are<br />
often visible, but not always).<br />
I feel this will be a very challenging and rewarding position, applying past<br />
experience and learning something new every day.<br />
I was hired as a replacement for Peter Mohrmann in November 2007, and the<br />
possibility of potential growth, learning about new equipment and procedures,<br />
working with friendly people makes me even more excited about this position.<br />
On May 29, 2008 we had a farewell BBQ party for Peter Mohrmann combined with celebration of<br />
the successful ISO 9001 audit. Mr. Hoeflinger was also present at the all American BBQ.<br />
After 4 years Peter leaves us to take over new responsibilities with Simon Hegele in Germany.<br />
Peter was heavily involved in the set up of the Hegele Logistic, LLC and to establish our<br />
Refurbished Systems department. With Paul we have found a successor who brings a lot of<br />
experiences of the refurbishment business.<br />
We say thank to Peter for all what he did and wish Paul good luck for the new job.<br />
We don’t want to miss to thank you all for your great job during the last QMS Audit. We passed<br />
successful (further information see QMS section)<br />
Hand mit Ringen (translation: Hand with Ring): print of<br />
Wilhelm Röntgen's first "medical" X-ray of his wife's hand, taken<br />
on 22 December 1895 and presented to Professor Ludwig<br />
Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1<br />
January 1896. The dark oval on the third finger is a shadow<br />
produced by her ring.<br />
Quality<br />
Management<br />
Hegele Passes 2nd External<br />
Surveillance Audit<br />
ISSUE 2/08<br />
I am involved in business development and I want to do the best for the company, help it grow financially and<br />
business-wise.<br />
My professional career has been in the refurbishment business, focused mainly in the computer field, starting 22<br />
years ago with main frame, terminal, control unit type equipment, through PC’s, laptops, servers, printers, etc.<br />
My current position with Hegele was a natural fit, since the refurbishment concept is similar, though the<br />
equipment is different. I hope my past experience will prove beneficial to Hegele Logistic in future endeavors.<br />
Siemens Artis zeego is the first multi-axis system that can be<br />
positioned the way you want.<br />
First of all I would like to take this opportunity to<br />
congratulate everyone on their hard work and<br />
involvement with our Quality Management System.<br />
As many of you know, we are required to have an<br />
external audit done every year by our registrar, who<br />
holds our certificate to assure that we are still<br />
running in conformance with our procedures and<br />
the quality standard ISO 9001:2000. It pleases me<br />
to tell you that not only did we pass our surveillance<br />
audit in mid May, we had only two observations and<br />
no Major or Minor Nonconformities recorded -<br />
which is a huge success for us. Let us all continue<br />
to identify and improve our processes so we can<br />
have similar outcomes on all of our audits.<br />
I am also happy to announce that we have hired<br />
Christopher (Chris) Roe as our Quality and Safety<br />
Administrator. Chris’ background provides a<br />
combination of safety and education skills from<br />
working for the Air Force as a supervisor in safety<br />
and rescue, as well as for the fire department in<br />
numerous locations for over 10 years of active and<br />
civilian service. Within the past one and one half<br />
years, Chris taught history classes at Central<br />
Michigan University until it was decided to relocate<br />
back to the Chicago-land area where he was<br />
originally from. Chris currently resides in Chicago<br />
with his wife Jenny.
ISSUE 2/08<br />
"Well done is<br />
better than<br />
well said"<br />
"What<br />
doesn't kill<br />
you makes<br />
you stronger"<br />
HR corner<br />
Biographies of the Month<br />
Christel Kaiser<br />
Position: Human Resources Manager<br />
Family Information: Married, with two<br />
boys named Darnell and Lucas<br />
Hobbies, Interests: Horseback riding,<br />
(English) sports, literature, traveling and<br />
cuisines from around the world, family<br />
activities.<br />
Recent Personal Experience she is<br />
proud of: Received scholarship award<br />
for high GPA<br />
Motto in life: "Well done is better than<br />
well said" (Benjamin Franklin)<br />
Goals for the upcoming year: To<br />
graduate from Roosevelt University in<br />
2009 and enroll in Graduate School to<br />
complete MBA.<br />
Mariluz Munoz<br />
Position: Accounts Receivable<br />
Administrator, Accounting<br />
Family Information: Married to<br />
Barry (whom she is with since high<br />
school); a son named Erick.<br />
Hobbies and Interest: shopping,<br />
reading, attending my son's soccer<br />
games, music and dancing. Spending<br />
quality time with friends and family.<br />
Recent Personal Experience she<br />
is proud of: Becoming a homeowner<br />
last year.<br />
Motto in life: "What doesn't kill you<br />
makes you stronger"<br />
Future Goals: Reading at least one<br />
book per month, becoming a healthier<br />
person.<br />
Debra Pettis<br />
Position: Medical Equipment Maintainer,<br />
RS<br />
Family Information: 3 grandkids, 2<br />
sons and 1 daughter<br />
Hobbies, Interests: listen to R & B and<br />
rap music, dancing, owning my home or<br />
building. Party and play with my<br />
grandkids.<br />
Recent Personal Experience she is<br />
proud of: getting this job, making<br />
friends and changing my life.<br />
Motto in life: To help the company stay<br />
busy and intact.<br />
Future Goals: to stay with Hegele<br />
Logistic and learn as much as I can to<br />
help the company grow.<br />
Klaus Blaszik<br />
Position: Medical Equipment Installer/<br />
Team Leader, HTL<br />
Family Information: Married for 2<br />
years, no children.<br />
Hobbies, Interests: woodworking and<br />
reading<br />
Recent Personal Experience he is<br />
proud of: Purchased own home.<br />
Motto in life: There are no problems,<br />
only solution<br />
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To help the<br />
company stay<br />
busy and<br />
intact.<br />
There are no<br />
problems,<br />
only solution<br />
In a continuous effort to improve communication and training, and to maintain good customer relationships, we created the<br />
position of Regional Account Manager for the Texas area. Zoltan Varga from the HTL Department will take over the<br />
responsibilities of the Regional Account Manager on a part-time basis, where he will regularly contact our customers<br />
primarily to establish good rapport, assess needs, and receive general feedback. Other responsibilities include supervision of<br />
the warehouse facility in Dallas and periodic quality checks at job sites. We are very excited about the new customer service<br />
improvement opportunity, and as always welcome your input, ideas and feedback.
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