A publication of Advance Turning & Manufacturing

Edition II • Fall 2013

NEW ROBODRILLS

FIRST AID TRAININGSAVES LIFE

ADVANCE TURNING FAMILY WELCOMES HOME TROOPS

FAMILY PICNIC Down on the Farm

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A publication of

4005 Morrill Rd., Jackson, MI

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from the Founder

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Content CoordinatorEmily BullingerPam Shepherd

DesignAshley Smith • The Ray Group

From outside the forest to all my valued friends at Advance:

For the 35 plus years I was inside the walls of ATM, I always felt that I was so far in the forest I could not see the trees.

Now that I’m retired and have the luxury of visiting both of our facilities from time to time, I feel I can finally see the trees. Here are my observations:

Clean, well organized facilities with the first impression being, “Wow!”

A staff that is well trained, proud of their company and willing to go the extra mile not only for our customers but anyone visiting.

Total teamwork - if one person is busy, the next person jumps to the needs of the customer, supplier or guest.

Our team from top to bottom has a common objective: we all feel privileged to have the opportunity to earn our customer’s business and respect. I see a group of people who are willing to put egos aside

for the common interest of serving our customers and benefiting our company.

I see a strategic plan in place that has driven our first 6 months of financial performance, meeting and exceeding our goals. You have accomplished this by carrying on Advance Turning’s long lived motto, “If you take care of your valued people and customers the financial results will follow.”

Our priorities for a successful business: People, processes, innovation, teamwork and security (PPITS). Anyone can buy machinery and a facility, but at the end of the day all you have is machinery and facilities. The future growth and prosperity will continue with our roadmap for sucess, PPITS.

I’m proud to be a small part of a group of people that has made Advance Turning a second generation successful business.

John Macchia, Sr.Founder

Visit us online at

www.advanceturning.com

John Macchia, Sr.

John RappleyePresident, Advance Turning &

Manufacturing

Frank LusebrinkCFO & Vice

President of the Baxter Business

Unit

Joe SorensonVice President of the Medical Business Unit

Scott HalsteadVice President of

the Aerospace Business Unit

John Macchia, Sr. Founder

John Macchia, Jr. CEO

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contents New Equipment Update � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �4

ATM’s First Tradeshow �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 5

Family Picnic �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 8

Welcoming our Troops Home � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 11

Tom Keyes: Our Flag Caretaker � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 13

What’s Inside

WHAT IS THIS NEW “ERP” COMPUTER SYSTEM REALY ALL ABOUT?

ERP stands for: “Enterprise Resource Planning”. It is an enterprise-wide set of management tools that balances demand (customers’ orders) and supply (suppliers), with the ability to link together employing proven business processes for decision-making and provide integration among sales, manufacturing, operations, purchasing, accounting, human resources and new product development, thereby enabling Advance Turning and Manufacturing to manage the business with a high level of customer service, productivity and employee involvement and simultaneously lower cost; and provide the employees a stable environment and a foundation for effective and efficient growth.

Advance Turning is not implementing a new computer system… we are building a new Business System, which incorporates: people, policies and procedures’ into one formal system, designed by the people who use it, providing information to employees for decision-making within minutes. Decisions cannot be made until information is present.

The strategic goal is to develop a best-in class Business System, as we have learned from the technology deployed in smart phones; information on most any topic can be found in minutes or even seconds. So, providing information to employees, customers and suppliers with two or three clicks is very realistic. Waiting for most anything in business is a waste of time and money, so; why should we wait for information?

John F. RappleyePresident

BUSINESS REVIEW:

Business for the first half of the year has been very strong, the Company has experienced record sales for the period, and we have also seen improvements in efficiencies, on time delivery and customer returns. Great job, keep up the nice work.

The Morrill Road location is undergoing remodeling of the front offices, conference room, lunch room and restrooms. While McDivitt Road is planning to remodel the offices and construct a large conference room, paint the walls and ceilings in the plant, resurface the aisles and repair the parking lot. The work at McDivitt will begin sometime in October.

from the PresidentJohn F. Rappleye

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In the spirit of introducing new technology, we have purchased two “Robodrill” high speed machining centers to fulfill our 2013 equipment strategy. We took delivery in early May and are already up and running on two of our high volume parts. These machines are about 1/2 the size of existing equipment and have many features we previously did not have such as high RPM spindle, broken tool detection and rotating drum fixturing to name a few.

We have already seen as much as 25% improvement on efficiency. This effort is necessary to offset the cost pressures we are continually under from our customers. We will also be looking at other areas we can improve on as well so stay tuned.

A special thank you to Nate Rowley, Jamie Hall, Paul Olszewski, Devon Vogt and Travis Bristow. They have all done a great job in launching this project!

by Joe Sorenson

New Equipment Updatefor Medical Business Unit

Welcoming New Arrivals

Mason Joseph Macchia,son of Floyd Macchia

Born February 22, 2013

Maxwell Wayne Rowley,son of Nate RowleyBorn June 19, 2013

Thomas (Tommy) Michael Hinton,son of Donna Hinton

Born July 11, 2013

ATM First aid training

saves LIVESIn 2010, several people from the McDivitt Rd.

facility attended first aid training and received their certifications. Under normal working conditions the first aid training is seldom used because ATM, for the most part, is a very safe place to work. However, you never know when the training could become crucial as Barb Kavanaugh found out on July 20th.

While attending a bonfire, Barb noticed a baby choking from a distance. The baby was not breathing and she saw that the young mother was panicking. Barb went to the mother and talked her through the steps of the “mouth swipe” and then the back slapping until the baby brought up the food stuck in her throat.

Isn’t it great that ATM provides first aid training... and isn’t it REALLY cool when it gets used!

Great job, Barb!

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Advance Turning Attends First Tradeshow

T he last few months we have been preparing for our initial

tradeshow appearance. We have spent lots of time researching, analyzing, creating marketing material, and finally designing/building our exhibit. September 10-12th, Advance Turning will be at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL exhibiting at the MD&M (Medical Device and Manufacturing) event. We are very excited about this new opportunity and know that it will be a learning experience for all!

Booth being set up at themanufacturing company

L to R: Shaun, John, Joe and Emily

Advance Turning & Manufacturing was among the following exhibitors at the tradeshow September 10-12th:

September 1Art BevierRobert Showerman

September 7Matt Stemen

September 11Russell SmithJoanne Sorenson

September 13Cynthia Taylor

September 16Ken Miller

September 17Tom KeyesJohn Pelham

September 18Brad Tase

September 19Travis Allen

September 20Ellen Holdridge

September 21Dale Elsas

September 24Mike Burton

September 26Laurie Ellis

September 27Richie Vinton

September 28Nicole Rowley

October 3Joe BennMichael GrandyKathy Tramel

October 5Bobby Thornton

October 7Donna HintonPaul Spicer

October 8Alex Medina

October 10Mark Flanders

October 16Nick Preston

October 18William Thompson

October 24Shellie Clem

October 26John Rappleye

October 27Benjamin Britten

November 4Irvin Prater

November 6William Newman

November 13Clark Hutchens

November 14Norm Crittenden

November 18Zach Andrews

November 19Jerry Juszkowski

November 21Byron AlbertJohn GunnShannon Shepherd

November 29David Jones

December 2Floyd MacchiaLarry Miles

December 7Wally Jones

December 16Joe Farnham

December 20Lloyd Kennell

December 23Ron Zyla

December 27Wayne Hill

December 29Frank Lusebrink

Happy Birthday!Ron Gould (Quality Engineer @ Morrill Rd.) celebrated his

birthday in February of this year – the Quality Department decided to celebrate with a little surprise decorating.

Ron’s Decorated Desk Ron’s Birthday Cake

Wish these Advance Turning employees a very Happy Birthday!

Lemon LushRECIPE:

“This is a very good recipe. Great for summer BBQs - light and

cool, easy to do!”– Cindy Taylor, pictured below (left)

2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup butter, softened2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese1 cup sugar2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant lemon pudding mix3 1/2 cups milk1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, combine the flour and butter using a pastry cutter until a ball forms. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. 2. Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.3. In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until smooth and well blended. Spread evenly over the cooled crust. In another bowl, whisk together the lemon pudding mix and milk for 3 to 5 minutes. Spread over the cream cheese layer. Chill until set, then top with whipped topping.

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Bill Goodell, Materials Manager, demonstrates

proper eyewear.

It is important to wear the correct protective eyewear whenever you are on the

shop floor.NOPE.

Beginning this fall, Advance Turning & Manufacturing, Inc. is introducing a Personal Health Management program. Our mission is to encourage all employees' and spouses health and wellness through education and support.

Our goal is to encourage habits of wellness, increase awareness of factors and resources contributing to well-being, inspire, and empower individuals to take responsibility for their own health.

The first step will be the Worksite Health Screening. Please watch ATM’s Information Bulletin Board for more information.

Take care of your body and it will take care of you!Shelley ZontsHuman Resource Manager

Thanks to all who helped make Advance Turning’s Annual 2013 Summer Picnic a success. It was a beautiful day, good food, great

prizes, and most importantly, lots of fun!

More photos pages 10-11

FAMILY PICNIC Down on the Farm

Lorie Tripp - Keurig Coffee MakerTony Sauceda - TVJack Yager - iHomeKrissie Bevier - iPadLorie Ellis - LaptopRich Vinton - CameraBud Owen - Grill CASH PRIZES Jamie Hall - $500Norm Crittenden - $100

Andrea Medina, Alex Medina’s daughter, won the candy count. There were 441 pieces total. Great guess, Andrea! Enjoy!

Rich Vinton and Claude Morey were the winners of the horseshoe competition. Congrats to both of you! They walked home with $50 gift cards to Lowe’s.

Kimberlee Harvey, Al Harvey’s wife, won the 50/50 raffle. She won $220. The other half was donated to Jackson Church of God in support of their Backpack Giveaway to offset the cost for school supplies and backpacks upon the return to school in the Fall. Thanks to everyone for their participation in making this a success and helping children in need.

Cover Photo: Pam Shepherd and Lorie Tripp welcome employees at the family picnic August 10th.

Congratsto the Lucky Prize Winners!

Family Picnic Photos

WelcomeHome!

Advance Turning would like to congratulate and welcome safely home:

Derek Johnson Brother to Deren Johnson at the McDivitt Rd. facility. Derek is a Captain in the Marine Corp based in Okinawa, Japan as an Air Commander, and has served several missions in Afghanistan offering air support to ground forces, supply drops and searching for I.E.D.’s.

PFC Kera Cameron Daughter of Jerry Clemons at the McDivitt Rd. facility. Kera served in Afghanistan in the 1461st Combat HET (heavy equipment transportation) Unit and just returned home in June.

Jeremia Jewell Son of Tammy Knox, also at the McDivitt Rd. facility. Jeremiah is an E4 – Third Class Petty Officer stationed in Norfolk, VA on the USS George HW Bush Aircraft Carrier. Jeremiah just finished the Drone mission marking the first time in history for an unmanned aircraft to fly off a Navy aircraft carrier. He came home in July and will be returning overseas in February.

We at ATM are so proud of all our people and especially those who serve and their fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters who work here.

ThankYou!

Renovations Underwayat Morrill Rd. Location

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Lobby - Before Lobby - After

“Advance Turning & Manufacturing is committed to provide its customers with quality products and services that are continually measured

and improved to meet or exceed customer expectations.”

QUALITY POLICY

at Morrill Rd. Location

Jerry Stone, Tool Crib Attendant, retired April 5, 2013. He has been with

Advance Turning & Manufacturing since September 30, 2003.

Paul Roberts was a machinist in the Baxter Business Unit. He was hired

January 2, 2006 and retired April 12, 2013. He is helping his son run his

store at the Jackson Crossing:Wear Your Gear.

Our U.S. Flag Caretaker

Tom Keyes, an employee of Advance Turning of 5 years, takes on the

important responsibility of raising and lowering our American Flag when necessary. Tom ensures that our flag is in appropriate condition and working order to honor fallen servicemen and women, presidents; or more recently, fallen heroes, police and firefighters. The flag is also lowered on occasion to show respect for tragedies such as the Sandy Hook incident, or 9/11. This is typically done at the request of the President of the United States or the Governor of the state of Michigan.

In his free time, Tom enjoys golfing and camping, as well as working with the youth group at his church. He has been married to his wife Judy for 40 years, and they have one son, Kevin. In addition to his interests and activities, Tom has also coached Special Olympics for 10 years.

When asked about his favorite memory at Advance Turning, he recalls, “I had only worked here 3 months, and as I was leaving the December company meeting they were handing out bonus checks. I knew I had not been working there long enough to get one, but John Jr. stopped me and handed me one. I was very surprised and thankful. It was the first one I have ever gotten in 35 years of working in shops.”

We want to thank Tom for performing the task of taking care of our American Flag, and especially for ensuring that

our fallen service people are honored properly.

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What I did on my summer vacationBy Nathan Tingley

You may not know but the nation is currently celebrating the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. It’s been 150 years (1861-1865) since this nation fought itself-North vs. South. It’s been estimated that over 600,000 Americans lost their lives fighting the Civil War, that number would equal 6 million in today’s population. This summer my family and I participated in the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee in command of the Army of Northern Virginia made his second and final invasion of the North. He was looking to draw out

General George Meade in command of the Army of the Potomac from the defenses around Washington D.C. and when he was ready, on the ground of his choosing would destroy the Northern army and have a straight shot to capture Washington and end the war. Ultimately the two armies of over 157,000 men would meet in the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania over July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of 1863. This was the logical place to have a battle because there were five main roads that met there and you could mass large amounts of troops very quickly. After the three day battle and the loss of 51,000 men dead or wounded on both sides, the South retreated back across the Potomac into Virginia. Historians have called this battle the High Water Mark of the Civil War because the South with the loss of Vicksburg, Mississippi three days later was never fully able to recover.

My family and I (Angela, Elizabeth 13, Payton 8, Alexander 7) who also participate in Civil War reenacting with me, left our Jackson

home at 9:00 the night of July 2nd and arrived at the reenactment site in Gettysburg the next morning. Working third shift I don’t mind driving at night, everyone else can go to sleep and when they wake up we’re there. Just in case you’re wondering reenactments rarely if ever take place on the original ground that they fought on. Those places are national treasurers and the last thing anyone would want to do is let tens of thousands of reenactors and spectators mess the place up. After setting up camp we went into town with some friends of ours to look around and do a little shopping.

The event was to start on Thursday, July 4th and end on Sunday, July 7th with one cavalry and one infantry engagement each day. The weather was nice for the most part. It reached above

95 degrees during the day with the heat index above 106 degrees and it only rained when we were setting up and tearing down. And YES the wool uniforms are hot to be in. If you ever wanted to know what’s it like to wear one all you have to do is put a pair of long johns on over your legs, then a pair of blue jeans, put on a heavy long sleeve flannel shirt and go mow the lawn when it is 90 degrees outside, and think about having to wear that outfit all day long. But we do it because we love it. To give you an idea of the size of an event like this is, there were 140 cannons, 400 horses, approximately 11,000 reenactors and over 60,000 spectators that attended the event.

After the event and a much needed shower

and soft bed to sleep on Sunday night we went to tour around the National Gettysburg Battle Field with two friends of ours, Tom and Kelly. This was their first time there not including maybe when they were kids. I have been there three times and still haven’t seen it all, so if you plan on ever going to the battle field I suggest planning on taking a couple of days to do it. We tried to visit all of the monuments that are dedicated to the men from Michigan while we were there. The National Park has over 1,320 monuments in it spread out over 3.33 x 5.33 miles, in three different areas North, South and East of town. So many in fact I had to buy a book just to locate the ones we were looking for. On the last day before we headed home it was time to let the kids have a whole day of fun. So my wife and I took them to Hershey Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It’s just about 40 minutes north of Gettysburg. The kids rode roller coasters, got soaking wet from the water rides and ate candy all day. We visited Chocolate World where we learned how chocolate is made and how Hershey got started. We all got some candy to take home with us also; I bought myself a one pound Reese’s peanut butter cup which I’ve only eaten half of so far. So ends what I did on my summer vacation. Until next year, I’m thinking Disney World.

What I did on my summer vacationBy Nathan Tingley

What’s the Difference?Look at the two pictures and find 7 differences between them.

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Voice of the CustomerPam ShepherdCustomer Coordinator

Advance Turning has a goal to “meet or exceed” our customers’ expectations. We recently received this thank you note from Stryker Instruments.

Excellence in teamwork has helped us in exceeding our customers’ expectations!

Advance Team,Thank you for all of your efforts to not only get to 2% Red in iSupply, but for continuing to remain at this low percentage. A large supplier like Advance has a huge impact on our team performance and also on Stryker’s performance. Also, thank you for your continued support on the 7203-026-100’s and improvements you are working on for parts like the 7201-001-144’s. Great job on all of the improvements and thank you for the help you have given us. It is great to have your team as a partner. Keep up the great work!

Thanks again,Alex Hollandsworth Mike Haburne

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