Cargill Corn Milling -- Team Wahpeton, Wahpeton, N.D.
Employees: 119, non-union (165 including contractors)
Total Square Footage: 240,825
Primary Product/market: high fructose corn syrup, corn germ, corn gluten meal and corn gluten feed
Start-up: 1996
Achievements: on-time delivery rate of 99.9%; selected as a Cargill Best Plant in 2003 and 2007 (internal company award); finished product first-pass yield of 98.2%
U.S. farmers are absurdly proficient at growing corn. That reality sits just fine with Cargill Corn Milling -- Team Wahpeton, which is wholly proficient at processing that corn into a variety of products it delivers to customers in 27 states and five Canadian provinces. In fiscal year 2007 it delivered more than 15,000 shipments from its site in southeast North Dakota, which operates around the clock and 365 days per year.
The facility's combination of proficiency, productivity and team-based excellence has sown enviable performance metrics: In the past three years Team Wahpeton's productivity has grown by more than 39%, first-pass yields have increased, and OSHA-recordable injury and illness rates have dropped to zero.
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