Video: "Best Plants Winners Interviews: Cargill Corn Milling-Team Wahpeton"
In this session at the 2008 IW Best Plants Conference,
Ron Fiala, Total Quality Manager and Red Geurts, General Manager/Assistant Vice President, from
2007 IW Best Plants winner Cargill Corn Milling-Team Wahpeton
addressed how their efforts and others drive manufacturing excellence. He also
recalled some of the mistakes made along the way, and answered attendee questions. The discussion was moderated by IndustryWeek senior editor and Best Plants Coordinator Jill Jusko.
In This Presentation You Will Learn
- What Cargill Corn Milling is and does (in minute 3)
- Specific challenges in the food processing industry (in minute 8)
- Culture as a key to success (in minute 10)
- Benchmarks for employee satisfaction (in
minute 31)
- Cargill's Skills Block Training Program(in minute 48)
- The Challenge of getting women more involved (in minute 50)
- Design and Maintenance (in minute 53)
- and more
About the Plant
Cargill Corn Milling -- Team Wahpeton, Wahpeton, N.D. -- 2007 IW Best Plants Winner
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%
Read more at:
Performance by Design. Cargill's Team Wahpeton earns accolades for its combination of proficiency, productivity and team-based excellence.
About the Speakers
Ron Fiala, Total Quality Manager, Cargill Corn Milling-Team Wahpeton
Red Geurts, General Manager/Assistant Vice President, Cargill Corn Milling-Team Wahpeton
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