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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Vol. 7 Akron, Ohio, October, 1968
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION - AKRON
No. 10
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-» Financial Pulse Beating By Sam Borodkin
Your help is needed !
Each Goodyearite in Industrial Products has an im-portant
job and it is important his job is done right the
first time !
October is the month of business review, budgeting
for 1969, and inventory checks. Most important this is
the time for forecasting next year, as well as the next
five years, through 1973.
Business facts for our
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'fs behind our past perform-ance
in 1967 in many prod-
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• is rapidly drawing to a close,
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give an effort.
I know we can do the job
that must be done in the
cause in the past we have
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performed most effectively
and have established this
reputation in the minds of Goodyear's top management.
Because of this record we are seeing ample evidence of
confidence in our capabilities in the shape of new equip-ment
and facilities at Plant 2. We must make this equip-ment
pay off.
If we continue to plan confidently we can expect con-tinued
favorable consideration for growth. These requests
are judged competitirely with other divisions according
to our performance records in the profit column. Each
plant must stand on its own feet in terms of performance
and is graded accordingly.
An analysis of results to date reveals areas that ob-viously
need improvement, where all of us can help -
and I mean just that - everyone in our division !
1. Every responsible Goodyearite can help reduce
waste - which means dollars - by being care-ful
on his job.
2. Each of us should pay strict attention to speci-fications
and instruction and make the extra
efTort to make the product right- the first
time.
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3. Every employe who cares about good perform-
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ance in our Industrial Products Division can
help by observing all safety rules, and good
housekeeping practices and take the time to
caution others to do the same.
4.. We mtist avoid the 46it's none of my business"
attitude when we observe specification viola-
I tions and unsafe practices - It is our business.
I know the easiest thing to do in reaction to my re-guests
is to feel it's the other guy's responsibility. But are
you sure you are doing your share in bringing about the
improvements indicated above ?
Your help is needed !
Let's. go after top-notch performance in this Octo-ber-
November-December 1968 period so the year will
end with results which we can all point to with pride.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Industrial Products Divi-sion's
financial pulse beats
with a steady, muscular
throb, but needs constant
attention to insure a hearty
flow of economic life-blood.
Keeping IPD's financial
circulatory system strong
is the all-important, job of the
factory accounting department.
These physicians with figures
must keep a statistical stetho-scope
on the financial heart of
each division in Industrial Prod-
Ucts.
Keeping abreast of the hun-dreds
of thousands of production
dollars and hundreds of individ-ual
product costs is the full-time
job of 13 factory accounting
specialists.
Factory accountants must
gauge, measure and compute the
value of every part of each prod-uct
and develop standard costs
for use in price determination.
He'll Be Back
Lehto Leaves
Industrial Products Division's
C. N. (Chuck) Lehto is really a
man on the move.
Lehto, manager of compound-ing
and IPD Wingfoot Clan cor-respondent
for the last several
years, is going "down under."
At the request of Goodyear
Internation Corporation, he will
journey to the Industfial Prod-ucts
plant at Granville, New
South Wales, Australia late
this month.
Lehto is an expert in corn-pounding,
which is the develop-ment
and design of rubber
'•recipes" to fit the needs of par-ticular
products.
A graduate of Michigan Col-lege
of Mining and Technology,
Lehto came to Goodyear in 1940
as a compounder. Since that time
he has been section head and as-sistant
manager, both in Indus-trial
Products compounding.
In 1960 he was named man-ager
of development service, and
in 1967 he was appbinted to his
present position as manager of
compounding..
He will remain in Australia
for three to six months to give
the Aussies assistance with their
compounding problems.
•'Our primary function is to Factory accounting's function
pre-determine costs for all prod- does not stop here.
ucts manufactured in Industrial The department also serves
Products Division departments,"
as a channel for annual budget
said W. A. Knepp, section head
' statements for each department.
factory accounting. ••We help to prepare budget
This process entails convert-statement
summaries for man-ing
product specifications into
agement approval for each de-standard
weights and then to
partment. We are the cash
standard costs for each product. register watchers," Knepp said.
IPD products range from Along with their budget func-small
% inch radiator hoses to
tion the factory accountants of
huge, 1,500 foot steel cable con-
Industrial Products Division are
veyor belts.
responsible for the accuracy and
Standard costs then are used to
evaluation of the annual physi-determine
the cost of goods
cal inventory.
manufactured at IPD, Knepp Inventories are conducted late
said.
in October.
In this age of constant com-
Factory accountants speak a
petition, proper accounting and
special language. Words like
cost analysis can be a determin-tioverhead,"
6•standard cost,"
ing factor in the addition of •:material weights," 6*credits"
volume to IPD's production op-and
•'debits" pepper their work-operation.
And keeping Good-ing
conversation.
year's Industrial Products
But, putting these words into
Division on the top of the com-action
is an important part of
petitive heap is a great respon-
Industrial Products performance.
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COST ACCOUNTANTS Tom Bracken and C. C. White gauge
the outside diameter of an Industrial Products hose. Their figures
are used to determine the standard cost of 1PD manufactured
products. These standard costs are helpful in price determination.
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Safety statistics for the In- tistics for the first five-sixths -
dustrial Products Division are of the year remain poor. Rec- -
improving. ords show 66 injuries in Akron -
IPD logged third place in plants this year, with a loss -
the race to erase plant injur- of 14,713 days. = -*.4A
ies in the October safety re- During 1967, only 53 injur- • 7--
port. ies were reported for the en- -
Four injuries were recorded tire year with a loss of only • C.-
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year of working days resulted continues to lead the safety • •:,
from the injuries. race with only three injuries r-
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IPD placed fourth in the 20 days. .
safety standings. Centr.al services follows -
'*We have improved, but we with three injuries reported •
have a long road to follow to for a loss of 150 days. -
clean up the safety picture All safety statistics are re- •
entirely," D. T. Grimths, labor lative to the number of hours •
and safety foreman, said. logged in each department -
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What Is A
Liner Grinder?
What's a liner grinder ? Why,
a liner grinder is a man who
grinds liners, of course.
Joe Strongoli is a liner-grinder
and also a utility and general
service man in the Industrial
Products liner room.
Now; what's a liner grinder ?
But first what's a liner ?
A liner is treated fabric used
in the preparation and protec-tion
of sheets of rubber coming
from calenders. Frequently this
liner picks up rubber deposits
from the calender sheets.
This unwanted rubber film
could cause the sheets from the
calender to stick on the next
run, which is rather a sticky
problem.
Back to the liner grinder.
A liner grinder's job is to
make sure the liners are clean
so they won't stick to the freshly
calendered rubber.
He does this by using a
powered wire brush. Simple,
huh?
This is what Joe Strongoli
does. Without clean liners, a
great deal of rubber could be
lost before ever becoming a
Goodyear product.
Strongoli has 44 years of
service with Goodyear, with 43
of them being spent in various
departments of the Industrial
Products Division. He has one
daughter and two grandchil-dren.
His daughter's husband is
an engineer at Goodyear Aero-space
Corporation.
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JOE STRONGOLI, utility and general service man, IPD liner
room, is seen shaving rubber deposits from a liner.
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SPRINGING INTO ACTION, factory accounting personnel
(from left) LaRoy Jacquet, Wilson Coon and Terry Allshouse,
begin work on the annual physical inventory. Factory accountants
are responsible for the accuracy and evaluation of the inventory.
The annual physical inventory is a weighing-in of all raw mater-ials,
semi-processed and finished products on hand at Industrial
Products Division. The inventories are just a part of the factory
accountant's job. They also are responsible for helping to deter-mine
products and they serve as a channel for annual budget
summaries from each of IPD's departments. Other members of
the factory accounting team include Al Bower, Emerson Clark,
Sylvester Novellien, Harvey Andrews, Harold Ferguson, John
Ward and Dennis Fletcher.
Ruddlesdens
Retire
Emmett (Rudy) Ruddlesden,
a veteran Goodyearite with 40
years of service at Industrial
Products Division, has retired.
Ruddlesden, became a Good-yearite
on June 15, 1927 as a
member of the Squadron. Dur-ing
that year he was appointed
supervisor of the mat and floor-ing
department, and he worked •
there until 1967.
In 1967 he was named super-visor
of the liner room.
Ruddlesden's wife, Ruby, also
will retire this year. She has
been an elementary school
teacher for 33 years, 22 of them
at Sawyerwood School in Spring-field
Township.
The couple plan to vacation
through Arizona, Florida, Texas
and other southern states until
next spring.
In the spring, Mr. and Mrs.
Ruddlesden will cruise to Aus-tralia
and Japa11.
They have one daughter, Jua-nita,
and three granddaughters.
on the move
Charles Quiner, stafT com-pounder,
from conveyor belt
development to hose dev.elop-ment.
Ron Callender, compounder,
from compound-materials devel-opment
to conveyor belt devel-opment.
Kathie Adam, stenographer,
from stenographic squadron to
Industrial Products development.
Larry Fiedler, compounder,
from staff squadron trainee to
compounder - materials develop-ment.
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COLOR-CODED TRUCKING HOSE from Industrial Products Division again made news re-cently.
The full-service line of 16 hoses was introduced at the Petroleum Equipment Institute's con-vention
in Boston, Mass., early this month. Picking the proper hose for specific cargoes is simplified
by the color code on the product. Each type is colored according to particular specifications in the
four major cargo categories - chemicals, petroleum products; food and dry bulk materials. In ad-dition
to the new color-coding, Goodyear tank truck hose is lightweight and flexible, yet is built to
prevent kinking even around corners, vehicle tires or up high curbs. It is also specially designed to
resist stiffening even at sub-zero temperatures.
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