Limestone: Process Improvement Professional I

SUMMARY:

The Process Improvement functionis responsible forunderstanding each process area of the plant and implementing improvements to provide downstream customers with the best products available. Process Improvement will work with Production Management to increase productivity and strive toinsurewe are producing first quality products. The Process Improvement and Production personnel must work jointly as a team.Process Improvement responsibilities include process and product innovation as well as quality, safety,efficiencyand standard productivity improvements.In addition, the specifications and proper start-up of samples and new products will be the Process Improvement responsibility working in conjunction with production planning and development.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

The specific duties of the Process Improvement Function are included in but not limited to the following:

1.Constantly strive to improve the quality level of the assigned products and processes.

2.Strive to improve the quality of the first quality for the assigned processes and products, with theobjectivebeing to drive the defect level to zero.

3.Develop detailed and complete process specifications.

4.Strive tooptimizethe assigned processes for increased productivity, minimum energy consumption, maximum processefficiencyand minimum total system cost.

5.Identifyand helpeliminateall safety hazards associated with the assigned processes, working in conjunction with associates from all other areas as needed.

6.Share accountability for all non-conformance and responsible for receiving customer complaints and investigating, documenting, and implementing corrective action.

7.Responsible for process and product innovation.The Process Improvement Function should constantlyseektodeterminehow the process can bemodifiedtoimprove onexisting products or produce new products.

8.Strive to stay abreast of and recommend the use of the latest technological developments in machinery, raw materials and methods associated with the process, as well as preceding andsubsequentprocesses.

9.Strive to stimulate interest at theappropriate managementlevel to insure implementation of innovative improvements.

10.Be responsible forspecification,installationand start-up of new machinery.

11.In conjunction with production management, recommend the technical trainingrequiredfor production, administrative and management associates, so that the process is controlled according to specifications.

12.Perform all trials and evaluations as needed.

13.Work with production management for properutilizationof processmonitoringand feedback systems and specifically, statistical quality control techniques.

14.Must be an interface between the production management, personnel and the suppliers and customers so that both process improvement and production functions understand the effect of any changes to the processes or products that reach our customers.

15.Share joint responsibility for development of new products with the Development Function and serve as a liaison between Development and Manufacturing.

16.Objectively seek information concerning competitors' activities in the assigned processes.

17.Must understand and know the linkage between processes for which he is responsible and those that precede and followin order toimprove the total system (safety, quality, and cost).

18.Work as necessary with Operations Research to set up and follow designed experiments.

19.Activelyparticipatein the Milliken Pursuit of Excellence process.

20.Personally,maintainand represent the Company with the "highest integrity".

21.Be responsible for handling RAdispositions

22.Meet the company education/training requirements.

23.Each Process Manageris responsible formaintainingquality records applicable to his/herprocess

24.Identifyand correct any nonconformities in the Quality System as it relates to their area of responsibility.

25.The Process Improvement Manageris responsible forapproving Process Improvement Documents of all types.

26.ThedesignatedPPIis responsible forthe Internal Audits System.

27.Any other assignment not listed above but determined to be necessary by Plant Management.

28.It is the responsibility of the Process Improvement Manager to see that the latest technology and process improvements from throughout the company which are applicable are implemented totally in his plant.

29.In the absence of the Plant Manager, the Process Improvement Manageris responsible forhandling management review.

30.It is the responsibility of theP.P.I.Leader or designated P.P.Ito act in the absence of and assist the Plant Manager in reporting the performance of the Quality System in the Management Review Meetingandto ensure that these reports are being used as a basis of Quality System Improvement.

31.The P.I. Manageris responsible forverifying that all internal quality auditors meet theminimumcriteria

32.P.P.I.sand the P.I. Manager will report process changes that mayimpact environmental compliance through the procedure outlined in the EMS system. The manager(s) may have other various environmental responsibilities outlined in the EMS system.

33.P.I. Manager, or P.P.I sare authorized toimplement a temporary machine specificationdeviating fromoriginalmachine specification whendeemednecessaryby the PPI or PI manager.P.P.I responsible for this product must be notified of the change.The P.P.Iis responsible forremoving the temporary specification from the machine when it is no longer needed.

34.Work as necessary with NPD to set up and follownew productdevelopment.