by Kent Elastomer | May 21, 2020 | Leaderviews
May 2020 Anniversaries When Dorothy Stein joined KEP a stamp was $0.15, a gallon of gas was $0.86 (a penny more than a dozen eggs), and a new house was just $71,800! While a lot has changed over the years, Dorothy’s commitment to KEP and our customers has never...
by Kent Elastomer | Apr 17, 2020 | Leaderviews
April 2020 Anniversaries KEP has another great group of team members celebrating anniversaries this month! For KEP, improvement is more than a set of tools, it is our corporate value. We are fully committed to continuous incremental improvement. This improvement comes...
by Kent Elastomer | Feb 28, 2020 | Leaderviews
March 2020 Anniversaries Whether it’s been a quarter century of commitment or a great first year, we are proud of all of our team members who are celebrating anniversaries this month! KEP emphasizes continuous improvement, lean leadership training and communication...
by Kent Elastomer | Feb 28, 2020 | Leaderviews
A team member at our Mogadore facility, Timothy Hawkins works as an Assembler. His attention to detail helps ensure that we provide high quality and consistent finished products to our customers and stay on top of productivity goals. For new employees and colleagues,...
by Kent Elastomer | Feb 28, 2020 | Kaizen, Leaderviews
Revisiting Our Order Entry Process The order entry process has been refined several times since 2006 with positive changes being made to speed up the process, eliminate waste, and improve communication between the sales and production teams. However, in our ever...