Production Clinic 2012
January 26th and 27th, 2012
Emerald Textile, San Diego CA - Plant Tour

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Production Clinic 2011 (Recap Below)

ARAMARK’s Production Clinic One of the Best – EVER

 Since my return to WTSA the Association has held five (5) Production Clinics.    All of them have been outstanding with one setting a higher standard for the next to meet.   The first was with ATM and their Long Beach Plant – Brad Shames, Larry Pallen and Bob Brill set the bar for excellence.  American Linen and Jim Ginnetti followed with their 900 North Highland Plant and met those standards.   Prudential’s Vista Plant in San Diego under the direction of Tom Watts and Dan Clark were not only outstanding they included a take home lunch favor!   Brady Linen in Las Vegas was the newest and largest plant ever and this year ARAMARK was host to 100 Allied Trades and Power Laundry persons who were treated to an outstanding Production Clinic that was organized in every detail to produce the most knowledge to each and every participant.

To begin with, Ed Darling from Texas worked hard to produce a 10 station layout with employees dressed in uniforms ready to start the “shot gun” routine for WTSA’s attendees. The 10 stations were: Service Department, Garment Stockroom, Hybrid Step Van, Automated Wash Aisle & Reuse Water System, Wastewater Treatment, Boiler Room, Automated Washfloor Safety System, Finishing Department, Autosort System and Sorted Garment Staging.

ARAMARK utilizes a pre-existing 108,000 square foot warehouse-type building on 5.7 acres purchased in late 2008. All systems are floor supported. The facility is designed to expand to 1,000,000 pounds per week on 2 shifts. Each attendee was given a Welcome brochure that described and graphically showed the 10 systems mentioned above plus all of the vital statistics on the plant!

But the most important part of the tour was the enthusiasm and the professionalism of all of the ARAMARK employees – many of whom were shipped in to Riverside for this clinic from as far away as Chicago and Texas – at ARAMARK’s expense - to ensure that WTSA attendees received the most knowledge about the plant and the machinery in the plant. I would like to individually name each person from ARAMARK as a way to thank them but it would take up this entire Newsletter. Suffice it to say – Thank you ARAMARK, a job exceptionally well done!

Prior to the Clinic the attendees listened to Thomas Love, P.E. General Manager of the Inland Empire Utilities Agency. Mr. Love has over 25 years of experience in the public agency and he shared his thoughts and concerns about water use and water reclamation with the members.

Finding a viable plant for WTSA’s annual plant tour is getting more and more difficult. Add to that the outstanding job that ARAMARK did – makes it very difficult for the next plant to match up. Some members of the Board want to ask the membership if maybe WTSA should try to find another activity in lieu of their Annual Production Clinic? This is your association – make your thoughts known by contacting either me (David MacKenzie) or my partner Tim Groff.

Again, thank you ARAMARK and good luck with your outstanding plant and systems.