Sonoco Protective Solutions                                                     November 27th, 2012
In This Issue
Design 2 Part
ISO Audit
EPDM Launch
Transport Packaging
Quick Links



Check It Out!
Did you know that we recently published  an article in Design 2 Part magazine?

Design 2 Part is a publication aimed at "helping OEM's solve tough manufacturing problems."   We were interviewed by the editor and they thought our molded foam specialty components would be perfect for the publication!

The hard copy comes out in December of 2012, but there is a sneak peek on the website.

Click HERE to check it out!

Please contact Jessica Irons for details.
 
Congratulations!
  
The Sonoco Protective Solutions plant in Pardeeville, Wisconsin recently went through an ISO Surveillance Audit.

We are happy to report that they have successfully passed this audit!  Congrats to the Pardeeville team for their success and a job well done!

Please contact Abid Rashid for more details.
 
Swing the Bat!
Greetings!

Welcome to the very special....
 
1 Year Anniversary of Swing the Bat! 
 
Can you believe it's been a year?  Our first edition of Swing the Bat was on November 22nd, 2011.  Since then we've been able to share some very exciting stories - all thanks to YOU for submitting content!  
 

Thank you and keep up the good work!  Here's to another great year ahead!

Sincerely,

Jessica Irons
Sonoco Protective Solutions
 
Sonoco Takes Off with EPDM Software Launch
 
Sonoco Protective Solutions has officially launched  a new engineering data management system called EPDM.  After over a year of analysis and testing, the system officially went live on October 1st, 2012.  The system will help organize and keep all the information relative to specific part numbers in one place. It will also allow users to submit projects to engineering (must like the old PRS system), and allow users to access information regarding the projects they're working on. 

The EPDM system will house CAD drawings, Excel sheets, Word documents, PDF files, quotes, etc.  It will ensure that the most up to date revision of a drawing is used for manufacturing, reduce errors, improve efficiency, and streamline the entire project submission/revision process. The system also has the capability to incorporate sales pipeline reports as well as being able to export various information so we can create our own reports.

 

This is a great step forward in terms of engineering drawing management and will be critical in the new Sonoco Protective Solutions technology organization as well as the productivity of the engineering group going forward - especially as Oracle gets rolled out a more and more facilities. 


Congrats to the PDM Core Team!

 

Please contact Ryan Dietz for more details.

Transport Packaging Synergy 

 

We've just passed the one year anniversary mark of Tegrant being acquired by Sonoco, and we have another synergy to report! 

 

Alcatel is one of our customers who gets an Integrated Materials packaging assembly from Putnam, which includes a pallet.  Prior to the acquisition, the Putnam plant was getting the wood pallets from an outside vendor.  So in order to improve efficiencies and streamline vendors, the pallet business was switched over to the Sonoco Transport Packaging group; who specializes transportation solutions and offers a line of Firma Pallets.

 

For those of you out in the field - keep your eye out for Pallet and TransGuard opportunities!

 

Please contact Lou Morelli for more details.
Thanks again for reading!  Remember to continue to submit content to Jessica Irons.  This newsletter depends on you!

  
 
Sincerely,
 
Jessica Irons
Sonoco Protective Solutions