January 20, 2002: Elderly Proposal, Riddle

Hi,

How is everything going? Quite a few of my friends wrote and asked me what
I am doing here in Cleveland. Well, I work for Avery Dennison, as part of
the General Manager Development Program. I just finished an 8-month
rotation in Singapore. Now I will be here in Cleveland for about 9 months.

I am working for the Automotive Product Division of Avery Dennison.
Basically, we print just about all the labels that goes into automobiles.
The next time you sit in your car, or look under the hood, try to notice
the labels that are placed all over the car. For example, on the back of
your sun visor, there may be a label about seat belts. Under the hood,
there should be labels regarding the emissions of your car. For new cars,
there is a label on the front passenger side warning people about the
dangers of the front side seat belt for children. Another really cool type
of labels that I never knew about are anti-theft, tamper-proof labels.
Auto makers places these small labels (with a barcoded serial number) in
secret places all over your car. If your car ever gets stolen, it is
easier for the police to track the stolen parts. Our customers are the car
makers: GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Mercedes, etc, as well
as the Tier 1 auto component suppliers (that provide sub-assemblies for the
car makers).

I am the General Manager trainee here, so I am getting a broad exposure to
all different aspects of this business. I report to the General Manager
and work with the Production Manager and Logistics Manager on various
projects to improve the operations at our plant. One good learning
experience for me will be to work with the press operators (my first
exposure to union employees) to implement changes.

For those of you who went to business school, you may remember a book we
read called "The Goal", which is a very good and interesting story about a
plant manager who improves the operations at a plant. Well, my job is a
bit like that. For example, one of my projects is to help reduce the setup
time for a type of printing press, which will reduce our plant's operating
cost. Another is to help to reduce the amount of scrap materials. I will
also work on improving our supply chain management, and also help with our
Six Sigma quality projects. When I go back to LA, I will pick up some of
my B-school notes from my operations class, which will be quite useful.

This week's thought provoking question is, "If you had to choose the best
television show ever made, which one would you pick?"

This week's humor and inspirational pieces were forwarded from Elaine Low
and Mei Ying, respectively.

Enjoy!

-Josh.
9235 North Church Drive #528
Parma Heights, OH 44130
(440) 884-1623
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Elderly Proposal

An elderly widow and widower were dating for about five years. The man
finally decided to ask her to marry. She immediately said "yes".

The next morning when he awoke, he couldn't remember what her answer was!
"Was she happy? I think so, wait, no, she looked at me funny..."

After about an hour of trying to remember to no avail, he got on the
telephone and gave her a call. Embarrassed, he admitted that he didn't
remember her answer to the marriage proposal.

"Oh," she said, "I'm so glad you called. I remembered saying 'yes' to
someone, but I couldn't remember who it was."
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Riddle

Try to think hard before you go down for an answer.

Once there was a loving couple travelling in a bus in a mountainous area.
They wanted to get down at some place. The couple disembarked the bus and
it moved on. As the bus moved on, a humongous rock fell on the bus from a
mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. Everybody on board was killed.

The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we could be on that bus."

Why did they say that?

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Answer !!!!
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In case they were on the bus and had decided not to get down, the resulting
time delay could have been avoided and the rock would have fallen after the
bus had passed off....!!!

Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when u can help
others.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!