Judy Roessner opened the meeting by introducing Matt Jacobs of C&R Storage.  He talked about our 2001 Golf Tournament. There will be sponsorships, a hole in one contest, and a longest ball contest.   Now is the time to get in on the ground floor and do the serious planning.  It takes a lot of work by one or two people, or it can be a fun thing to do when the work is spread around. Patty May and Bob Payne are part of the team, but you, too, can be a player even if you don't play golf.  The next meeting is in three weeks.
Matt continued on a roll by issuing a putting challenge. Bob Payne stepped forward, Wally Roessner was pushed forward, Charles Dixon gave it a shot, and Veronica tried, too. It was evident that Bob knew the putting surface.

JoAnn Reames introduced the board members and the numerous guests.

 

Judy then awarded the professional member of the year to Bob Payne. He has brought us outstanding programs, and on short notice, he produced last year's  very successful golf tournament.

Veronica Bailey is the associate member of the year.  She brought a buddle of energy to the successful Halloween Party. Here are Judy, Veronica, and Amy Bowman.

 January's program on space efficiency was presented by Matt Jacobs and Troy Menchhofer of C&R Storage Equipment .  They showed us  racking, conveyor, and shelving systems. Catwalk or magazine systems can double floor space.  Some of the shelves have rollers and were inclined. I was particularly impressed by the drive-in or drive-through racks. They provide very dense storage when you eliminate most of the aisles. Drive-in is best used for volume items with limited direct access-- first in, last out.  If you put an aisle in the back, then you can have first in ,first out.  The drive-through racks required a standard pallet.  Matt uses a one year payback for his calculations to determine the most efficient system.

 Storing and retrieving things go hand-in-hand.  Matt gave one example of the first part in retrieving.  His office looked at the entire process of order fulfillment and reduced the times a paper was touched from 48 to 12 in a forklift repair operation.  It's amazing what you can do to an operation when you analyze the process.  Another success story was at Cummings Diesel where the space for 32,000 sku's was reduced by two-thirds.  It allowed them to stay in a building for an estimated five more years.

Troy showed us some mobile shelving with rolling bases.  This technology just about doubles your storage.  If the choice is to build or move into bigger facilities, then mobile shelving can be cheaper.  Just remember that equipment cost is small compared to people cost. The vertical carousel can triple productivity.  It provides about 90 inches of storage per square foot of floor space. Lateral file cabinets provide about 16 inches per square foot. Mobil shelving provides as much as 54.6 inches per square foot.  Troy had a very good systems comparison chart which could be used to generate budget figures for about 20 options.

Mark Zacharias of Harte-Hanks won the 15 dollar gift certificate at Berts BBQ.  Ronna Mason of Broadwing won the $25 certificate to Cool River.

I learned a lot from the presentation, and the food was very good. I did have to steal a neighbor's cheesecake.

2000 IFMA Austin Chapter
Officers & Committee Chairs

President
Mike Leach, Cadence Design Systems 231-3334

Vice President 
Judy Balli, Mannington Comm. Carpet 218-4055

Treasurer
Nancy Paine Sematech 356.8458

Secretary
Bronson Dorsey CoRe-Strategies 797.7009

Programs
Robert Payne, SAS Institute 258-5171

Membership
JoAn Reames, ABC Pest & Lawn Services 837-9500

Public Relations
Veronica Bailey, Haworth Inc. 908-4651