LETTER
FROM THE EDITOR
Frederic’s
out of the office this week and he’s asked
me to step into his editor’s shoes for this
edition of the leader.com.
Here’s what you’ll
find in this edition:
- an article about Robert,
our inside sales and technical support
- Bleutec at the PMDS
- Luc’s article about
the Crisolles plant
- the latest news about
our Web site
- Karine’s article
on summer holidays
- and finally, Frederic’s
own ideas on
idea stoppers and idea propellers
Since the editor is out of
the office, I’ll let you in on one of the
topics for the leader.com’s next edition:
my article on F1! Yes, the F1 circus is coming
to Montreal in 5 weeks, and I can’t wait!
Until next month, happy
reading and enjoy the May flowers that the April
showers have brought.
Happy
reading !
Signed,
Nancy Allen
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| Colleague
of the month
Most
of you have spoken to Robert, or have heard of
him during the past 5 years. In February 1998,
Robert came back to Bleutec after working at other
companies. I believe that his passion for casters
never left him.
Robert, who is in internal
sales, is the key person to find the solution
to any rolling problem. His 2 years of hands-on
experience gives him the capability to visualize
the problem, and then to come up with the best
solution.
Appreciated by us all,
Robert takes pride in his work and he’ll
always try to do the impossible to satisfy Bleutec’s
customers. As our colleague, he is the one who
gathers everyone together and organizes social
activities for the entire Bleutec team.
Luc Turcotte
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Bleutec’s
Web site
Check out our Web
site (www.bleutec.com)
to see the latest improvements we’ve
made during the last few weeks. For those
of you who are avid readers of the leader.com,
you’ll see on the Web site’s
main page a new section for the newsletter’s
archives. Also, we’ve revamped the
Mecanic series section in order to make
it more user-friendly so that you can
easily view the casters. Your comments
and suggestions are always welcome because
we will continuously work on the Web site
to try to make it as efficient as possible
for you.
We’d like to
offer you the possibility of getting our
Canadian and American customers to know
you better. You can send us an article
to be published in a future edition of
the leader.com, and we can possibly put
a link to your Web site from our newsletter.
As you can
see, things are rolling at Bleutec!
Karine
Piche
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| Thought
for the month of May:
You
have to do your own growing no
matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln
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| The
Crisolles Plant
Crisolles is located in Northwestern France.
It is the largest amongst Guitel’s plants.
Crisolles is where all the caster manufacturing
comes together: Steel-cutting, stamping, plastic
injection, zinc-plating, and assembly.
147 employees work out
of Crisolles. The plant produces approximately
12,000 rigs (forks) a day in order to be set
up with the 2 to 10 inch wheels. Also, Crisolles
manufactures a wheel for MIC, casters for garbage
containers, and the Gem-Roll series.
Production is fully automatic, from the manufacturing
of parts to the assembly of the casters, thus
keeping production costs at a minimum.
Luc
Turcotte |
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D'ONT FORGET
TO WRITE US...
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Bleutec
at the PMDS
Bleutec
will be exhibiting at the PMDS. Stop in and
visit us at The Plant Maintenance Design Engineering
Trade Show at Montreal’s Place Bonaventure
from May 13-15, 2003.
We’ll be sharing
our booth with MSK Canada, one of our Montreal
distributors, and we’ll be presenting
our Economax series as well as the latest improvements
made to our caster line.
Our booth number:
E 3 A
Luc
Turcotte
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| Summer
holidays
The Canadian geese are back
and the winter coats are stored away until next
winter. Surely everyone’s thinking about
summer holidays and hoping that we’ll have
a sunny and warm summer.
There are so many great areas
of Quebec that it’s hard to decide where
to go! Two years ago, I visited the Outaouais
region, and the cities of Hull, Gatineau, and
Ottawa. I was really impressed by the architectural
differences and by the cultural mix. Also, I had
the opportunity to practice my English because
of the region’s bilingual and mostly anglophone
population.
The Outaouais has many attractions
and festivals, such as the Tulip Festival in April/May
and the Hot Air Balloon Festival in August. I
definitely plan on going back!
If you’d like to share
your holiday memories with us and with readers
of the leader.com, simply drop us a line at leader@bleutec.com.
For those of you who
will be taking holidays in May, we wish you a
great vacation! 
Karine Piché
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| For
a good "Brainstorming" session
Idea stoppers:
These are all kinds
of mindsets that will keep you from thinking
and acting creatively. Any of these sound
familiar ?
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It's too much work.
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We'll look silly.
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We've never done that before.
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It won't work here.
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We can't afford it.
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We'll never get it approved.
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Be realistic.
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It's not in the budget.
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Naah.
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We'll cross that bridge when we get
to it.
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You
can't teach an old dog new tricks.
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That's weird.
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It's not broken, don't fix it.
Good alternatives to idea stoppers:
- It's OK.
- I don't know
much about that, tell me more.
- I was not
aware that….
- What are
the options ?
- I've changed
my mind since I found out that…
- I'd like
to get your help on this.
- Let's give
it a try.
- It sounds
practical.
- Are there
other ways we can do this ?
- I've got
a wild idea.
- Could you
give me some ideas for this.
- We might
want to consider….
- What if ……..?
- Two heads
are better than one.
- I would like
to have your opinion on…
Frederic
Lagace
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