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the bradley beat
March April 2015
Years of Service: March
Birthdays: March
Accessories
Accessories
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18
15
8
6
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Kort, Jim
Gomez Jr, Jim
Lockwood, Joe
Sanchez, Miriam
Lauterbach, Jason
Wood, Teri
Krassman, Brian
BradWest
9
Wolfe, Greg
Fixtures
42
37
31
31
29
24
20
15
15
12
9
Mueller, Ken
Richard, Lee
Beitzel, Doug
White, Rick
Wagner, Bob
Oldenburg, Jim
Renner, Jason
Dhein, Ted
Settingsgaard, Scott
Geissler, Rebecca
Reuwsaat, Jeff
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8
8
8
8
7
4
4
4
2
1
1
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Hansen, Suzy
Yang, Zo
Krueger, Scott
Durham Jr, Earl
Erby Sr, Carl
Meshberger, Jamie
Boettcher, Al
Graft, Chris
Aguirre, Jose
Trzebiatowski, Tom
Guard, Misty
Vroman, Kent
Carlson, Kathi
Keltech
16
15
3
Mills
21
21
14
5
Lutz, Evan
Lutz, Dieter
Smith, Scott
Bloomfield, Ollie
Dyer, Roger
Harper, Ryan
Deal Kim
Years of Service: April
Accessories
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22
20
17
11
10
7
5
4
2
Kluck, Joe
Foley, Bob
Neuser, Chris
Allen, Clarence
Jerving, Rachel
Scherbarth, Rick
Kizewski, Ron
German, Jane
Riemer, Corey
Herbst, Mary
BradWest
15
9
Melatis, Tim
Lankford, Brandon
Fixtures
31
27
27
25
25
25
24
21
20
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16
Skrobis, Bob
Badke III, John
Suelflow, Todd
Ciszewski, Cassie
Averbeck, Kip
Aguirre, George
Molzen, Patty
Collver, Dave
Rogan, Betty
Jewell, Tim
Walter, Ron
Giordano, Tony
Crockett, Ed
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Sheteron, Tim
Shisler, Wayne
Kratz, Jessica
Perdzock, Pete
Parker, Brian
Swanson, Kathy
Cantrall, Trish
Schmidt, Dave
Copp, Charlie
Xiong, Meng
Cronce, Dan
Perales, Steve
Schneider, Cassie
Stranak, Jeff
Hager, Julie
Krier, Chase
De Los Santos, Joan
McGuire, Matt
Mann, Jan
Gundermann, John
Clouse, Tony
Keltech
6
4
Mills
16
4
Searing, Jim
Enos, Darlene
Slane, Dana
Medley, Andy
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3/26
Markovic, Richard
Jerving, Rachel
Cox, Ed
Pipkins, Chris
Krassman, Brian
Nelson, Jeff
Dobrzynski, Ron
Boeck, Brian
Degaro, Don
Sanchez, Miriam
Stremke, Jordan
Schaefer, Scott
Schmidt, Chris
Gillitzer, Nicole
Riemer, Corey
Fixtures
3/1
3/3
3/6
3/8
3/8
3/10
3/11
3/11
3/15
3/15
Graft, Chris
Rufener, Eric
Morris, Todd
Carlson, Kathi
Porter-Trujillo, Sean
Myers, Pat
Valdes, Nathan
Swiatek, Mike
Pichler, Bruce
Mueller, Ken
3/17
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3/21
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3/23
3/25
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3/27
3/27
3/27
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/30
3/31
3/31
Popp, Tim
Wesson, Darnell
Orlebeke, Ron
Rudy, Diane
Rothenbach Bera, Jenny
Collins, Izylah
Watt Jr., John
Schmidt, Tina
McGuire, Matt
Wainio, Mike
Durham Jr., Earl
Strom, Tony
Jaworski, Jeff
Tisai, Dave
Meshberger, Jamie
Eggleston, Dale
4/2
4/5
4/5
4/5
4/11
4/11
4/15
4/16
Pringle, Ian
Peachy, Bob
Kruger, Jesse
Maysonet, Antonio
Heisl, Tom
Woods, Vedelski
Sgarlata, Chris
Rudy, Jeff
BradWest
4/16
Lankford, Brandon
Fixtures
4/1
4/1
4/2
4/4
4/6
4/6
4/7
4/8
4/9
4/10
4/11
Kluck, Scott
Vogel, Tony
Loehr, Peter
Egloff, John
Abrams, Rachel
Grennier, Mike
Paz, Ricardo
Motto, Kelly
Schmidt, Dave
Mullett, Don
Beuche, Tony
CJ Erickson
Do you know of a large project in your territory? Do you not have relationships with the key players because they
are in different territories? Do you not have the resources to manage a project of that magnitude?
Fear not, just pick up the phone and call a member of the Bradley Business Development team!
The BDM groups were recently founded with the idea of supporting all sales channels and increasing penetration
in key markets. As channel neutral sales specialists, the BDMs are tasked with driving specifications and
business on the “front end,” and creating additional bidding opportunities for our Rep partners. The unique
positioning of the industrial and commercial business development members promotes seamless collaboration
and coordination between Rep groups across territory lines. Think of us as project managers with the resources
and tools to support and manage these projects from design development to final procurement.
As the architectural/commercial BDM, my key market focus includes arena/
stadiums, commercial office, convention centers, and airports. Go big or go
home, right? The opportunity with these projects is vast, and largely untapped
by Bradley. With some initial key successes, I plan to cement Bradley as a
preferred specification in these applications moving forward.
Keltech
3/17
Mills
3/5
3/11
3/16
3/18
3/22
3/29
Lutz, Evan
Trautwein, Larry
Evans, Gregory
Neumann, Matthew
Morgan, John
Moore Robert
Alejandre, Jorge
Birthdays: April
Accessories
Inside this Issue:
Business Development Brief
4/11
4/14
4/16
4/16
4/18
4/20
4/24
4/24
4/24
4/27
4/28
4/29
4/30
4/30
De Los Santos, Joan
Armon, Alton
Dahl, Rita
Zembruski, Daniel
Renner, Jason
Rusteika, Ed
Liu, Patrick
Bertram, Kelley
Pandya, Bhavan
Wolf, Keith
Faltynski, Todd
Jung, David
Stewart, Donn
Krier, Chase
Keltech
4/8
4/21
Mills
4/1
4/13
4/16
4/19
4/28
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Thomas, Daniel
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Haney, Eddie
Young, Dale
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Bloomfield, Randy
With the assistance of local Division 10 and 22 Rep agencies, we’ve already
keyed in on multiple major arena and high rise office projects throughout the
country. We’re working the design and specification end at the architectural level
in the design development and construction documents stages. We’re chipping away at these monster projects,
positioning Bradley sales members as product consultants, and creating relationships in the process to ensure
future project consideration.
Cornerstone
 Ask B&G
From The Desk
of the BOS
 Back Pain
World Plumbing Day
Kudos
Data4Growth
New Faces
Birthdays
Anniversaries
On the Design/Build end of things, I want to thank all the Rep agencies who took part in the introductory Adobe
Connect- Rep Sponsored BIM lunch & learn webinars. We are extremely excited about this value-add initiative.
This is an opportunity to establish Bradley and your businesses as true knowledge leaders and content providers.
In the end, it provides a much needed service to the D/B community and gets you and your products in front of
key decision-makers...it’s a win-win! Dan Hughes (BIM Guru) is an excellent resource and master of his craft. If
you have any BIM/Revit questions or opportunities for presentations outside of the scheduled Adobe Connect
webinars, please contact him to discuss a game-plan.
Again, a big thanks to all our rep partner agencies and we look forward to many big wins in 2015!
CJ Erickson
Business Development- Architectural/Commercial
Office: 262 509-5140
Ben Ferrell
Business Development- Industrial
Office: 262-509-5142
Daniel Hughes
Business Development- BIM Strategist
Office: 262.509.5103
Tony Clouse
Business Development- Industrial
Office: 262-509-5125
Clients Download 6.5M Bradley BIM Files (2014)
Dan Hughes
Bradley clients use Building Information Modeling
(BIM) software to design and construct their buildings.
Bradley provides 1,000 BIM files of our products.
Clients download these files from our website and
insert them into their design projects (schools,
hospitals). Pre-built BIM files save our clients about
2-3 hours to model each product.
In 2014, architects, engineers & contractors
downloaded 6.5 million BIM files from BradleyCorp.com. When our toilet partition, Keltech or plumbing fixture
BIM files are used to create their construction drawings, it leads to specifying those Bradley products for those
design projects. 5.6M BIM files were downloaded in 2013.
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From The Desk Of
The BOS...
The Mills facility in Ohio started
working with a consultant to help them
implement BOS practices including:
If you have a question for B&G, please label it as such and drop it in the
suggestion box. It will be sent to the Buildings & Grounds Committee.
What is being done to help keep Bradley a safe and good
place to work?
We believe that workplace safety must be everyone’s concern
and that the collective “everyone” needs a leader to consistently
address and promote safe practices in the workplace. In most midsize organizations a single person serves this purpose. The role of
“workplace safety coordinator” at Bradley is Kim Binsack. We have
Bradley managers, supervisors and office and shop employees to
help support Kim in performing specific steps to identify and control
hazards. The Safety Committee meets once a month to discuss prior
and upcoming events. It is important to know who to contact if there
are unsafe conditions or facility issues to be addressed. We all share
the same concern and will address the issue in a timely matter. This is
the list of people to contact, in no particular order: Safety Committee
member, Manager or Supervisor, Kim Binsack, Ron Walter, Brian
Boeck, Maintenance and the operator.
We have specific safety programs at Bradley. These safety programs
are either required by (law applicable OSHA requirements, fire
codes, and state departments of health) or required by the safety
committee in response to high accident frequency. These programs
include:
•
Back Injury Prevention – Proper lifting techniques.
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Bloodborne Pathogen – Proper disposal in BBP red containers.
•
Fire evacuation – Know the meeting place to evacuate to.
•
Hazard Communication – Proper Labeling, PPE required and
disposal.
•
Fleet safety (transportation) – Aware of your surroundings.
•
Emergency response – Code Blue and page 888 and an
investigation to follow.
•
Accident Investigation – This maybe followed up with JSA.
(Job Safety Analysis)
As far as the facility issues, please report any abnormal conditions
such as icy conditions, lighting, plumbing, HVAC, restroom fixtures,
roof leaks, gas smells, furniture, doors, locks, windows, security,
pests, landscape and any other buildings and grounds issues.
The best advocate for a safe and good place to work is “YOU.” The
key to a safe and good workplace environment is to report the
condition. Also remember, what we practice at work, we should
practice at home.
yy Daily stand-up review meetings of SQDCI and Hour-byHour boards in each area and at the plant level in the visual
information “Mills Operations Center” (or MOC)
yy Using the “5 Why” questioning technique to identify the root
cause of issues
yy Conducting BOS Events, the first was a five-day VSM of Metal
Partitions to identify areas for improvement in order to reach
their “future state”. The transformation to the “future state” will
be accomplished with several additional BOS Events to create
flow, address quality issues and implement better visual and
material management.
10-Point Plan to Prevent
or Reduce Back Pain
Bradley’s new Kudos! Congratulations
to the following employees:
yy Keep your core muscles
strong with stomach, back,
hip, and pelvic muscle
exercises. Do yoga, tai chi, or
swim to help stay limber.
Chris Eschenburg
Steve Perales
Trudy Warnke
Dave Martin
Jason Doge
Larry Hartman
Lori Shelton
Paul Ginter
yy Sit with your hips and knees
at right angles to one another.
Use a chair with good lowerback support.
yy Get up to move around or
stretch every 15 to 20 minutes.
Connie Beuche
yy Use your legs, not your back, when pushing or pulling heavy
items.
yy Lift with your legs. Stand with your feet apart and your hips
and knees slightly bent. Tighten your stomach and keep your
back as straight as possible.
The following BOS Event was completed since the last issue of
the Bradley BEAT. Great job to all the event team members and a
big “Thank you!” for participating!
Jamie Meshberger
yy Always warm up for at least
five minutes before any
physical activity. This holds
true for work or play.
yy Stand with your head up,
shoulders straight, chest forward, and stomach tight. Avoid
standing in the same position for too long or rest one foot on
something while standing.
If you are asked to participate in a BOS Event or to support daily
improvement efforts please utilize those opportunities to learn
more about BOS practices and to help us improve our Customer
Experience (both internal and external).
Kudos!
yy Carry heavy items close to your body. Avoid carrying them
on one side only.
yy Sleep in a position that allows you to maintain the natural
curve in your back. A medium – not firm – mattress is better
for your back.
yy Don’t smoke and maintain a healthy weight.
Last fall I had the pleasure of introducing our newest Bradley
brand – Data4Growth. Who knew data could be as exciting
as Sam Smith at the Grammys. The responses I have been
receiving are overwhelming.
As we are turning more frequently to the web to make our
purchases, businesses are demanding the same level of
on-line service. Data4Growth puts Bradley ahead of our
competition. We provide a comprehensive set of product
information and images that are easy to upload to our
customers’ websites.
Data4Growth also enables us to assist our customer base
maintain a consistent image of Bradley in the market place.
We are giving them access to our logo, landing page art, and
links back to our website.
Our sales team is out spreading the word, and customers
are calling. So much so, that our Customer Service Program
Coordinators are overloaded – a great problem to have!
Source: National Athletic Trainers’ Association
Metal Partitions VSM
World Plumbing Day - March 11th
Front Row (L to R): Traci Hoepf, Fonda Moore, Lois Crace
Back Row (L to R): Brian Doyle-Wegner, David Anderson, Dustin Temple,
Ryan Harper
Not pictured: Bill Faris (consultant facilitator)
World Plumbing Day is an
international event held each
year on March 11. It was
started in 2010 by the World
Plumbing Council to help
the general public better
understand the vital role the
plumbing industry plays in
protecting public health and
safety. For more information
go to worldplumbingday.org
New Faces at Bradley
John Bopp
Principal Design Engineer
Fixtures
Yang Clark
International Business
Development Manager
Off-Site
Chris Skibinski
Layout Drafter
Fixtures