"Ergonomics continues to be an issue for workplace injuries. We are looking for improvements or ideas to help reduce the amount of sprain or strains that injure our TeamMates."
News and Updates
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30th Anniversary Announcement
Posted on March 31st, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Whirley Family of Brands TeamMates! I just wanted to take this opportunity to announce the 30th Anniversary of the Good Idea Club! Read on for a special opportunity!
Submission Date
Posted on May 16th, 2022 at 8:00 AM
If you submit an idea this week, you have a better chance of winning prizes in the Monthly Drawing than ever before! Read on to learn more...
Welcome ValidFill TeamMates to the Good Idea Club
Posted on March 16th, 2022 at 12:30 PM
ValidFill officially joins Whirley and DrinkWorks in the Family of Brands with access to the Good Idea Club!
Introducing the Kaizen Card Forum
Posted on January 1st, 2022 at 12:00 AM
It's been a long time coming, with COVID-19 incapacitating our website partners and implementation, but read on to learn more about the Kaizen Card Forum, a new resource for manufacturing TeamMates in 2022!
Changes to CI Time Requests
Posted on February 22nd, 2021 at 7:00 AM
Whirley-DrinkWorks! TeamMates,
Review this article for changes to the process of requesting and using Continuous Improvement Time!
Monthly Drawing Submission Date
Posted on February 12th, 2021 at 5:00 PM
Get Into Three (3) Monthly Drawings if the Responding Manager has Accepted your Idea by the Drawing Date!
Kaizen Card Safety Challenge
Posted on August 31st, 2020 at 2:00 PM
In coordination with our Environment, Health, and Safety Manager, we pleased to announce a promotion to improve TeamMate Engagement and maturity in safety by offering additional rewards for Kaizen Cards with a special focus in these areas! Read on to learn more!
New Idea Initiative: New Products
Posted on July 20th, 2020 at 9:35 AM
"Whirley-DrinkWorks! is investigating alternative products and services that can generate sales during this slow period. Which products and markets do you suggest?
Good Idea Pause for IQMS Suggestions
Posted on February 13th, 2020 at 12:00 PM
TeamMates - as communicated by the IQMS Core Team through various channels, we expect the full IQMS transition process for "Go-Live" to be lengthy; this is not unexpected for any ERP implementation, and you have undoubtedly experienced various errors, breakdowns, or noticed features missing from our previous systems. As such, the CORE Team and support are diligently working to counter these issues - focusing on the most critical first.
Given this situation, and our limited resources, we have decided to place a pause on Good Idea Club suggestions relating to IQMS. If you experience a critical problem, please reach out to a member of the IQMS CORE Team as soon as possible. This ensures that it is corrected immediately. For those situations that are less than critical - or requests for features available in previous systems, please hold off submitting until the transition period ends and everyone has settled into the new workflow. We expect this to take approximately six (6) months.
The idea category for Harmony (ARAS / IQMS) has been amended to reflect this, and future ideas violating these terms will be marked as "Not Accepted" and administratively closed (no award).
In the meantime, please continue to submit other categories of ideas! Some areas to focus on are our 5Ps (People, Profitable Sales, Process Improvements, Products, and Planet) and the other five Big 6 Strategic Initiatives (Safety, TeamMate Engagement, Increase Profitable Sales, Total Cost Management, and Customer Development Plan / Product Development Plan).
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