Interview with Roy Jackson at Southwire Presenter: Brendan Walker Mercer University Macon, GA 4/7/20081IDM 288

Introduction Background of Southwire College Experience Career Path Job Responsibility Job Details Basic Facts Questions/Discussion 4/7/2008IDM 2882

Background of Southwire Founded on March 23, 1950 by Roy Richards, Sr. Plants are located throughout North America Headquarters in Carrollton, GA Design and Manufacture building wire and utility cable 4/7/2008IDM 2883

Background of Southwire World leader in copper and aluminum rod production Supply the nation’s top 135 leading power companies 1/5 of all homes in U.S. contain Southwire products Also leader in new technology Hold 240 patents in over 40 countries 4/7/2008IDM 2884

College Experience Helpful classes Organizational Behavior Manufacturing Processes Case Studies Classes with simulation and designing Lean Systems “Worthless” classes Accounting Marketing Physics Summer Internship at Southwire before Senior year 4/7/2008IDM 2885

Career Path Graduated with a degree in IDM in 2006 Started working at Southwire 2 weeks after Graduation Internship allowed him the opportunity to interview for positions at Southwire Hired as an Industrial Engineer Promoted to Plant Manager one year later 4/7/2008IDM 2886

Career Path Current title is Materials and Shipping Manager He has been Materials Manager for 9 months and just became Shipping manager 1 month ago Did not get his MBA He was going to get his MBA at Georgia State but he had to withdraw because he had no time to do it 4/7/2008IDM 2887

Job Responsibility Responsible for 3 separate plants in Carrollton, GA Works primarily at one of the plants but does travel to other two plants daily Responsible for 550 hourly paid workers Responsible for 50 salaried workers Works closely with 5 employees who are not engineers and his shipping supervisor 4/7/2008IDM 2888

Job Details Usually gets 1or more goals the he needs to accomplish at the beginning of the each month Example goals: To improve efficiency by a certain amount, To improve production by a certain amount It’s his job to make sure that the plants achieve these goals He coordinates with the 5 close employees about planning and scheduling 4/7/2008IDM 2889

Job Details He does know about Lean and Six Sigma but they don’t use that at Southwire They use Operational Perfection at Southwire(OPS) which is a mix of everything Works 7 am – 6 pm, 5 days a week Works 9 am – noon on weekends every other week Has a laptop to always check how the plants are doing Says he is “completely absorbed in his work” 4/7/2008IDM 28810

Basic Facts Travel - just to one of the 3 plants daily Benefits - Full insurance and a very competitive salary Dress code - Khaki’s and a collared shirt Future - See’s himself as a Plant Manager unless he gets a promotion or goes to work on the corporate side “The Goal” - He has read this novel and says this does happen in the real world but a company is usually not as bad as the one in the book Says the most important things for engineers are Process improvement and Capital Project Justification 4/7/2008IDM 28811

Questions/Discussion Contact Information Brendan Walker Interviewee Information Roy Jackson Company Information 4/7/2008IDM 28812