Artesia Door lncreases Outpuf-Lowers Cost Through Modernized Manufacturing

A RTITSIA DOOR Conrpanl', Inc.. of Artesia, California, A 21111,r1111cecl lust montli thii the1. l'ere enrbarking on a krng range expansion Progranr, based otr ttert atrcl it-r'rpror-ecl rlanufacturing' cotrcepts. u'hich the hrru has been working orr for the past t$'o years. The ainrs of the new program are to increase cloor uroductiou. lorver rtuit cost atrcl comirletell' rnodernize the operatic.rrt of the hrrge Southerrr California plant.

llanrrel Ttiraya, presiclent of the hrm, saicl neu' methods have been introducecl, along r.vith trew aticl ultr:r-moclern rrnits of machinery, 'lvirich have acceleraterl procluction ancl increased orlt-put. "-fhe ne'rv program," saitl Toraya, "rvill satisf_r- gron'ing clen-rand for faster serr.ice to our crlstomers, stanciarclize our nrerchanclise b1' pror.iding the flexibility scr necessary in tl're manufacture of a complete line of cloors for the Soutl.rrr,est N'Iarket, ancl provi<te the time for personal treatmellt u'e have been trl-ing to attaitt for matry years."

I)rrring the past ten years of grou.irrg pains Artesia Door has hacl a plan on the <lrafting boarcls for complete atltomation of its explocling expansion of piant, persorrrrel atrd sales. Tl'rrougl.r the combinecl effort of the Artesia l)oor executives, tl-re errgineers of Frank l'i. -]ones \'Iachinery

Con.rpanr-. 1.+03-05 Sarrta Fe r\venue, Los Arrgeles, an<l the krrorv-horv of Challoner ]Iachirrer-'- Corporatior.r. Oshkosh, \\'iscc.rnsin, a ne\v $65,000.00 unit of e<luipment u'as irrstallecl lr'l-riclr turns out a conlDlete tkror everv orre-half urinnte it-t llr.e irut()nratic tttotiotts

Artesia l)r-ror execrrtives statecl that the compan)''s prograrn of streamlining prodrrction has accelerated t1.re unit yielrl per shift by nrore than a fiftv percent increase. The nerv "Challorrer" urrit is a fantastic machine. It automatic:rll_r places the cure irr tlre frante. gltres to positiurr. sizes the rloor, ber-els, sands. frnishes and poiisl-res. Productiort has been slrecl up to the rate of 120 rrnits per hour, tvith only three employees on the line. Plant superintenclent, Joseph "I'epi" Gomez, a tnember of the boarcl of clirectors of ti.ris orogressive firm, is in charge of the tetr acre plaut an<1 it is rrncler his clirection the manufacturing policy of the concern is carriecl orrt by the 63 proclttction employees. It nou' recluires a total of only .30 enrployees to ruu the errtire operatiotr.

Artesia Door Company is a closel1' knit organizatiotr. In aclcliticn to f Iarrnv Toral'a, presiclerrt, Ancly \''azclttez is vice presiclent in charge of procttrer.uent atttl sales ; Peter

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Toraya, a member of the board of directors, is assistant superintendent in charge of shipping and receiving; and, as stated above, "Pepi" Gomez runs the plant. This group of alert executives has been furnishing doors to the Southwest market for more than fifteen years and Artesia Door has grown each and every year to the extent that this firm has become one of the cleanest, most progressive operations in the West.

The Frank E. Jones Machinery Company, installers of

Artesia's new equipment, has been servicing the wood products re-manufacturers throughout the West with equipment for more that a half century. Their trained staff is in a position to solve any production proble6-"2nd we do it every day," said Bert Jones, chief executive of the distributing firm.

Artesia's modernized production methods save time, labor and money. The savings are passed on to the customers by minimizing the cost of the doors.