Notes from the Chair

Notes from the CEO: June 17, 2021

Written by Jeff Mulder | Jun 17, 2021 8:18:49 PM

ATS is a metric that we started paying a lot of attention to in 2020 in order to stay focused on service to our customers.  95% ATS was a Key Expectation last year, and we’ve been working hard to move closer to that goal every day.  Recently we had the idea to change our focus in this blog to something that hits a little closer to “home”.  As you will hear in my interview with Adam Skinner, VP Supply Chain, backlog and past due help us understand our production goal of outpacing bookings at just the right pace in order to keep the backlog at an ideal place.  

“Backlog is a metric that’s more meaningful (than ATS) because it shows us how many units we need to build.  That’s something everyone can kind of relate to…how many units do we need to build to be where we should be.”  

My thanks to Adam for his time to review this with me, and for the unending hard work and dedication of our entire global operations team. 

 

 

 

Global Production Update

June 14, 2021
Total Backlog: 167k units 
Total Past Due:  58k units 
 
In addition to the ZEE and VDO manufacturing shout-outs in this week’s video, here are a few other folks who deserve a round of applause… 
 
Thanks to the UK Oracle support team, great commitment to continue to support the UK team. 
 
Thank you to Brett Zimmerman, Jamie Myers, Garrick Pina and Grant Barron for covering the MI DC supervisor spot while Jeremy is out. 

Backlog & Past Due Trend

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Announcements & Reminders  

Announcements

Back by Popular Demand – The Zeeland Zoom 5K!  
Race Day: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 7:00 pm  
Location: Start/Finish on Main Street, in front of the Post Office 
 
Register (for free!) with Team ODL! 
Deadline: June 20, 2021 
Contact: Marcy Covey  
Email marcy.covey@odl.com by June 20 to have your registration fee paid for by ODL.  Make sure to provide your Name & Date of Birth in the email.  And if you’d like to register one dependent (spouse or child listed on your benefit plan), be sure to include their name and DOB, too. 
 
Meet our Team ODL coach!   
Introducing Carmen Brower, Cost Accounting Supervisor (Zeeland, MI) and runner extraordinaire! Carmen joined our team in November 2020 and upon hearing about the Zeeland Zoom 5K she asked, what more can I do?!  So we made her the official coach.  Carmen will receive a list of all the ODL participants from Marcy, and she’ll be in touch to help coordinate a pre-race rendezvous location, offer any help, give high fives, and get that ever important team photo!  Good luck to all our runners, and thank you to Coach Carmen! 
 
“I’ve been running for 24 years. I’ve run countless 5ks, 10ks, and half marathons, as well as 3 full marathons including the New York City Marathon in 2014. Running keeps me motived in all aspects of my life, and I get to meet other people with the same passion of running!”  

 

Reminders!

Name  Description Link
Well-Being Wednesday Join Angie Jenkins every Wednesday at 12:00pm EST for Well-Being Wednesday Click here to view this month's schedule
Workday COVID-19 Vaccine Card Tracking Team members that are fully vaccinated can log into Workday and answer a questionnaire to upload a copy of their COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card Here is a job aid (pdf) and a video job aid that team members can reference. There is also a LinkedIn Learning available for your reference
Zeeland Safety Training Please continue to stay up-to-date with the monthly safety videos Stay up-to-date on the June training topics