Value Chain Project

MARCH 2012

Editors: Meredith Thompson & Lisa Allen

Pump Up Your Heart

Health

Thefactsrelatedtoheartdiseasein

theUnitedStatescanbealarming.

Thegoodnewsisthereareseveral

thingsthatyoucandotohelpprevent

heartdisease.Gotoourlatestissueof

VitaMintoﬁndoutifyouareatrisk

andwhatyoucandotohaveaheart‐

healthylifestyle.

Off to a Healthy Start

Sincethe2

AnnualHallmarkHealth

RewardsprogramlaunchedinDecem‐

ber,parcipantshavebankedmore

than96,000pointsandcashedinmore

than$6,400Jointhisprogramthat

encouragesweightlossandhealthy

lifestylechoicesbyallocangrewards

pointsthatareredeemableforpayroll

dollarsorgicards.Takeamoment

tosignupatHallmarkHealt

hRewards

tobeginloggingyourhealthyacvies

andlifestylechoicestoday.

Healthy Choice Recipes

Lookforrecipesuggesonsonthe

CrownRoomIntranetsite.Forward

anyfavoritesuggesonsyoumight

havethatcouldbeincludedonthe

site.Checkout11WaystoWakeUp

Oatmeal.

Weight Watchers

GettheWeightWatchersPointsPlus

2012monthlypass.Itallowsyouto

aendmeengsoﬀoftheHallmark

campusatareducedmonthlyrateof

$39.95.BeneﬁtsincludefreeeToolsto

helpkeepyouontrack.(Weight

Watchersonlineisavailablefor

$17.95).Toenroll,visittheWeight

Watcherssite.EntertheH

allmark

companyID:1475,thenthecompany

passcode:WW1475.Formoreinfor‐

maonorforassistancesigningon,

contactWeightWatchersat1‐866‐204

‐2885.

BMI and Weight Loss

LettheHallmarkmedicaldepartment

helpyouﬁndoutifyouhaveahealthy

BodyMassIndex.Ifyoudo,youcould

earn10HallmarkHealthRewards

points.Themedicaldepartmentcan

alsohelpyouwithabodycomposion

weigh‐intoestablishabaseline

weight.Thenyouareeligiblefor5

HallmarkHe

alt

hRewardspointsfor

every5poundslost.Itpaystolose!

Registered Dietitian Coun-

seling

Score10HallmarkHealthRewards

Pointsbyhavingregistereddietcoun‐

seling.HyVeeoﬀersdieancounsel‐

ingforafee.

healthrewards.hallmark.com

Value Chain Project

Earlier this year, Hallmark signed a new contract with Disney. This contract has a stipulation that Hallmark sell a certain

amount of party product. In an effort to meet this goal, our business partners in Kansas City have asked Leavenworth to

reduce the manufacturing cost of our party products. Their specific goal is to offer a commodity product line for stores

like Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar.

Thanks to hard work by the operators in Gravure and Party, we tested new substrates for plates, cups, and napkins. Some

of these stocks worked very well, some did not. From the testing, we were able to make a recommendation to the busi-

ness unit of less expensive paper options.

This final recommendation resulted in an average cost reduction of 9.5% per format. This potential cost reduction is very

exciting to the business unit, as they are getting pressured from Wal-mart to provide more profit margin. They were very

interested in the potential to move existing designs to less expensive paper.

The next steps planned are to further test the stock, perhaps on some live jobs. This will help ensure the Leavenworth

plant doesn’t lose any efficiency by going to less expensive stocks. After that, we will hopefully start to produce product

for the dollar stores and see our production volumes increase from where they are today.

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THE LEAVENWORTH CONNECTION ● March 2012

Access the intranet

from home,

HR Direct, and TMS:

hp:\\access.hallmark

.com/intranet

02 JeﬀPiera

04 RandyWilson

07 DonnaCulbertson

07 RickEmmons

08 MikeKermashek

09 JohnMoore

09 ToddVogt

10 AnnaMoreno

10 SteveRieck

17 MikeBaker

19 LillieBoone

19 RickSherres

22 MikeRobert

23 JoeBaker

24 JohnFleming

30 TerriRay

31 CathyMilnark

Debbie Sherretts

March 21, Party

2012 Lawrence Hallmark

Golf Schedule

Leavenworth employees

are welcome to join in!

March 24, 2012-

Village Greens

April 21, 2012-

Eagle Bend

May 19, 2012-

Cypress Ridge

June 23, 2012- Dubs Dread

July 14, 2012- Lake Shawnee

August 11, 2012- Alvamar

September 22, 2012-

Tomahawk Hills

October 20, 2012- Village Greens

iftheywouldliketoenter,pleasesend

$40.00cashto:

AlanGarcia,ReproduconSeconManager

Phone:785‐813‐0346

Email:[email protected]

healthrewards.hallmark.com

Don’t forget to

log your health rewards

points earned to win up

to $250 this year!

Lewis W. Diuguid, columnist for the Kansas City Star

spoke on February 15th in recognition of Black History

Month. His presentation was “Education and Econom-

ics: the Next Civil Rights Frontier.” Mr. Diuguid has

written columns for The Star since 1993 and has facili-

tated diversity workshops for The Star employees, col-

leges, and community organizations.

Hearing

protection

is a sound

Investment.

Remember our priority

of being a

ZERO WASTE FACILITY

Use the Green Spots

located throughout

the plant!