Backorders are down thanks to extra hours
With the majority of our products built by hand, the only way to increase production is to increase the number of people or the number of hours that are worked. So we started a second Big Push of overtime hours about a month ago and it’s going really well.
Here’s a look at the impact the production team’s extra work has had on reducing backorder numbers over the last month. The number of units on backorder is dropping.
On average, production teams have been working an additional 15,000 hours per week. That’s like having more than 375 extra people working 40 hours each week! So we are on the right track. Thank you, everyone, for your patience and all the hard work. We will continue to keep you updated.
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great work, everyone! Thank you for all the hard work 🙂
Really appreciate for teams hard working!
Awesome effort everyone!
And thanks Dave for sharing this great data.
Thank you so much for the efforts you make! Our distributors in Latin America are thankful!
Thanks for all team’s effort. Great Job.
Amazing effort! Well done. Can’t help but truly appreciate the impact of this effort on our customers’ ability to take care of their patients.
Thanks to all of you for your contribution and hard work. Great job done!!!
Thanks to everyone for all your efforts on behalf of patients around the world! It is very sincerely appreciated!
Awesome work! So happy that we have great workers who are willing to work extra to help! Thanks for all your hard work!
Thank you to each and everyone one of you whom have made this tremendous effort. Your hard work and support is greatly appreciated in all aspects. Great Job! Keep Smiling.
Thank you so much to all of your hard work and effort on this! It does not go unnoticed and we all very much appreciate your work and dedication!
I can only mirror everyone’s comments – it really is appreciated, thank you so much!
We here at Cook Medical Winston-Salem know what you mean about the long hours of dedication! We are PROUD of all our teams, from Production to Management ! I’m so glad to be part of the Testing end of it and also working OT in the production end of it!
Thank you very much for that.
It has been said quite often, but it is true, your efforts are very highly appreciated by everyone in the Company!
Keep the spiriits up, everyone is astonishing proud and thankful for what you are doing.
What you our colleagues do today in Bloomington has an impact on patients and our customers worldwide – thank you for making a difference!
How can we ever thank all our colleagues ‘in’ the production?! I can only say that ‘out’ in the field there are lots of surgeons who like and prefer our products (Cook is best!) to all other products and help thousands of patients on longterm. Their lives are saved or made worth living again!
I hope this helps a bit to recover from the last months hard work.
Thank you for all your hard work. It is greatly appreciated!
Thanks for all team’s effort. Great Job.
Thank you very much for the effort. Excellent work that will result in sales.
Well done guys! Truly appreciate your teams efforts great work, thanks!
Thank you very much for the update. This communication is so important. And I agree with Remco too, thanks a million for your hard work, well done!
Agree with Remco, a lot of sacrifices would have been made during this time. Good job to everyone involved and thank you for your hard work! 🙂
It’s truly amazing! So many people that are working 6 or 7 longs days every week for the last months and are sacrificing so much family / private time to get the products to our customers faster. I can imagine the distance between the field (customer) and production facility is a long one and that appreciation for all those extra working hours is not always felt. Well, please be assured that all your hard work is seen and hugely appreciated. When you are tired or maybe frustrated with the situation, take a look again at all the reactions in this blog and feel that your hard work is so much appreciated and truly matters to our customers and patients. Respect!!!
That’s an insane amount of hours. Thank you all, we in the field appreciate your efforts.
It is truly amazing what a commitment our production teams have made here. Fantastic work and so very much appreciated!
Everyone who is working to reduce these back order numbers is having a tremendous impact. Your extra effort, time and focus in this critical time is very visible and greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much for all the hard work and effort inside. I can speak for my region in the field, we are grateful and appreciate everything that is being done to reduce the backorder. Great News!!
Thank you everyone that is working overtime so that our physicians can get the products they need to treat patients!
Thank you to everyone that is contributing to help in this situation. All of your time, dedication and sacrifice of spending time with your families in order to make sure we are getting product to our customers which in the end affects our patients.
Thank you everyone. Will help us out in the Field. ☺️
Thanks to everyone for your tremendous work, dedication, and sacrifice. We really appreciate it!
You are all amazing!
WOW! The additional hours per week worked is extremely impressive! Wonderful job by all of the production teams! Thank you!
Great job folks. It’s fantastic to know we can count on you. Keep up the wonderful work!
Thanks for you great support!!
Thank you guys for your effort, and make easier our job with the customer.
Great Job!!!!
Tremendous news! Thank you to the production/manufacturing team for all their hard work and efforts!
Thank you to everyone that is working extra hours at Park 48. Our teams out in the field greatly appreciate it!!
Thank you for all great job!!!
It’s great to see this trend heading in the right direction. Thanks to all of the production teams for their hard work and effort! I know that people are feeling tired, so a thank goes a long way.