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“I was on the mechanical side and went on
the tour with Noria in 2009,” said George
Warwick, senior maintenance instrument
lead. “You’re thinking that you’re doing it
right, but you’re not. When Noria gave us
their final report, it was like a helping hand
reaching out.”
Utilizing the Winston-Salem facility’s
unique usage of self-directed work groups,
Warwick, a 28-year veteran of Ingredion and
champion of the facility’s transformation,
decided to lead the charge for change and
actively sought out opportunities to help
facilitate and improve reliability at the
plant. He started attending the Reliable
Plant Conference & Exhibition, obtaining
information and ideas for implementation
at Winston-Salem.
“If I go to a conference or training, I
don’t look at it as a conference but as
an educational experience,” Warwick
said. “I started going to conferences
to get these ideas. You see all these
neat gadgets and realize we have an
opportunity to improve. I wanted a
lubrication building and was told,
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