The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, September 15, 1977, Image 1
CLINTOh
MILLS
SEPTEMBER, 1977
? Three I
Clinton Mills has promoted
three manufacturing
management personnel to
areas of greater responsibility,
according to Vice President
of Manufacturing D.H.
Roberts.
Dick Swetenburg has
been named Manager ol
Greige Mills Manufacturing
for Clinton's six weaving
plants located in Clinton,
South Carolina and Geneva,
Alabama. Swetenburg has
served as Plant No. 2 Manager
since 1972. He had
previously served consecutively
as Superintendent ol
Lydia Spinning, Superintendent
of Plant No. 1 and
Lydia Plant Manager.
A graduate of Clemson
University, Swetenburg is a
deacon in Clinton's First
Presbyterian Church, and a
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Clinton Mills is in th
process of effecting nunc
erous improvements be
tween its sales offices, Clir
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ed in New York, and it
wn?in offices and plants i
Clinton.
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puter Ce
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|. Clinton Sales Corp Office
>- Manager, Florence Fischer,
i- have been working closely
L- with the Clinton sales, ships
ping and data processing
n personnel in order to link
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JOE NELSON
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the New York sales offices
"At the present time wi
are controlling the record
on our inventory of good
manually," says Shippini
Clerk, Faye Simmons, "Bi
we're moving towards con
puterizing all of these n
cords."
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in auuiuon, auue
I Simmons, "we plan to pre
pare all of our custome
invoices and bills of ladin
by computer, thus elimint
ting the need to perforr
these operations manually.
"Orders and shipping in
structions are now transmit
ted from New York t
Clinton by teletype. One
the additional computer in
stallations are completed,
says Mrs. Fisher, "we'll b
| able to service our cus
tomers much more efficient
ly. In the New York offic?
\ we will put into the con
puter orders, specific shi]
ping instructions and othc
data. It will be verified fc
I accuracy and stored f<
transmission.
At the punch of a buttoi
we'll transmit data to Clii
, ton. and it'll be received on
special memory disc. Then
will be printed at the rate <
1,600 words a minute ?
plant and shipping personn
will know exactly how 1
handle a specific order.
| "As you can see. corr
spondence between the sah
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it staff, offices and plants will
of be almost instantaneous,"
jo added Tyson. We will
el actually be transmitting by
to computer many things
which we send by mail that
e- now take 3-4 days for de
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Dunced ?
member of District 56
School Board of Trustees.
Joe Nelson has been promoted
from Bailey Plant
Spinning Superintendent to
Plant No. 2 Manager. He,
too, is a Clemson University
graduate, and is active in
Broad Street Methodist
Church and the Kiwanis
Club.
George Grant succeeds
Nelson as Bailey Plant Spinning
Superintendent. A
Presbyterian College graduate,
Grant currently serves
as Laurens District Scouting
Chairman and President of
the Clinton Rotary Club. He
is also an active member of
St. John's Lutheran Church.
Grant was Assistant to
the Bailey Plant Manager
prior to assuming his new
position.
N
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:R AND PAUL TYSON
"By having a direct link to
Clinton, we will also be able
to provide, in the near
future, more detailed information
about orders and
shipments in a shorter period
of time than ever be
fore," continued Fischer.