Cindy Novak has joined Precision IBC as a Packaging Consultant in the Midwest

August 15, 2006

Please join us in welcoming Cindy Novak to the Precision IBC family. Cindy, previously employed by Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc. as a key account manager, is a packaging consultant concentrating on the Northeast, Midwest, and Canada.  She will be based in Crestwood, IL. Prior to Hoover, Cindy was employed at Official Airline Guides as a sales and marketing manager and Johnson & Johnson Baby Products in the purchasing department.

Cindy stays busy trying to keep up with three nieces and enjoys attending the volleyball, softball, and soccer games that they actively participate in.  She is also a foster mom for two golden retrievers through the As Good As Gold golden retriever rescue group in Illinois.

It's that time of the year ...

Nothing is more important than having an emergency plan in place to ensure the safety of you and your business. With that in mind, Precision IBC has developed the following policy, with regard to a hurricane or any other natural disaster, to protect employees, equipment and data. The plan shall be in force from the preparation stage to aftermath and shall include a listing of critical functions pertaining to preventing disruption, reducing disruption or restarting business following disruption for the benefit of our customers in a time of need.

In the event of a hurricane or natural disaster, Precision IBC will take all necessary, recommended precautions including, but not limited to, securing offices and warehouses, and increasing inventory levels in all four stocking locations (Fairhope Alabama; Broussard Louisiana; Carteret, New Jersey; and Cleveland, Ohio). If one administrative location is not accessible, but the other is, operations will continue from the operable site. If neither administrative location is accessible, operations will continue from a secondary, emergency location offsite.
Precision IBC’s main objective will be to get operations up and running as soon as conditions allow. Precision will only allow shipments from the warehouse during emergency operations. We will not offer to deliver nor accept any incoming freight during emergency operations.

If we must leave the workplace quickly, all essential equipment needed for ongoing operations will be taken to a secure, secondary location (as noted earlier in the policy). Telephone service will be transferred to the secondary location number, and customers will be able to call

Computer hardware will be secured in individual offices and the computer server will be removed. Computer software is currently backed up offsite in a secure location. All records including critical records such as accounting systems are all currently backed up offsite in a secure location.

Are you ready?

Hurricane season has already begun. Preparation is crucial and on top of everyone’s mind in light of last season’s catastrophic events. To ensure the safety of you and your loved ones, Precision IBC has put together a basic safety checklist that can be implemented quickly and easily.

• Post emergency telephone numbers by your phones and make sure your children know how and when to call 911.
• Locate a safe room or the safest area in your home. Preferably, this would be an interior room.
• Stock non-perishable supplies in a disaster supply kit. Suggestions on contents include at least one gallon of water daily per person for seven days, blankets, clothing, first aid kit, toiletries, flashlights, batteries, radios, cash, pet care items, and a manual can opener.
• Keep your vehicles filled with gas.
• Determine escape routes from your homes as well as places to meet.
• Have an out of state friend as a family contact. This will ensure all your family members have a single point of contact, and make sure everyone has the telephone number in case you are separated.
• Make plans now for your pets in case of evacuation.

So you think you know everything? What about these things ...

• All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
• The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
• The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
• No word in the English language rhymes with orange, silver or purple.
• It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

There, now you know everything!



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