June 2020

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Safe Training & Field Support

John Pierre Headshot

Our installation training with John Pierre will also resume this month, but with some extra precautions to ensure the safety of everyone involved.

The biggest change is that, in order to maintain proper 6-foot physical distancing during the training sessions in our Waterford facility, the classes will be limited to six people at a time instead of our standard 12 people per class. And to make up for the shortfall on the amount of people, we are going to double our seminars for the rest of the year.

We are finalizing our schedule for the remainder of 2020, beginning with June and looking at a possible class in July (a month we usually take off for summer vacations). You can see the full schedule of our installation classes and register for the one that best fits your schedule on our website.

It is still important to make sure everyone is factory trained and certified to install our doors. This is hands-on training. We actually hang the door and look at the specs. We look at how it all interacts with each other. We do this with every application of door we have so the installer leaves feeling comfortable knowing they can handle anything in the field.

Of course, we will still offer Facetime assistance when you are at an installation site and run into an issue. Connecting with John via Facetime, he can look at your issue and walk you through steps to figure out the problem and make sure everything is installed correctly.

Welcome Jeff Blackford & The Eisen Group

Jeff Blackford & The Eisen Group

Here is some good news! We are happy to announce that, as of June 1, 2020, we have a new Michigan Sales Representative! Jeff Blackford and The Eisen Group have joined our team, representing us here in Michigan.

The Eisen Group is a manufacturer’s representative agency for architectural building products and commercial fenestrations products, with a focus on commercial markets. Established in 1938 by Robert A. Eisen, their corporate office is located in Wixom, Michigan. They also have remote offices in West Michigan and Ohio.

Jeff and the Eisen Group offer specification consulting for architectural firms for Division 8 & 10 products that they represent. Once those products are installed, they follow through with an installation inspection and train the owners on the care and maintenance of those products. They primarily sell through contract hardware and commercial glazing contractor channels in Michigan and Ohio.

We are happy to have Jeff and the Eisen Group join us, because they have a strong reputation for providing customers with reliable, technologically advanced, energy efficient, high performance products that meet or exceed established codes and standards in the industry. In other words, Total Door Systems is a perfect fit for how they already do business.

Please join us in welcoming them to the family.

The Work Safe Playbook

Safety Area

When we started to think about what our new normal would be, we asked our risk mitigation and safety team to do a thorough review of our plant and procedures. After their review, they put together a comprehensive set of policies and physical changes that would need to be made to protect our team, our customers, and our visitors. We are proud of the incredible work that they did to produce our Work Safe Playbook.

The Playbook was distributed to everyone before we returned to work on May 18. It was put together using all the latest WHO, CDC and OSHA guidelines available, along with insights from government, business and other manufacturers. It includes guidelines for health and safety procedures, cross-functional teamwork, operating discipline and training.

The Playbook was distributed for both personal use and to communicate our expectations. Everyone is expected to read, understand and abide by the policies, guidelines and practices within it. As changes occur, the Playbook will be updated. Each individual is responsible for making sure their copy of the Playbook is up to date.

We’re sharing our Playbook with you and invite you to share with us the insights and practices you have put to use during the past weeks.

Playbook Highlights:

The Playbook outlines some of the physical changes created before we returned to work. We installed additional hand sanitizing dispensers throughout the work environment and instituted a schedule to frequently clean often-touched surfaces.

New signs are placed throughout the building, reminding everyone of the proper preventative measures we all must take.

To promote physical distancing, 6-foot intervals have been marked off on the floor and we have identified personnel limits for each area to minimize crowding.

We managed shift changes and staggered breaks to promote physical distancing and to allow us to thoroughly disinfect common areas in between usages.

On-site health screening and protocols were put into place, including requiring a temperature check and answering a safety questionnaire before each entrance into our facility.

Information and training regarding physical distancing, personal hygiene and self-health assessments were also included.

We are leading Playbook discussions and every discussion at Total Door Systems with our Rules of Engagement. This is particularly vital for ensuring dignity and respect for everyone on our team during hard conversations. We can do hard things, and do them easier, when we are all working together.

If you’d like a copy of the entire Playbook, email Candace Kitchen at candace@totaldoor.com.

Contact

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