Milling Journal - Q2 2008 - (Page 30) Miller Profile D. Ford Mennel Assistant Plant Manager The Mennel Milling Company Roanoke, VA • 540-776-6201 Years with company: 3 Years in industry: 3 Family: Single. Born: Dec. 7, 1978, Roanoke, VA. Education: 2002: Bachelor of arts, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA. Currently working on MBA at Averett University, Danville, VA. Career: 2005-08: Assistant plant manager, The Mennel Milling Company, Dowagiac, MI, and Roanoke, VA. Biggest technological advance: “Automatic roll gap adjustment because it allows for better control and consistency of the grind.” I view milling both as an art and a technological process because: “Milling is a happy balance between art and technology. It is a marriage between analysis and adaptation.” Best maintenance idea: “Always listen, feel, and smell for the problems you may not yet be able to see.” Best product quality idea: “Millers should try to go beyond a customer’s specification and find out what will improve the functionality of the customer’s product. As an industry, we should try to go beyond customer specifications. This includes everyone in the operation, not just the millers.” The person I admire most: “My father (Don Mennel, president, The Mennel Milling Company) is the person I admire most. I could not ask for a more ideal role model in business, family values, and basic decision making.” Hobbies: “Reading, golfing, and traveling.” 30 Second Quarter 2008 Response No. 301 MILLING JOURNAL http://www.cordanopackaging.com
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