Ring the bell

Back somewhere in the early 1980s when we we’re getting into our first recession, Here at Palatine Welding Co., the orders were coming far and few between.
The Request for quotes weren’t coming in very well either.
There was very little for us to do besides organizing files and cleaning up things.
I don’t know about anybody else, But trying to keep busy when there’s very little to do makes for a very hard day. It’s easier to just be busy.
It’s a bit sad and depressing to think that the work that you’re putting out is not paying the bills and/or the payroll.
That’s when we came up with the bell ringer.
Each time the sales department presented a project with a purchase order to the order desk, the bell would be rung.
It was a feel-good moment for everybody when this bell was rung.
The salesperson felt good because he/she was responsible for the bell being rung.
The processing people felt good because they knew that they had something coming that was productive to work on.
The shop supervisor felt good because he knew that work was coming that he could keep his people in the shop busy with.
Ringing the bell is still with us since the early 1980s and it still makes us feel good each time the bell is rung with each new order.
Were still here, there’s still work to be done, and were proud of what we do.
Yours truly, Don Ellis, Sales/Estimator, Palatine Welding