Issue 46Mark WalkerShares his insightson respect

HTM Hosts2019 NAB NHCConvention

REMEMBERIf you see something unsafe

say something

WHY?Improvement of your own awareness

Helps keep fellow associates safeNo regrets

It’s the right thing to doRespect for others

If your unsure if it’s safe or not, err on the side of caution and ask.Say Something!

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INSIDE

THIS EDITION

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Respect for the IndividualFerrous Division Leader Mark Walker shares

what the Honda Core Value of respect

means to him.

Manufacturing Day 2019HTM collaborates with local high schools,

community colleges and other community

resources.

North America Bloc-NHC Convention

NHC teams from around the world share

their problem solving & project

management skills.6

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11United WayHighlights from the HTM 2019 United Way

campaign.

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Quality Slogan ContestRecognition of winners and new slogans

for 2020.

HTM 2019 Open HouseReflecting back on Open House activities.

HTM new and retired associate

recognition

Moving Inclusion & Diversity Forward

BRG’s are a key component from helping to attract new talent to HTM to allowing current

associates to be engaged in multiple activities. These associate-led, company-supported groups

that include associates aligned across broad constituencies such as gender, race/ethnicity, ability,

life stage and experiences are already helping to enhance Honda’s competitive positioning by

impacting the four areas of Commerce, Community, Culture and Career.

HTM currently has four BRG’s (AARCH) African American Resource Collaborative of Honda,

(HYP) Honda Young Professionals, (TLG) The Leadership Group and (HPW) Honda Powered

by Women. While we currently host these four groups, there are forty groups that are

represented within the Honda family across North America. These groups includes, but are

not limited to, LDIA, Spectrum, Earth and Military Veterans.

If you are interested in starting a group or joining one of HTM’s current groups, please contact

Pilate Bradley in Administration for more information.

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Goal:

HTM Event summary:

How many schools attended? 13

How many students attended? 450 in a 2 day event (9/25 & 9/26)

List of engagement activities:

• Tour engagement stops: Robotics, Hydraulics/Pneumatics, PLC /Electrical,

Equipment service tools

• Scavenger hunt with the colleges

• Parts measurement challenge

How many educational institutions supported?

1 Career Center

Hi-Point Career Center, Bellefontaine

5 Community Colleges

Clark State Community College, Springfield

Marion Technical College, Marion

Rhodes State Community College, Lima

2 Universities

Ohio Northern University

University of Northwestern Ohio

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HTM Hosts the North America Bloc NH-Circle Convention

On Oct 14-18 HTM hosted NHC teams from North America, Japan, China, Vietnam ,

Mexico and Thailand. The delegates received a warm welcome, as they arrived at the Marriot

Hotel in Columbus, from the HTM NAB Team and NAB Committee members.

The convention schedule included a Welcome Reception, Team Building

Activity, Presentation of Projects and HTM Tour, Sayonara Dinner and Culture Day.

• During their welcome reception Brutus, the OSU mascot, made an appearance to

entertain the delegates.

• Team building involved the delegates breaking out into teams, building a putt-putt golf

course out of boxed and canned food. Using their imagination to create unique courses.

After the event all the food was donated to Our Daily Bread in Bellefontaine.

• Teams received a first class welcome from HTM when they arrived at the plant to present

their projects and tour the plant.

• At the Sayonara Banquet the delegates were entertained by Taiko Drummers , Music and

Laser Robots.

• On Culture Day they had a choice of visiting OSU Stadium and Barley’s Brewery or

Anthony Thomas Candy Co. and Franklin Conservatory

Thanks to all HTM Associates who made this event a success!6

Thanks again to everyone at HTM who helped to make the 2019 NAB Convention such a great success.

Our two attending teams have been talking non-stop about how exciting and fun the event was. In fact,

one of our team members who also has been to a World Bloc event in Ohio and a Toronto NAB

Convention said that the HTM event was by far the best he has attended. That's high praise, and even

more evidence that HTM hosted a spectacular event. Good job!

One of the comments we received from the convention:

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Continuous VariablesNHC Team the Continuous Variables presented their project as a show case at the CAN

Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.

There were 41 Honda / Supplier teams presenting this year at the convention.

The teams had an opportunity to do a team building activity, bench marking from other

presentations, attend workshops and the award ceremony.

Next years Fall CAN Convention is Knoxville, TN.

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Mark Walker

Division Manager

Ferrous Division

In this quarters segment of Leadership Insights we feature Mark Walker. Mark has been with

Honda for thirty-one years. He has worked in many capacities while being assigned at the

Anna Engine Plant, Alabama, Mexico and is currently the Division Manager of the Ferrous

Division here at Honda Transmission.

Through Mark’s Honda career he has experienced the Honda Philosophy in action at each of

his assignments. In today’s segment he would like to share what one of Honda’s Core Values

“Respect”, means to him.

“Respect for the Individual” is the foundation of the Honda Philosophy.

At Honda, we all wear the white uniform as a representation of the

culture of equality and respect Mr. Honda created when he started the

Honda Company. This was a unique concept at the time and when I

started working at Honda I felt included…like part of the racing team.

“Clear direct “Communication” generates respect.”

-- Mark Walker

and understand the actual situation. Currently we use emails and text messages to

communicate and this is quick and easy. However, many times the true intentions or priority

levels are lost. I believe the best communication is still face to face. Listening closely and

recognizing each others efforts, concerns and ideas.

Honda does not want associates to be afraid to “Speak Up”. There are multiple resources

such as Administration, Plant Safety, Division/Department Management, Coordinators/Team

leaders and Corporate Compliance & Ethics, which are available for associates to ask

questions, share concerns or gain clarity on policies.

Clear direct “Communication” generates respect. Mr. Honda exemplified this with his management style by going line-side to talk to associates

“Joy of Creating” is another aspect of the Honda Philosophy that fosters respect. It is a great

feeling when your line makes production for the day and has zero scrap. Most of the original

manufacturing lines were connected together in series and you had to depend on the

associates up-stream and down-stream to keep thing running smoothly. Being dependent on

each other created a sense of respect that everyone wanted to do a good job and be their best.

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“Trust” is built from many positive

actions over time. Taking the next steps

makes a difference in creating respect,

by doing the tool change at the end of

the shift, staying over for the model

change and making sure things are set-

up for the next shift. A true measure of

respect is leaving things better than you

started.

Respect for the individual is very

important to me and has helped me to

succeed through many projects and

new model launches throughout my

career at Honda. We all come from

different backgrounds and have different viewpoints. Thinking creatively and leveraging these

differences to generate new ideas and to solve problems are the fundamentals Mr. Honda

developed in this management concept more than 60 years ago and it is still relevant today. I

enjoy being part of this team and being part of something bigger both are key components

which motivates me to take on new challenges.

The driving force behind Honda’s growth was the leadership of its founders – Mr. Soichiro

Honda and Mr. Takeo Fujisawa. The most valuable legacy which our founders gave to our

company is a philosophy. This Honda Philosophy will continue to serve as a basis of our daily

business action and judgements for all companies and associates within the Honda Group.

The Honda Philosophy is more than words on a sheet of paper. The philosophy has value only

when every Honda associate assumes responsibility to turn it into action. In so doing, together

we will maintain and grow our unique corporate culture and offer new value to society

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A special thanks to all HTM associates who supported the United Way

campaign this year. The final total came to $38,221.00.

HTM matches each dollar donated so our actual total came to $76,442.

HTM donated to 13 counties this year.

For Logan County alone, we collected $20,870.00 making the company match total $41,740.

The $100 gift card winner for the closest guess to the final pledge total went to

Eric Sharp. He guessed $38,152 and the final total was $38,221.

# 1

Honda Lawn Mower

Michael Cox

# 2

Honda Tiller

Kento Matsuo

# 3

55’ Smart TV

Robert GrayColumbus Family Zoo Pass

Raymond O’Neal

Amazon Gift Card & Echo Dot

Christie Bothel Justin Mesick

# 5 # 6

# 4

Amazon Gift Card & Echo Dot

Cleveland Browns Winners

Parking Spot Winners

Adam Feick Dustin Lange

Hiroyuki Kimijima Duane Williams

Brittney McBeth Eric Sprang

Jen Lucas Connie Akers

Tiffany Collins Masayoshi Ogura

Takao Suzuki Don Schenck

Michio Sanada David Oglesbee

Chris Recker Aldrich Wilcox

Deb Norris Casey Keating

James Williams Greg Welch

Jun Fujisawa Zach Grant

Mark Leiss Kim Franks

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#1 #2

September 22nd

Mark Walker

Dave Yanchik

Mickey Shoffner

November 14th

Tomohiro Hayakawa

Abumere Imoukhuede

Delna Miller11

Indian Lake Homecoming Parade

The Indian Lake Homecoming parade was held September 19th in downtown Russells Point.

The theme for this years parade was “Transportation”. HTM is a proud sponsor of the ILMS

Robotics' Club, their entry was 1 of 34 entries in the parade.

The students made their own vehicles to carry thru the parade and handed out candy .

Great Job team on using your imaginations!

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The 2019 HTM Quality Slogan Contest was held October 7th - October 11th. This year 550 associates

participated. The Quality Division would like to thank all associates who participated. There were

many great slogans submitted from all departments. This year, Quality Division had the opportunity to

have two Quality Slogan Plant Wide Winners.

The winners were: Rodney Cavinder from 4WD Dept. and Kyle Cooper from PC Dept.

Lucky 2nd Chance Winners:

Department Winners

Pictured above from left to right:

Hideki Tanaka (ACIE), Mike Baird(Q-Div. Mgr.), Takao Suzuki (President),

Kyle Cooper (PC), Rodney Clavinder (4WD), Scott Henderson (VP)

Hiroshi Kashikawa (CTA), Brant Martin (PE)

Left Picture:

Top Slogan: The key to quality is in your hands. (4WD) Rodney Cavinder

Bottom Slogan: Quality people, quality parts, quality vehicles, bring joy to

the hearts. (PC) Kyle Cooper

ALMC: Robert Shaw

PED: Jake Blake

HPDC: Jonathan Gross

Gear: Mike Dafler

AT: Larry Neeley

PQ: Craig Bowers

FAC: Matthew Metz

MIS: Kelly Putman

ADM/ACCT/NMC/OPS: Emily Fraley

TQ: Aaron Kruger

MQ: John Morgan

RSG: LeighAnn Atchison

SCM: Don Mumford

Dawn Burba (SCM)

Daryl Abraham (PED)

Cory Leckey (Gear)

Randall Metz (AT)

Brad Henman (Gear)

Pictured above from left to right:

Hideki Tanaka (ACIE), Mike Baird(Q-Div. Mgr.), Takao

Suzuki (President), Cara Slayback (AT), Scott Henderson

(VP) Hiroshi Kashikawa (CTA), Brant Martin (PE)

Quality Quiz Results:

Week 1 – Robert Rood (AT)

Week 2 – Mariko Tada (ADM)

Week 3 – Craig Kaufman (ALMC)

Week 3 (2nd Chance) – Randy Johnson (HPDC)

Week 4 – Shelby Gautney (Gear)

Grand Prize – Cara Slayback (AT)

HTM Quality Slogan Contest

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Associate Anniversary

Recognition

The following associates celebrate an anniversary

milestone at Honda Transmission

August September

15 Year Anniversary

William Cooper

Phillip Kinninger

Brian Neeley

William Piriczky

Troy Tekamp

Thomas Yaussy

20 Year Anniversary

Morgan Barnes

Terrence Kitzmiller

25 Year Anniversary

Dan Gullett

30 Year Anniversary

Clark Born

15 Year Anniversary

Josephine Bayhan

Johnny Erevia

Robert Hanson

Jeromie Martz

Reese Mentzer

Jack Ward

Charles Williams

20 Year Anniversary

Arthur Wurm

25 Year Anniversary

Douglas Kauffman

20 Year Anniversary

James Adams

Cody Carruthers

Kevin Kennedy

30 Years Anniversary

Gary Schleter

October

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2019 HTM Internal Ergo cup winners

Rachel Mentzer & Angie Beltz

will compete at the International Ergo Cup in

Louisville, KY in March 2020.

Updated new hire training to include:

• Implemented an interactive industrial ergonomics training video

• Created a video with good/no good ergonomic techniques

• Revised the ergo profile

Results:

• When comparing 95 Ki to 96 Ki, data shows a significant decrease in reported discomfort on Process Safety Ergo Assessments.

• When comparing 95-96 Ki, New Associates reporting Ergo-related discomfort went from 60% - 0%!

• Going forward, experienced associates will also benefit from this training, not just new hires.

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2019 HondaGO Co-Op Event

On November 11th, fifteen Honda Transmission’s Co-ops volunteered their time and traveled

to DeGraff, Ohio where they assisted the Second Harvest Food Bank, food truck to unload

and distribute food to local area families. During the food distribution we were able to feed

75 families.

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2019 HTM Open House

The Honda Transmission Manufacturing Annual Fall Open House was held on Saturday October 12th,

2019. This year the plant was opened up to other Honda companies to bring their families, retirees and

contingent workforce to tour our facility. A self-guided plant tour with department specific

information, as well as select department quizzes to better understand HTM and specific departments.

Children were encouraged to dress up and partake in cookie decorating, games, a photo booth,

coloring contest as well as a trick or treat area.

Our Japanese associates came together to cook and serve Yakisoba to everyone.

The event was organized through a total HTM effort and is always a special opportunity to celebrate

together as a Honda family - the PRIDE we have in our workforce.

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HTM participated in the Annual Halloween Parade at the Indian Lake Elementary School.

Nearly 60 Indian Lake area businesses and organizations set up at Indian Lake School

Thursday afternoon October 31st. Over 600 students paraded through the hallways and the

gym collecting candy and other goodies. HTM Procurement & Production Control Division

supported the parade this year along with Ana, Elsa and Olaf.

Jay Hawkins, Greg Horne, Jamie Dixon , Kim Franks, Nikki Hurley,

Christie Bothel, Aaron Spring Rachel Thomas, Jodi Schleter

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August 2019

Assembly (AT/4WD)

Malik Blakman (AT)

Camron Bensman (AT)

Shane Traylor (AT)

Ferrous

Alondra Cortes

Jennifer Gillette

Simon Maag

Transmission Quality (TQ)

Ellory Lane

Parts Quality (PQ)

Julio Patino

Facilities (FAC)

Robert Rosineau

September 2019

Assembly (AT/4WD)

Roger Anderson (4WD)

Chad Hawkey (AT)

Ferrous

Brandon Jackson

David Shutt

Honda Transmission

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Retirement The following associates have celebrated retirement

in the last 3 months at Honda Transmission

August 2019

12 Years

Randall Starr

33 Years

Todd Hellwarth

October 2019

36 Years

Lea Sanders

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September 2019

18 Years

Jeffrey Harpst

24 Years

Jerry Binkley

96 Ki Upcoming Events!

1. November 28th - 29th - Thanksgiving

2. December 23rd - January 1st - Christmas Shutdown

3. January 7th - New Year’s Speech

4. January 23rd - Blood Drive (Community Blood Center)

5. February 3rd - Doors of EnCOURAGEment contest starts

6. March 4th - 11th - Fleet Sale

7. April 10th - Good Friday

8. April 12th - Easter Sunday

2020 Fleet Sale

March 4th – March 11th

How have the

Core Values

inspired you

to show your

Honda Spirit

in 2019?

Look for the updated Core Value

testimonies in the main hall way!

Qually T wants to

wish you a very

Happy Holiday

Season!