What’s Up WED Jan 13North American International Auto Show: Last day to purchase discounted tickets at DENSO.

MARCH Save the DateAdult Spring Party at FireKeeper’s Casino: Saturday, March 18

THR Jan 21Quarter Century Club Dinner

DMMI’s Central News SourceJanuary 12, 2016CORET

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Welcome to the Dojo

Dojo is a Japanese word meaning “Place of The Way,” or a place of learning. Tradition-ally, a dojo is used as a training facility for martial arts. More recently, this term has been used to describe a dedicated location for physical, hands-on workplace training.

The concept of a training dojo is not new to the manufacturing world. Large facilities like Toyota and GM have already adopted dojos into their training struc-ture.

“It is a global concept,” said Safety Manager Dan Carpenter, “and it’s not new to DENSO. Dojo stations are already in place in Japan and Tennessee. Your dojo team visited these estab-lished dojos and brought the concept back to DMMI.”

The dojo at DMMI has specific stations for safety and environ-mental processes. Topics include: • Hidden dangers• Rollers and spinning shafts• Chain and belt drives• Energy and CO2• Recycling• Residual pressure (stored energy) and• Storm water and waste water

There is a focus on following 3S for safe machine entry and the hazards of residual air pressure. Associates will experience real-life situations, all within a safe and controlled environment.

“Your dojo is spiced with a little DMMI flavor,” said Dan. “The stations here are designed to be similar to what you will experience in our plant.”

The Safety and Environmental Dojo has already been adopted into the new employee orienta-tion. In the next few months, all DMMI associates, temporaries, and contractors will be scheduled by their supervisors to join a training session.

See you at the Dojo!

Compressor Unit Shipped by MACI

HR Specialist Ryan Simmons learns all about safety at the Dojo

Congratulations to Associates at Michigan Automotive Compres-sor, Inc. (MACI) on reaching a huge milestone in their history! Check out www.michauto.com for a full press release.

100 Millionth

FICA Social SecurityFICM MedicareFIT Federal Income TaxSIT State Income TaxCITY Battle Creek Income Tax401 LN# 401(k) loan payment401K 401(k) savings planABC DED Deductions for added pur-chased benefits (extra life-insurance, dis-ability, AD&D, dependent life, etc.)BADGE R Badge replacementDENTAL Dental insurance contributionDEP CAR Dependent care flex plan

FOC Friend of the CourtGARNISH Court-ordered collectionsHEALTH Health insurance contributionHSA MED Medical savings contributionMED EXP Medical flex planPURCHAS Items bought from Gallagher Uniform or wearablesROTH After tax 401(k)SAFETY Safety glasses replacementUNITED United Way contributionVENDORS Items bought from special sales, such as book fairsVISION Vision insurance contribution

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Congratulations to Art Woody from RS Evaporator on your retirement from DENSO after 21 years of service!

Congratulations to Wendy Ebert from Radiator on your retirement from DENSO after 18 years of service!

Congratulations to the ninth group of DENSO leaders welcomed into Leadership Academy. Participants were:

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ADJUSTM Manual adjustment made by payroll (example: late vacation request)BEREAVE Bereavement payHH AWAR Healthy Horizons award

IND INJ Industrial injury (Workers’ Comp)JURY Jury duty payVAC SEL Vacation sell-back

Common DEDUCTIONS Categories

Check your Pay Check!

Common EARNINGS Categories

It’s the start of a new year and a great time to make sure your paycheck is correct. Here is a refresher on how to interpret the codes on your paycheck.

Left side: Your EarningsYour earnings are broken down by type of pay: reg-

ular, overtime, vacation, paid holidays, etc. The first two columns (Hours / Current) show the hours and dollar amounts paid to you this pay period. The next two columns (Hours / YTD) show the total number of hours and dollars paid to you this year.

Right side: Your DeductionsThe right side gives you the amounts taken out of

your check this period (Current), as well as the total amount taken out this year (YTD).

See the sample paycheck stub for an explanation of the codes that appear on DENSO checks. You will not see all of these codes on your check; different people have different earnings and deductions.

Find an Error? Let Us KnowBe sure to check your most recent paycheck and

review your benefit deductions to ensure your contri-butions for medical, dental, and/or vision are correct. Do you have a 401(k) loan? Now is a good time to verify that your loan deductions are coming out of your check. If any of your deductions are missing or incorrect, contact the Benefits Department by the end of January.

How to Check your Hourly RateThe rate listed on the top of your paycheck is your

monthly rate. Here’s how to manually calculate your hourly rate:(Monthly Rate x 12) / 2,080 = Hourly Rate

(Multiply your monthly rate by 12 months in a year, then divide by 2,080--the number of regular work hours in a year.)

Emily Angell -- Sub Leader, Machine TechGeno Armanini -- Sr. Team Leader, ProductionMike Borgman -- ASMI, Team Leader, MaintenanceMike Curbey -- Section Leader, HVAC EngineeringAustin Grieve -- ASMI, Production Engineer

David Grusczynski -- Sr. Team Leader, ProductionDon Hilborn -- Team Leader, Multi-Cooler Core AssemblyJake Kirshman -- Section Leader, Die Design/EngineeringValerie Mancuso -- Section Leader, Production ControlMary George -- Adv. Specialist, Human Resources

Bob McIntosh -- Sub Leader, ProductionJacob Parsons -- Sr. Process Engineer, HVAC EngineeringKeith Saggio -- Section Leader, Quality EngineeringPhil Sheets -- Team Leader, Outbound LogisticsJody Smith -- Adv. Environmental Engineer, Environmental

Marc Sommerville -- Buyer Commodity, Parts PurchasingPaul Stein -- Adv. Process Engineer, Evaporator EngineeringCurtis Wank -- Advanced Buyer, PurchasingAlec Whitehead -- Team Leader, Production

LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

THANKYOU