David Barrett

The Dallas office has grown in volume of cabinet distribution immensely in the last few years.   At times we have been behind the curve in processing the growth.  One area, we struggled with was the break bulk area of the inbound freight.  We seemed to start to get a handle on efficiency only to lose people and to sometimes not perform up to the level needed.  As we would get up to speed the volume would grow even more.

We called a meeting early in the spring and got more input from the employees on best practices and took it to heart.  It was clear in the meeting that one man stood out.  He was discouraged because he could see the cause and effect of not having best practices and needed to voice what he thought.

As we listened it was clear he had a handle on the mentally of what would make us much more effective.  Realizing that his perception was a “God send” and knowing that his work ethic was outstanding we decided to put him in charge of all inbound cabinet freight.  The decision was not only good but great.  He took over and has improved the overall morale and volume we are able to take in daily.  Without him and his insight EDC would not be as good as we are in the Dallas market.   If the inbound isn’t in order then the problems continue to mount exponentially.

As most of you who work at EDC have figured out by now, our employee of the year in Dallas is David Barrett.  Not only has he brought efficiency, morale, and timeliness to our dock, he has managed to bring leadership to a position that we needed. Thanks to you David, EDC is stronger now than we were without you. Job well done. 

Here is a list of previous winners for the Dallas Branch Employee of the Year

Maria Bellini

Karyn Flynn

Darryl Tolor

Steve Miller

Donny Patterson

Tim Carter

Charles Bradley

Juan Parr

Kathy Wafer

Carri Cater

Libby Vasquez

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