Jeff Barnes (Nachurs)

At NAS one area we really focus on is operational consistency. This is important for several reasons. Our customers expect a quality product every time. As well the product needs to be delivered on time. Their business depends on this. A grower going into the field can’t have product that hasn’t stored well or is out of spec where it can harm the plant. An industrial customer needs the product to be in spec and delivered on time or they run the risk of having their operation shut down. This is also how we separate ourselves from the competition and gain a competitive advantage. Our brands (Alpine, Nachurs, and NASI) have great reputations in the marketplace for quality and reliability that has been built up over 75 years. For these reasons NAS has always emphasized operational consistency as we need to deliver a quality product on time – Every time!

Going forward NAS also feels operational consistency is the most important thing to focus and improve upon. Being a chemical company, we have significant exposure to EHS risks if we do not operate properly every time. We are implementing GPS to improve our safety practices as well as Management of Change (MOC) to minimize the risks of environmental or safety accidents. It only takes one time of not operating properly to have a severe accident – and nothing is more important than the safety of our employees. For this reason, it is important to raise our level of operations even higher than it is today – and to do so consistently!