Description
Phelps Dodge management, from the P.D.C.P.C. President, Mr. H.W. Konerko, all the way up to the Phelps Dodge Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. L.R. Judd, and the Chairman and CEO Mr. D.C. Yearley, are committed to producing the best rod quality possible. This commitment is translated into significant capital investments in process automation, and in particular, real time SPC (in both the Norwich and El Paso rod mills). Rod quality is being monitored in real time and the process control is being done to keep the process within optimum standard operating procedures to minimize process variations. The variations in rod property are minimized.