Maybe you should ask Braaaad how long it takes to implement a good idea when he doesn’t contribute to the process.
Can Handle the Truth, I don’t doubt that you’re right, and I’ve heard discussions of paperwork (as in “There’s a lot of paperwork with this job, because it’s government.”), however, I’ve seen none of the paperwork that you describe. Honda has certainly toured our facility a couple of times, but the most recent visitors dealing with the Honda job have been employees of the company we’re subbing for. AFAIK, no one’s toured the facility of the place we’re subbing part of the work to.
Little Nemo, that wouldn’t really work, since Braaaad’s only been there since last October (Surprisingly, that’s when our scrap rate increased dramatically. Coincidence?).
I was a NDT tech for a while and I can say without a doubt that paperwork doesn’t have anything to do with the truth. Militairy parts are big bucks for the makers so if a little fuge :eek: on paper saves a few thousand then what the heck. Ask anyone who was in a recent “Police action” about the quality of parts and supplys. I quit the job for this reason. I never witnessed anything that was criminal but some of the stuff I saw was close.
The paperwork isn’t that bad. The last company I was with made implantable medical parts. Bending the rules wouldn’t get somebody a fine and a slap on the wrist. The quality manager was afraid of handcuffs. That’s not exageration. I was friends with him long before we wound up working at the same place. He told me there were nights it kept him awake when they installed a new clean room facility.
Take all the ISO requirements (like what Truth mentioned) and add on FDA regs. It’s all about tracibility. Once a system is in place it runs itself with a few people. Setting it up is the hard part.
What to do with the paperwork for the next 20+ years is the question. The building next door had boxes and boxes of inspection reports stacked to the roof. A lot of the current stuff was being done electronically. I haven’t been there for two years so I wonder how that project turned out.
Duffer thanks for the summary, but I’ve been following right along. I’m urging Tucker to tell more. For the moments I think the shop I work in is a screwball comedy it’s nice to hear it could could be a farce.