In a message dated 10/9/99 9:45:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
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> Hi Steve,
>
>  Relax Steve.......   Why don't you let your management do the hard work ?
>  It's them who are responsible for the "we've always done it this way"
>  atmosphere.
>  Face the facts : the specification cannot be changed ("we've always done it
>  this way") and your machine doesn't meet it.
>  The solution is simple :  your company has to invest in a better machine
(if
>  any available that's good enough) or leave pcb-assembly business and start
>  baking cookies. The latter is of course only an option if your reflow oven
>  performs within specification ;-)
>  Putting it this way means it's hardly a technical problem anymore, but a
>  managerial issue.
>  Not everybody will like this attitude, but it definitely saves you some
time
>  to work on the problems where your expertise really matters.
>
>  Daan Terstegge

Hi Daan!

Earl did bring-up some very valid points. Management here (like most places,
we're not much different than a lot of companies) don't want to get their
hands dirty and going down into the hellish depths of actually being on the
manufacturing floor to see first hand how the company makes its living. They
hire guys like Earl, me, and all of the rest of you poor souls to deal with
that.

Problem is, the only input they want to get is just "bean counting"
information, they don't want to be bothered with the details of the reality
of all the processes...it's just pure bottom-line.

I suppose I could do a nice, to the point, economical justification to change
things, buy new equipment, or what have you...if I had the time. Usually, I
spend my time fighting fires (those of you that know what I'm talking about,
know what I'm talking about...) reactionary responses to things is the way
that I work...I know I'm not alone...and I hate working that way. But I'm
just a little cog in the machine...and have to face that fact...

Thinking about something from my military days, I wish there were more people
in management were what we called "Mustangs" in the Navy. These were officers
that were once enlisted that came up through the ranks to be an officer. I
had 10-times more respect for these officers, because they knew what was like
to be enlisted, and what it took to command a organization...

-Steve Gregory-

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