Seven Steps To Increase Productivity in Your Precision Machining Shop

We once had a life-threatening safety issue. I identified the problem I identified the solution. I brought the problem and solution (turning the key) to the proper authority. They agreed that there was a problem and came up with an easier solution. They fired me.

Hi Gazu,

Sorry for the firing!

This indicate the most important fact: Be safe yourself first, and safe others after. That way you will be a hero.

Never forget the order it must happen, Gil.

Machine downtime is bad. Human downtime is a real killer financially.

Companies have to keep enough people on the payroll to run the machines, whether orders are coming in or not.

Hi Marat,

You put the finger on the real problem! "Human" downtime or other concerns to the operator are more important than any machine problem. Machine doesn't work without human contribution.

First, process capability depands of MAN, METHOD, MACHINE, and MATERIAL as mentioned in a "cause-and-effect diagram". See wastes or difficulties in that order.

Also, eliminate wastes to the operator as motion and waiting or change methodology.

Finally, eliminate wastes for the machine, waiting time for transfer of pieces, changing bits, disks, or other working objects, motion of the pieces, and most importantly defects due to processing. Material could be imposed!

After all these, you have to take care about the machine itself, and do what it took to the operator. Use the "cause-and-effect diagram" to pinpoint what need to be corrected or changed.

"K. SUZAKI: The new manufacturing challenge" will help everyone, Gil.

I used to do many bids and budgets and always added 20 percent.

This worked in isolation from the government, though I was not isolated really.

In this era I do feel that paradigms for all businesses have shifted to be similar to some of the most uncertain businesses, like publishing, or the arts, out of which I come.

Criminal and underground operational procedures and financial arrangements are all now pretty much the same, as detailed in Eric Schlossers Reefer Madness.

I am aware I am not being particularly comprehensive and just took a quick read again of the Pareto PDF coming to the mind that it was valid when there was some security of regulation and law that seems missing, and pushes all to more of the 50 50 sort of thing where you expect to lose 50 percent of all you do to changes and theft.

P.S. I was impressed that the Governor of NC put out an edict that Bureaucrats were not to be allowed to just change rules and fees whenever they felt like it independent of oversight by elected officials.