I'm sure there are other factors, but I know how you feel about people you work with.
I worked for a company that builds shooting ranges. As far as I know they are 2nd to the largest in the world and could have jumped to be the first by now. Anyway, I helped create better manufacturing by making subtle changes in thing that would be considered common sense. ( Not, so Common )
My first day I seen them hand washing their circuit boards in a kitchen sink (Hahahaha) after waving them thru the " Wave machine " it was the same water never draining the water, for 300 boards?
( I think you see the problem right, anyone could ) We'll I said to the super, I know the owner wants to keep things proprietary so he has us build and you super right , but, shouldn't we have a board washer to do this and I think the problem is when we power them up it for the first time and 700v is shorting out the board. (dumb da dumb dumb)
The super say's the water soluble flux was negligible. Negligible? what? who say's Negligible. It conducts for god sake? You have 700v racing across a board at start up. I kept my mouth shut he's a smart guy he's been here the longest and who am I anyway.
So, the engineers can't figure it out 30% loss on the boards in a 300 run over and over. It takes 2 weeks 8hrs a day times 10 people in man hrs to build, plus parts. Their sold for $1500us and we're loosing 30% of them for 2 yrs.
Finally I'd had it, with the ignorance and arrogance. I wanted one run start to finish. (Granted Permission) I was criticized and badgered by super and floor boss for everything I did all the way through, here is to name a few.
First I hand build a light table so I could see positioning of the CPU leads. I might add perfect they were perfect as if a machine did it.
Control tolorance on the wave machine create more wicking on thru board components. Hand picked a point person to inspect diode direction and component placement. But, the most important thing was something, you got it.
That thing that was negligible. I remove an old dishwasher from my house and installed it in the shop, I made dry box to dry them after the wash.
First run of 300, I didn't loose one board. The company re-called all the circuit boards at military bases here and around the world replacing them (because of their erratic random operation) and replaced them with the new boards.
It help to net 9 million in profits in the first month. The Government was withholding sign off on 3 sites worth over 30 million, until these problems were solved. Just because of smart people just playing or dumb or really are dumb.
I'm not an engineer but, by just doing something and using everyday not so common sense, can have a huge impact. The improvements led to more sites, Government, State and City. I was offered nothing including credit.
But, I don't care. The Government is getting a quality product and people are able to train more effeciently on a working firing range.
Don't get me started on Government waste:
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And what does " He wasted Meter Leads worth Buggerall.. mean " Does it mean worth next to nothing or terribly expensive or
