Two of the most notable changes made by the A-Team were imposing a strict separation of duties between assemblers and material handlers and the sharp increase in the number of material handlers. They felt we would gain more efficiency by not letting the assemblers more so much as an inch away from their posts to Click Here to continue reading.
At a meeting on Friday afternoon, P.B. introduced to some of the supervisors a template for creating work instructions. I regret that I once again demonstrated my talent for being an obnoxious questioner. I questioned whether there was really the political will to accomplish the arduous work of creating and maintaining a comprehensive set of Click Here to continue reading.
A week ago, or around then, P.B. messaged me that there was a person who needed light duty work, and he was going to utilize this person to help me catch up on claims. Technically, P.B. is not the person to do that; I report to K.K. But K.K. doesn’t care if someone else takes Click Here to continue reading.
About a year ago P.B. instituted a policy that the truck drivers were not to load their own trucks; only Acme personnel could use the forklifts and load the trucks. I no longer remember the nominal reasons, much less whether they made sense. I think it had to do with legal liability for the truck Click Here to continue reading.
The A-Team departed our factory, having established a system–several systems, really, all different–to reduce inventory by hiring more people to handle it. I am not sure they even managed to reduce the total inventory, or just where it was stored. Little matter either way; the next day, P.B. was told to start trimming his manpower. Click Here to continue reading.
A new job position was recently posted which overlaps my current job. This is happy news, since it should leave me with less to do. But now I do not know what entirely my job will comprise of, and whether it will become more interesting or more dull.
I am eligible to apply for the new Click Here to continue reading.
It is sometimes cathartic to write out dismal circumstances, and sometimes depressing. Most often it is depressing to considering writing and cathartic to do it. So I muster myself to post this, not yet having accepted the cards I’m deal this hand.
The circle of life has turned over, like a opossum playing dead, and we Click Here to continue reading.
As a young boy I clashed constantly with my oldest brother. I dislike being told what to do or even the way things are, especially if I am not impressed with the authority and consider myself of comparable sagacity. Without inquiring too closely of recent history, I can admit that even very late in my Click Here to continue reading.
Your boss is the one who tells you what work you must do and who authorizes your paycheck. Many people tell you to do thus and so, of course, but it remains convention that only one person is responsible for the ongoing decision to reimburse you for services rendered.
Your dotted-line boss, within Acme, is a Click Here to continue reading.
I caught up on the claims. I doubled up for three days this week and finished what I had left. But then the local accounting department got involved.
They told me that when I have a claim of short-shipment (right product, but fewer received than billed), I should use the RMA (a “return,” but in this Click Here to continue reading.