They are doing that in Kokomo and hiring new workers as well. I'm guessing they have worked with HR in nearby sites, but not being "in" I don't know that for certain. I think they plan on building 7 a shift per day next week and I'm sure that will increase. For starters, where my frustration aligns is Ventec not liking how the suppliers were chosen by GM and my boss trying to align procedures around what Ventec does in picking out suppliers with what GM did (I'm not pro GM here either). Machines will test product to ensure if it good and the mere fact that GM may have a different way than Ventec should NOT be the focus at this time. Different may be better since the kokomo site has the best quality in GM and can work with the "detroit sourcing" as needed. In a previous thread you mentioned PPAP, well Ventec is not automotive and so that doesn't exist in a similar fashion There is a time later when procedures can align and have written down what you are doing. Right now it should be all hands on deck in making as many good ventilators as possible and getting those lessons learned to increase productivity, but we have too many that can't do anything without a step by step direction...hence my reference to teh rigidity of Napoleon's battle formation instead of how the special forces would fight today. I just had a training class this morning, why, I can already bark...I mean we train dogs and educate people...
IN that class it made reference to two fighter jets F-15 & F22??? that had about 23 million lines of code written and compared it to the cadillac that has 123 million lines of code.
Certifications and audits drive a lot of manufacturing and "allowed easier transition to Chi Na" where uniform standardization to the lowest denominator is mandatory. Many courses talk about the ineffectiveness of visual inspection in lot sampling and yet that is what we do with audits and too many don't get it. Too many don't understand sampling whether variable or attribute in positions they should...all college grads and yet granted a leadership position due to being a "good follower" and expected to improvise as needed. No, it is the blob of inefficiency that is frustrating and would be much easier if I didn't give a $hit. In all fairness it is somewhat amazing I have not been fired over the years as I have certainly shared my thoughts and somehow managed to still be standing as the site went from around 16,000 people to 200 or so. Now, if I can just somehow get a severance package to leave...life would be good.
