ZaraBell0656 · 25 Jul 2025, 07:57 UTC
What decision should the pilot answer, and what is the smallest representative job that would let both of you make that decision?
23 pointsWhether it saves attended time on one repeat enclosure job. Not whether we can make an arm move. We've already seen that bit.
12 pointsThen price the nest first. It won't machine itself out of enthusiasm.
9 pointsToolroom wants actual enclosure samples before estimating it. I've arranged those. Their time goes in the pilot cost, yes.
15 pointsInclude a way to change worn contact bits without remaking the nest. A cheap trial fixture can be sensible, but not if every little fault becomes a new machining job.
20 pointsHave you measured the current attended time, including preparing and clearing the trays? Otherwise the pilot may improve against a baseline that omits the same work.
10 pointsWe once borrowed a technician for a trial because it would only take a little while. He ended up finding missing fittings, making a support, explaining the display and staying beside the operator for the first attempts. The transfer itself was quick. When his manager asked where the afternoon had gone, nobody had written it down. I'd give someone the boring job of recording help as it happens, including help from people who wander over and then disappear before the debrief. It is very easy to remember only the person standing at the screen.
10 pointsWho is authorised to stop the trial when its agreed time or spending limit is reached?
20 pointsSam, my colleague and I will both be able to stop the trial. Harish, baseline is just the unloading task so far. We're extending it to the whole repeat order.
19 pointsInclude recovery. My clean-run handover missed exactly the work that kept calling me back.
14 pointsI wouldn't design a production nest for a question a rough trial can answer.
6 pointsNeither would I, Amy. Replaceable contacts aren't a request for a gold-plated fixture; I'm trying to avoid binning it at the first pad change.
19 pointsToolroom offered a basic trial nest with replaceable contacts. We're reviewing it with the integrator. Grace, we've added outside help to the time sheet, even when nobody charges our budget.
13 pointsWill you distinguish setup assistance from assistance needed on every order? Both cost time, but they affect the longer-term estimate differently.
7 pointsThanks, Zara. And count your own time too, because I was the person quietly omitting mine in that story.
8 pointsGrace, yes, my time goes in too. Setup goes in one column, recurring work in another. We have a spending cap and a review point, not an automatic promise to buy the cell.
7 pointsWhat result would make you stop pursuing it?
18 pointsThat needs agreeing before the result arrives, especially if it saves a few seconds but needs continuous attendance.
5 pointsIf it can't reduce attended time on the whole order without shifting the work elsewhere, we stop. Colleague agreed. Trial hasn't run yet, but he's willing to help now the request has an end.
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