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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Concurrent Engineering – Then and Now
Sitting in a group meeting surrounded by young engineers who wore their hats on backwards and couldn’t be more than 30 years old, who would think that this would be where my initial career choice would have led me. Their whole … Continue reading
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
I just finished a class about finance. The quote that struck me was “It’s not the most important thing, it’s the best way to know if what you’re doing is the most important thing”. In other words, it tells you if what you are … Continue reading
How to Create Assignments for Your People
I’ve had some difficulty in creating assignments for my people. Is it because I’m female and they’re male or because I’m just not so good at it? The issue has been that I assign something and then they come back … Continue reading
Your Employees Want to Be In Charge
Although employees crave guidance and supervision, they also want to see how far they can push you and what they can get away with. I have picked up a few tips along the way for managing employees. I started out … Continue reading
Bottoms up or Top Down
I learned a long, long time ago that you can’t get anything done unless you have management involvement, endorsement and buy-in. That was a hard fought lesson from my first big job when I was the Youth and Enthusiasm part … Continue reading
Dysfunctional Manufacturing Organizations
Man, what a range there is in manufacturing organizations. The days of thinking that there is some consistency to business is long, long gone. Now it is more about power and gaining it than it is about fixing anything. Making … Continue reading
Organizational Structure
Where do you fit in the organizational structure? Right now in the new world order, there are two camps setting up.  There is legacy and there is new. Usually the legacy is populated with the old timers and the new … Continue reading
Three Pronged Attack
Manufacturing Engineering has three aspects: Floor support- Sustaining Manufacturing Infrastructure Transitions of New Products into Manufacturing Some of the examples of things that fall into each of these categories are: Floor Support/Sustaining: Tool Management Documentation Guidelines for incorporation and redlines … Continue reading
Manufacturing Engineering Rules
There are some rules in Manufacturing Engineering in electronics in particular that seem to be unwritten but assumed. Work instructions are required. The format should be lots of pictures or graphics and writing only to call out what is in … Continue reading
Who Are Leaders?
Twice last week at work, I heard people say something to the effect “I would follow him anywhere”. A retired friend of mine was talking about somebody he used to work with. He said he could see thousands of people … Continue reading