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Manufacturing floor working to resolve batch quality issues

12 (Work) Days of Christmas

My Supplier Said to Me: Let’s Start That Batch Over

On the twelfth (work) day of Christmas my supplier said to me ‘Sorry about that. I’ll go find out what happened, but in the meantime, let’s just start that batch over.’ Yesterday, we wrote of the story that is all

December 23, 2020

12 (Work) Days of Christmas

My Supplier Said to Me: Just Use Different Screws

On the eleventh (work) day of Christmas my supplier said to me ‘are you sure you can’t just use new screws that fit the thread in the parts we already sent?’ Specification issues arise in all sorts of shapes and

December 22, 2020

Scrable board that spells TEAMWORK for smoothly updating supplier specifications

12 (Work) Days of Christmas

My Supplier Said to Me: New Specifications?

On the tenth (work) day of Christmas my supplier said to me “oh… well, uh, when were those specifications issued?” Changing specifications are just a fact of life in the world of manufacturing. In the software world we used to

December 21, 2020

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