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November 2023 #15292 Page #90
Design Connections
Geordie Secord, Senior Recruiter TheJobLine.com – Canada
Investing in Your Success Goes Beyond Your Equipment
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’m sure we have all been guilty of being bowled over by the latest new and improved gadget, whether in our personal lives or in our company. A new coffee maker promises the best cup you’ve ever had, a new set of golf clubs promises to immediately shave strokes off your game, and the new truss press or linear saw promises to make your plant more productive and improve your bottom line. To a greater or lesser extent, all these things may be true, but a key component for each gadget needs to be acknowledged. The fancy coffee machine that will make you barista-quality espressos needs quality input – in this case good-quality coffee beans and pure water – to deliver great coffee to your cup. The new golf club may help a little on its own but will be more effective if you pair it with some practice on the driving range, or better yet get some professional instruction from a qualified instructor. And your wonderful new linear saw, automated jigging table, or laser projection system will not deliver optimum results without an efficient material flow to and from, proper operator training, and – at least in my mind most importantly – skilled designers to feed your production facility. Equipment suppliers and production managers will rightfully talk about the importance of well-organized material flow to and from each manufacturing station. Time, and money of course, are saved by getting lumber to your saw as quickly and efficiently as possible. Getting accurately cut parts to your table in an organized fashion, without interruption to your assembly process, should also help production throughput. But how much thought have you given to the “equipment” Image courtesy of LimTek Solutions
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