http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog http://wjtassociates.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:56:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All too often people quote “Please quote the design and build a class A mold, capable of producing x, xxx, xxx, xxx parts per the attached design with a CpK of 1.33” What have you really asked for? Did they even ask the right question? Or, is it like your ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=584 Recently I got into a discussion on assembly techniques:  The project was an item requiring a hermetic seal; basically wanting to keep dry.  It was that little computer that lives behind the billboard that tells you how much money you won’t win in the lottery. What is the best (read ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=581 I was talking with Bubba (25 year veteran of Molding and he Knew --- IT ---  All, Thank You!):  “It’s a 500 ton machine” I said, “Why is the clamp pressure 450 tons?”  After expertly hucking a wad of chew into a coffee can on the floor he said: “’Cuz ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=575 Customer Service is a deceiving job title.  Many buyers and Customer Service people do their jobs on the premise that the ‘customer is always right’ when in fact the customer is rarely right.  Most customers work on the assumption that their job at the supplier’s is the most important one ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=571 Times have changed.  Many companies have finally figured out ‘Kost is Cing” isn’t.  Off shore sourcing degraded quality standards, upset delivery schedules and too many parts were being air freighted in.  Now molds are being brought back into the country and sourced (as they should be) locally.  But the relocation ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=566 In the workplace, time is of the essence, and meetings and PowerPoint presentations can be the ultimate timewasters. How can you avoid wasting time and run the most efficient meetings possible? Try these tips - Start and finish the meeting on time. If there’s more to consider, plan the appropriate follow-up ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=563 Times are tough, business is down and everyone is scrambling.  But what happens if you get a bundle of jobs to quote? In one sense it is literally ‘Manna from Heaven’.  This could be the break you needed to keep your business going.  On the other hand, a much better way ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=547 In a sober moment, the designers have done their bit in the CAD drawings, the marketers got a couple rapid prototypes made out of powdered plastic and pre-sold the product.  Now it’s your turn to get the tooling built and the supply line filled with component parts for the assembly ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=549 What size machine nozzle?  What ball radius? What taper?  Shutoff or Open?  Anti-drool?  For something that is relatively inexpensive, the questions sound like a police interrogation.  How do you keep them all straight? Around 1778, Honore` Blanc a French gunsmith, began producing some of the first firearms with interchangeable parts. Blanc ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=544 Most people think the Company Mission Statement in the front lobby is a pile of Horse-stuff.  The folks in the Ivory Tower unfortunately are betting their bonus on it but miss the point:  A mission statement (Goal Statement) can be very motivating. The Mission Statement or the ‘Goal’ is what you ... http://wjtassociates.com/wjtblog/?p=522