The New Year is now here and your company is expanding its capabilities to cover a new project. Your boss is happy that planning is completed and the budget is completed…on time even. That new CNC, Laser Welder and MRP Software System will be installed soon, and then training will follow. Yes it is all going so well.
Why should you be concerned? Something is just not right…
We will stock a tool room with everything needed for the project, but how do you know the proper class of tools will be bought? Did we check the tolerance stack-ups to determine the best tool for the proper outcome? How about that fancy new CMM with the latest software? Did you know that the CMM Metrology Software is more complicated than CAD/CAM software? Why should you be concerned, there is no budgeted training!
Too often we limit the budget and the success of the project by leaving out the most important tool we have. GD&T Training.
Remember that song we use to sing growing up?
- The toe bone connected to the heel bone
- The heel bone connected to the foot bone
- The foot bone connected to the leg bone…..
Pretty catchy tune. Growing up we never thought this also was a road map to our success in business.
- The Engineer is connected to...Manufacturing
- Manufacturing is connected to...Purchasing
- Purchasing is connected to the...Tool Room
- Tool Room is connected to...Quality Control…..
If everyone is not speaking the same GD&T language we end up singing out-of-tune and it just does not work. Let's look at that budget again and look for the weak links in training. IIGDT can be a solid contributor through on-site consulting and company wide seminars for all your employees.
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