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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 12:44 pm: | 
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Your name is also on every restroom wall between Detroit and East Troy...
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Spiderman
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 01:01 pm: |
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Just the womens 
eight six seven five three oh nie-ie-ine |
86129squids
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 01:05 pm: |
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"Can you say Frederick Winslow Taylor."
Hmmm... Been a long time since I heard anyone else mention this guy. IIRC, the guy who formulated "Taylor's Time/Motion Studies".
Fascinating work, what little I've been able to absorb- very interesting to consider how such applied concepts can affect the production process.
I've always wondered how one could work under such parameters and still find their job to be fulfilling, enjoyable, and humane. Back in the day, Taylor's studies could reduce a journeyman's work to just another set of inputs.
Yet another reason I'd love to do a factory tour. Long Live Erik and the Elves!!! |
Cyclonedon
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 01:25 pm: |
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Your name is also on every restroom wall between Detroit and East Troy...
is his name under that picture wearing the pink thong?
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F_skinner
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 01:30 pm: |
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I really enjoyed the factory tour I took before I picked up the XB12R.
I believe Denning (sp?) may have been influenced by Taylor with his "Total Quality" concept. I have seen this applied to military operations (TQM and TQL) and it did not work well but top down implementation without proper empirical research seldom does.
In an assembly line production I can see how Taylor's principle can apply very well.
(I have not thought about this stuff since Industrial Psyc classes)
Lynn and I had a great tour guide, Mr. Kenny Rogers, I do not think he works there anymore, but he really entertained us and answering all of my (never seen an assembly line other than HD) questions.
He got two bonus points by showing me where my 97 S1 was built and also showing me the, new at the time, XBRR... He asked what I though and all I could say was "Bitchin!"
Before the tour Lynn was not keen on me buying another Buell due to several reasons. After the tour she was excited about it and talked about it a great deal on the way home to Colorado.
We did the tour again during homecoming but it was not the same. She and I liked the attention to detail Mr Rogers had shown us.
Key highlights:
- Holding a XB frame (is that all?)
- Examining the system used to track progress at each station
- Free stuff in the waiting area that Lynn scammed
- Meeting Buell employees in the parking lot
- Knowing my bike was being built and the build sheet that was sent to me
- XBRR
- Watching the crating process
- Watching the test ride every Buell goes through |
Spiderman
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 01:44 pm: |
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- Watching the test ride every Buell goes through
Interesting fact about that station, the test riders are the only people that pay to work there |
Court
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 03:03 pm: |
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>>>- Watching the test ride every Buell goes through
I miss the "good ol days" when "rolls testing" was along the East wall and there was a huge foam crash mat off the end of the test platform . . . . we . . er, had a "learning curve". |
Ourdee
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 03:20 pm: |
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Should have hired me, I used to train on rollers for bicycle racing. I want to ride my XT on it. |
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