bugerbeanjohnson
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2016
- Location
- Beckley Wv.
Labor management computers in a job shop environment create a safety hazard for Manual machinist. I spent 6 months in a hydraulic repair shop that had implemented a computer program to track labor , approximately a year before I started working there. Day one I noticed a major issue the times that were set for producing the parts were absolutely minimal many were second part times. They left no time for errors , tool wear , or safety. The machines they had were not well maintained many were like a demolition derby car on Sunday morning. As for the "machinists" they had out of 30 only 3 had been there more then a year , one was retired and showed up for beer money another was just a few months from retiring and the 3rd was nothing but a gorilla thug machinist. You were assigned a job which usually had to be searched for , you sign in on the computer look at the time and tried to rack your brain to figure out how to get it done in time. Problem was the times had been averaged by the program without regard to 1st or second parts , it had no regard for the willingness of a gorilla thug machinist to risk their lives health or personal safety , or their disregard for normal machining practice. Speed was the only factor that mattered. Parts were assigned times based on Cnc machines in some cases. The supervisor would bet some guy they couldn't finish the part in ridiculous times to shorten the time given by the computer. And we all know that gorilla thug machinist that would do everthing they could to do the job in half the time regardless of what they destroyed in the process.