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Mar 24, 2008 20:59:38 GMT -5
Post by comickings on Mar 24, 2008 20:59:38 GMT -5
Aww man...I feel bad for you. Well post all you want on new material. We like that too! ;D Shop talk? Oh wow! RHOS compliance continues to be a problem. Manufacturers across the board have made slight material changes to their products to remove lead in their plating as well as hexavalent chromium. The material changes mean part number changes. The part number changes mean a lot of changes for us. Some of our data sheets have to be updated. Our computer system has to be updated. ECN's and ECO's to BOM's are occurring left and right. As all these changes occur to meet European regulations, the impact and changes from our domestic suppliers is happening at a much slower pace. We're trying to get local platers to switch over from tin plating to a nickel/tin combination or a straight out nickel plating. Quality problems have just been popping up everywhere. Vendors that were once reliable are tasked with trying to keep their prices affordable despite the rise in prices of precious metals. One vendor cites that the copper bar stock they've been getting from the manufacturer is of a lower grade and appears to have more impurities than ever. Are they trying to justify an increase in prices or are the manufacturers of the bar stock lowering quality to try and keep sales and profit the same? Regardless of how you look at it, marginal quality at any level cause more rejections and rework of materials. This drives prices up needlessly. At least if supply & demand were the only problems we faced, the price increases would tie into a product of value for the money. Waste and rework has no value. cfs Somebody's getting ready to go postal!
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Mar 24, 2008 21:26:34 GMT -5
Post by G on Mar 24, 2008 21:26:34 GMT -5
Shop talk? Oh wow! RHOS compliance continues to be a problem. Manufacturers across the board have made slight material changes to their products to remove lead in their plating as well as hexavalent chromium. The material changes mean part number changes. The part number changes mean a lot of changes for us. Some of our data sheets have to be updated. Our computer system has to be updated. ECN's and ECO's to BOM's are occurring left and right. As all these changes occur to meet European regulations, the impact and changes from our domestic suppliers is happening at a much slower pace. We're trying to get local platers to switch over from tin plating to a nickel/tin combination or a straight out nickel plating. Quality problems have just been popping up everywhere. Vendors that were once reliable are tasked with trying to keep their prices affordable despite the rise in prices of precious metals. One vendor cites that the copper bar stock they've been getting from the manufacturer is of a lower grade and appears to have more impurities than ever. Are they trying to justify an increase in prices or are the manufacturers of the bar stock lowering quality to try and keep sales and profit the same? Regardless of how you look at it, marginal quality at any level cause more rejections and rework of materials. This drives prices up needlessly. At least if supply & demand were the only problems we faced, the price increases would tie into a product of value for the money. Waste and rework has no value. cfs Somebody's getting ready to go postal! LOL!!!! ;D Hey, at least I read it all! It made sense. Not my favorite subject either, but at least I understood it. I think there was a message hidden in there somewhere. CFS feel free to post about COMICS anywhere you want! Sometimes I run out of ideas and hope somebody else will throw something out there to chew on awhile. In any event, Im mighty happy with my board, even if it is kind of slow, its fast enough to keep looking because generally someone posts something periodically and generally there is something to read somewhere at most times. Not a ton of topics being updated daily. Certainly could be more and would like it to be more. But certainly my board is only as good as the posters here. We may not get a lot of stuff out, but what we do....I enjoy!
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Mar 24, 2008 21:34:33 GMT -5
Post by cfs on Mar 24, 2008 21:34:33 GMT -5
Ohhhhh! Comics!!!! As you can see... that hasn't been on my mind. I have some treasuries to scan. Haven't had a chance. I added some gag humor comics to my Charlton checklist. Haven't posted all the scans yet on my board. Still investigating the xerox digests and the multiple printings.
Starbrand is reviving his Landmark Comics venture.
Tired of the witch hunts online where people slam whoever they think (or know) is a crook. I'd rather talk about comics.
defiant1
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Mar 24, 2008 21:41:43 GMT -5
Post by cfs on Mar 24, 2008 21:41:43 GMT -5
Somebody's getting ready to go postal! I bought this nice little children's book to get me a head start. ;D Seriously though, I'm just taking in a lot of overtime and banking the money for now. cfs
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Apr 9, 2008 9:42:36 GMT -5
Post by starbrand on Apr 9, 2008 9:42:36 GMT -5
Never read Pete The PO'd Postal Worker. Anyone know if it's a good read?
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Apr 9, 2008 10:51:06 GMT -5
Post by cfs on Apr 9, 2008 10:51:06 GMT -5
Never read Pete The PO'd Postal Worker. Anyone know if it's a good read? It's not a deep read and the art barely passes, but it is a light hearted quick read. The writer has a good sense of humor. The Pete series is a follow-up to his Liberalman series. I'd say his Liberalman series was a little better. cfs
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Apr 10, 2008 11:44:44 GMT -5
Post by starbrand on Apr 10, 2008 11:44:44 GMT -5
I worked several years manufacturing computer chips, so I can relate a bit to your environment.
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Apr 10, 2008 18:40:26 GMT -5
Post by cfs on Apr 10, 2008 18:40:26 GMT -5
I worked several years manufacturing computer chips, so I can relate a bit to your environment. We do it all. We don't make anything microscopic, but we do have an area that repairs circuit boards. We have a fab shop that can weld or fabricate Our equipment controls the biggest trucks in the world, the largest drag lines. If you ride a train in a big city, we may have built what controls it. If you receive mail, our equipment might have sorted it or checked it for anthrax. You may be cooled by an AC unit controlled by our cabinet. You may be on a Ferry boat controlled by our equipment. We may have made the equipment controlling the production of steel used to make your car or we may have built the automation system that actually built your car... or painted it. We may have built the Fuel cell system that took the spikes out of your power grid or actually fed your power grid with units controlling solar panel systems or wind power. Your comics may have been published with the equipment we built to control the printing presses. There are just so many things we've built over the years that it boggles the mind. We are just one plant out of a company that did 100 million dollars in sales last year... yep...million.
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Apr 26, 2008 21:22:05 GMT -5
Post by cfs on Apr 26, 2008 21:22:05 GMT -5
I have jury summons for a day next week. For some reason I can't imagine any lawyer wanting a quality inspector to nitpick the details of their case.
cfs
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Apr 26, 2008 21:57:37 GMT -5
Post by comickings on Apr 26, 2008 21:57:37 GMT -5
I have jury summons for a day next week. For some reason I can't imagine any lawyer wanting a quality inspector to nitpick the details of their case. cfs That is one thing I have never been picked to do. Jury Duty. My wife was picked for a murder case a few years ago. It would suck if it was something that just dragged on & on.
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