Interestingly, the Morgan Company is considered VERY efficient.
Ray
At 02:53 PM 11/29/97 +0000, Paul Hunt wrote:
>ROBERT G. HOWARD wrote:
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>> Yes, the Morgan folks painted their cars this way for years. It must
>> have been a terrrible cultural shock at the plant when someone decreed
>> that a sprayer should be used. BTW, saw a propane-powered Mog cruising
>> in Guilford, CT this afternoon.
>> Bob
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>Some time ago there was a TV series where a Management Consultant (do they
>deserve capitals? Or captital punishment?) went to various companies and
>one was Morgan, famous for their six-year waiting list. He was looking
>round the parts shed with an old-timer in a brown coat and asked him "How do
>you know when to order more parts?". The old chap replied, "Well, I look at
>the shelves and if I think something is getting low I order some more." MC
>said "Ah, a visual stock control system". The old chap looked as if he had
>never heard of such a thing, but I bet he knew exactly what he had got,
>where it was, and never ran out of anything. Mind you, I bet he was the
>only one who did.
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>PaulH.
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