I slept in til noonish. About 14 hours sleep.

I shudder to think how the ‘team’ handled today. But I’ll certainly find out tomorrow.

Why do I shudder?

Because we don’t buy things to build work cells. The ‘team’ fabricates them out of a material called Creform.

It is a very expensive full sized version of tinker toys.

And who, on our team, do you think has the only fabrication skills? Yep. Sad, really. Oh well, everyone is an equal member of the team, so I’m sure they got along just fine without me.

The ‘team’ fabricates the new tables, shelves, monitor stands, you name it, out of Creform.

Why, I hear the experts out there ask, don’t you use extruded aluminum? Wouldn’t it be easier to work with and have increased stability and a more professional appearance?

Yes, yes it would… but the guy that pushes these Kaizen things directed from the top down that teams are to use Creform, it’s what they’ve always used, so that’s how we do things in the plant.

Take that last sentence and superimpose it on a Kaizen modality. Then laugh.

Me, I’m going back to watching last night’s Hells Kitchen.