There was never a dull moment...
But eventually I was cut
I'm hearing some shady stuff but I'm looking for outside opinions.
If the owner of a manufacturing company said that they didn't have a Quality Department, what would your thoughts be?
This is a company that produces fairly simple assemblies from parts produced internally and from outside vendors and sells in quantities up to around tens of thousands of parts a year.
EDIT: I would like to keep this as vague as possible, but for a little more insight, the same person who said they didn't have a QC department, also stated that their vendors never screwed up.
And while I know some companies have quality checks throughout their manufacturing and assembly process, I highly doubt that here.
Here are the links to the original posts: OG Post, V3.0 Beta
You can find the tool here: ImportYeti.com
ImportYeti is a free tool that allows you to search 70,000,000 bill of ladings to answer questions for pretty much any company you can imagine like:
- Who makes Bass Pro Shop's 4 Burner Gas Griddle? Answer: Ningbo Huige Outdoor Products
- I thinking of buying barbells from Nantong Leeton Fitness Co., the #1 ranking company on Alibaba for the term "barbell". Is Nantong Leeton Fitness Co. the right supplier for barbells? Answer: No. They are a big company but primarily sell resistance bands. Thus, they likely outsource their heavy metal work creating a more costly and potentially worse product.
- Who are the top companies & suppliers who import/export under HS Code 42.02.92 -- trunks & suitcases?
Here are the BIG changes on this release:
- A bunch of boring tech stuff to make ImportYeti more reliable and resiliant for when y'all try to hug it to death. (Took way more time than originally thought)
- Added country flags throughout the company and supplier pages (and soon to be on the search results)
- Added CSV exports to the site (Please PM me for access to this. We have scraping issues and are not allowing all users to take advantage of this)
- Tons of tiny bugs, usability problems and design issues (100+ in total).
- Changed the donation system so it's less annoying
We think we've solved the majority of our large tech changes and hope to get back to a schedule of heavily iterating on the site, releasing much more frequently and heavy feature development.
I'd love any and all feedback (love or hate)... no matter how brutal, small or crazy : ) I only want to create things that people really love. If you enjoyed this tool, have any ideas for how to improve it, or found a bug/usability issue, I want to hear from you. Please PM me or comment below anytime
Just looking to bounce ideas off some folks about passing family businesses down to children. I'm 26 y/o and have worked for my family's company for a year in a solid position, but have also floated around in previous years for summer work. I'm considering whether or not I want to someday continue with the business.
Is there anyone who is also in a similar stage in their life/career? What has that conversation (with yourself) looked like?
And if so, when is it going to run out? Currently the market is so scuffed. Either build it yourself, buy it ultra overpriced from Hitboxarcade (Im europe) or buy it from someone builiding custom shit.
okay, this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, idk if y'all can relate, but it really bugs me when people set up their very advanced farm and it ends up looking like a manufacturing plant. Like when all the barns/sheds are in lines and the animals are just everywhere willy-nilly and don't have any grass or anything. Idk if its me being a farm kid or what, but it drives me bonkers! No hate to anyone who does set up their farms that way though
We realize that online sales and presence is the primary medium for our sales. We generate about 250k in sales annually and want to double that in the next two years. About 1/3 of that is via Amazon, 1/3 is to government agencies (WIC), and the remainder is wholesale to retailers, export to foreign markets, and other conventional means.
Increasing our online placement seems to be our primary goal. When people search for a product in our category, I want our product to be one of the top results. I want to also craft ads that would be directed to the appropriate buyers (someone has been searching for related products, has a child in a certain age range, etc).
Our secondary goal is to expand in foreign markets, but this is more difficult with language barriers.
What might be some "must dos" or starting points we should consider?
We've worked with marketing companies in the past, and frankly, they were better at marketing themselves than they were our product.
I have three roles open for ‘22. All individual contributors at a global manufacturing company, going though a digital project - becoming data driven.
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Cloud Architect to help move us to Azure and define operating model in the cloud. Begins as an IC but will evolve into a leadership role as the team is built out. Team will consist of existing people moved into the team and new roles to be added in 2023 & 2024.
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We do not have a formal NOC and are looking for a (IC) to help define what the NOC looks like and lead the practice. Likely to be a mix of outsource (partner) and insource. This, too, will grow into leadership.
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Security Analyst - we have a small internal security team that is responsible for Security and (Data) Governance and am adding a role. It will be 70% security analyst work and 30% data governance. This will remain an individual contributor.
I am not a recruiter, but the CIO. If you have any questions please let me know. I’ll be as transparent as possible.
- Shopping Center REIT, 267 properties, 95.6% occupancy
- Largest tenant is Kroger (6.6% of ABR)
- 5.4x Debt/EBITDA
- 3.44% yield, Monthly dividends, ~50% payout
- 14.5x Price/Core FFO -34.8% of rent income comes from Grocery stores followed by Restaurants-Quick Service with 9.9%
https://alreits.com/reits/PECO
Whenever something unique needs to be manufactured - say a special engine, or any kind of new device, you may often need custom machines to do it. What companies (and what's the industry called) which crates these machines?
For example in the buggati video at the link they have machine putting sealant on the engine at 11:25. Who creates the machine needed to put the sealant in place? This seems like it'd be a one off, customized type of machine, and I assume a lot of unique manufacturing requires very customized machines like this. What industry/companies make these customized machines that manufacturing requires?
What companies/industry create custom manufacturing technology?
Bugatti Chiron - Inside the Factory | Full Documentary - YouTube
If you want to dive into Industry 4.0./Digital transformation talks as well, by all means. I'm curious about your perspective and how you think it'll be possible for industrial companies to start on the ML journey.
Are they still using pen & paper, so they're too stuck in the old ways? Do they know what's possible for their operations? Are they reluctant to change (remove/implement) things?
I really want to work at this company in my town as they have very good benefits and starting pay. I’m very qualified for the position and found out recently they’re having a hiring event in a couple days. What is a hiring event exactly? I’ve never even heard of it, I’ve always went to scheduled one on one interviews. What can I expect? How can I prepare to be successful at a hiring event? Any advice is appreciated!
