Assembly Notes

In the world of aircraft part assembly we have to make sure we use the "first in--first out" method.  If we didn't we'd have hundreds of little bags with only a few items left in them laying around everywhere.  It takes somebody anal like myself to handle it right.

The trouble is, the guys have to be reminded or urged in the right direction when you give them all the stuff they need to start their assembly.  They don't care which bag something came from--They just want to put the stuff together.  What that means is, sometimes I have to make little notes for people.

Notes like, 'Use 1st', 'Use 2nd' and things like that.  Sometimes I actually have to kit them up with specific quantities so they don't go overboard when they are building them because the items need to be equally split over two assemblies.  We also need to make sure the right part certifications are on the right assembly.

Sometimes I throw a little comic relief in for the guys.  It breaks the robotic doldrums.  Who knows--they might be having a bad day and need a grin for a second.  This one went out on a bag of helicoils last week and I had to be sure they did it right:

Sometimes I actually withhold the second bag they need so they'll have to come back for more.  The guy might come back with a confused look on his face saying they didn't have enough, at which point I whip out their "second bag" and hand it over.

Babysitting the assemblers.