TJR,
Being a Quality Technician for General Motors here at the Spring Hill/Saturn Plant,
I can say from experience that it does go on in some G.M. factories! We have a highly
trained Quality Group that must attend so many hours of training and technical
classes to be certified in the Quality Inspection Group. We also have "Optronic
Robots", L.M.I. (Linear Measurement Indicator) guages that are Computer-Interfaced,
and a vast array of other technical support options that are at our disposal to make
accurate measurements and provide diagnostic capibilities to our inspectors on the
floor.
Last year. I co-hosted a group of interns from a Technical/Quality training class
from Japan for Toyota and Nissan Employees who came to our plant to see how our
quality system worked. They were very impressed, and our security personnel actually
had to escort the group from Nissan out, after confiscating the hidden cell phones and
PDA-type devices ( that they were warned, in the first place, that they were NOT to have!)
But apparrently, our security personnel were a little slow to discover this, as, six months
after their visit, several Nissan plants had incorporated into their quality system, the
exact methods and protocols that we had in place in Spring Hill!
And while we are on the subject, I am Union and Proud of it, but in today's world,
anyone who plans on surviving has to be honest, not only with themselves, but with
others. There are many Management personnel that need to be fired for their disregard
of professionalism, and their are some Unoin Members who need the same fate. I do the
best job that I can, with the rescources given to me by G.M., every day that I walk into
that plant. I am not passing blame, I'm just trying to be honest.
