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While on internship and managing the machine shop, I was approached by a technical communicators with a request for a bracket. The bracket was to be mounted to a table and support 800 lbs of seals at the lower power train facility down the road.

Following some simulations simulate the loading, I made appropriate adjustments such that it could withstand the weights of the seals followed by making a drawing package and reviewing it with the welder.

Before my involvement, such a project might have taken anywhere from weeks to months. However, at the reigns of the machine shop, I understood the timelines and the flexibility of the shop. As a result I was able to communicate with the machinists and the welder on how to proceed, and as a result the bracket was completed over the night shift. The following day it brought to the lower power train facility where the technical communicator was amazed to have it so soon.

My involvement in the machine shop beyond making it a fluid process also allows for the entire system to turn on a dime as needed. The result of a coordinated and planned machine shop means minimum down time with maximum production capabilities.