Lynzie's Job Continued

Things at my job are very busy these days. I’ve started to take on a lot of projects and the amount of things I am responsible for in a day can sometimes be overwhelming. I have finally had some of my molds come into our facility and it is exciting to get to witness them running.

Most of our projects are built in China, and then shipped over to either our facility here, in Erie, or to our facility in Mexico. Bringing a project over here is a little easier, in my opinion, since I can physically see the tool run and have information relayed to me as it’s happening. The difficulty with molds that are sent to our Mexican facility is that I do not get to see things as they run, and the fact that there is a 3 hour time difference. It doesn’t seem like much, but sometimes things won’t get shipped to their facility until late morning which can mean I do not hear anything until later afternoon. I think that some people don’t realize how tricky it can be to manage something that you can’t see. There are undeniable benefits that come from being on site to watch a mold run or to see what problems have occurred. So when working long-distance on a project it is really crucial to pay attention to what is happening and what will be needed. Even simple requests could take 3x as long. For example, I could ask for samples of a part that was run on Monday, but if they don’t run it until Monday afternoon and can’t ship it until the Tuesday morning, I may not see the part until that Thursday or Friday. Things like are usually the most important to pay attention since they can eat up a lot of unaccounted for time. I think realizing that earlier may have helped out.