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That's the total number of different styles, in all the different sizes. |
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And that's reduced batch sizes, |
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long runs on an item are a thing of the past. |
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At least half the styles used to be carried through from one year to the next, |
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but now only a quarter are, |
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so as you can see,it's had quite an impact on the rate of change. |
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What's the effect on the machinists? |
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That policy was part of a raft of changes, |
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one of which is that the machinists are now paid on a piecework basis, |
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rather than at an hourly rate. |
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They're furious about that, though to be fair, |
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the rate that's paid for learning to use a new machine has been calculated so as to make sure that no one loses out in the short term. |
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And they're also aggrieved because so much is new, |
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and far more batches of work fail quality inspections and have to be redone. |
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Now tell me something about training... |