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Big interview
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:38 pmby northswell
Got an interview Thursday arvo for a big multinational company running a departement, bricking myself. Ok with most of the job description but not too up to date on lean manufacturing, any pointers?
Ideal scenario is to get offered the job but to stay where i am and for them to match any pay increase, cos i'm worth it.
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:44 pmby Phil
no advise mate, but good luck
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:59 pmby PapaW
Google?
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:00 pmby Real Pol
Wikipedia tells me:
Lean manufacturing or lean production, which is often known simply as "Lean", is the optimal way of producing goods through the removal of waste and implementing flow, as oppose to batch and queue. Lean manufacturing is a generic process management philosophy derived mostly from the Toyota Production System (TPS).[1] It is renowned for its focus on reduction of the original Toyota seven wastes in order to improve overall customer value, but there are varying perspectives on how this is best achieved. The steady growth of Toyota, from a small company to the world's largest automaker,[2] has focused attention upon how it has achieved this
I still don't know what Lean Manufacturing is!
Sorry mate, good luck anyway!
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:07 pmby northswell
HA HA, i know what it is its just that i'm not that up to date with modern practice, lol. Also can be known as "just in time" manufacturing.
Strangely enough just costed a job for Toyota this afternoon.
What the fook am i doing back in engineering? Two more nights reading i guess.
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:47 pmby Stone Fox
Good luck mate, may the force be with you!
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:58 pmby Mudharp
Read up on "Operational Excellence" - it is a goal of conducting business in a manner that improves quality, obtains higher yields, faster throughput, and less waste... Would play right into lean manufacturing I think.
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:37 pmby libby
Good luck!! you deserve it! let me know how it goes
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:52 amby thaya
good luck with the interview, hope it goes well
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:34 amby soops
Good luck mate!
I had a really big interview last week and havent heard anything back
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:45 pmby PapaW
How do you think it when man?>
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:34 pmby Sar
belated good luck, sorry i missed that!!
Hope it went well!!
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Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:28 amby northswell
Thanks everyone for the support.
Bloody waste of time. Money was good but it transpired it was managing a two shift operation which i can't do due to child care issues.
Good practice tho i suppose.
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Thu May 15, 2008 5:41 pmby northswell
Woo Hoo.
Company asked me back for another interview for a different (better) post. More money more responsibility.
I got it
Hand my notice in tomorrow.
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Thu May 15, 2008 5:55 pmby Luke
sweet, nice one man.
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Thu May 15, 2008 7:53 pmby Milo
Good for you bro, well done.
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Thu May 15, 2008 9:48 pmby Sar
fantastic!! well done to you !!
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Thu May 15, 2008 10:26 pmby PapaW
northswell wrote:Woo Hoo.
Company asked me back for another interview for a different (better) post. More money more responsibility.
I got it
Hand my notice in tomorrow.
Thats the freaking tits man!! good one
Now you can deffo visit NI in teh van now
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Fri May 16, 2008 7:39 amby libby
Wahey! Thats the way to do it!
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Mon May 19, 2008 7:14 pmby surf patrol
that's great, good on ya