arcticcatmatt
Mechanical
We have an outside vendor that has started to do some work for us recently and we are running into problems. I know what the problem is but I am having a hard time explaining it to management.
Lets call my fellow employee E and the vendor V for the example. E makes a part and drawing and sends both files via email to the vendor in solidworks format.
V makes the part and sends it to us, all is good. 2 months later we need the part again for a different machine, E has also revised the part. He emails the vendor the SW drawing and part again.
V clicks the drawing from the email and prints and makes the part. The problem is that V did not know of a revision because when he opened it from his email it was showing the original part from 2 months ago.
In an attempt to show this to management, I demonstrated how when you open the drawing right from your email, SW creates a part in your temp folder. When it gets opened from a new email it still references that old part. And when it gets emailed back to E, the drawing references the part that we have on the network.
Long story short.. its a referencing mess. I have told them they can't keep emailing drawings/parts back and forth like that. They either need to only send a PDF or DXF.. or (most preferable) they need to be all be working from the same "basket".. our network.
I looked at pack and go and that doesn't seem to solve the problem either.
This sending drawings back and forth crap has caused multiple problems in the last month. Of course, you don't find out until it has cost you. The last one just created $21,500 in junk parts.
Can anyone advise me on how to word this to management to create an effective solution?
Lets call my fellow employee E and the vendor V for the example. E makes a part and drawing and sends both files via email to the vendor in solidworks format.
V makes the part and sends it to us, all is good. 2 months later we need the part again for a different machine, E has also revised the part. He emails the vendor the SW drawing and part again.
V clicks the drawing from the email and prints and makes the part. The problem is that V did not know of a revision because when he opened it from his email it was showing the original part from 2 months ago.
In an attempt to show this to management, I demonstrated how when you open the drawing right from your email, SW creates a part in your temp folder. When it gets opened from a new email it still references that old part. And when it gets emailed back to E, the drawing references the part that we have on the network.
Long story short.. its a referencing mess. I have told them they can't keep emailing drawings/parts back and forth like that. They either need to only send a PDF or DXF.. or (most preferable) they need to be all be working from the same "basket".. our network.
I looked at pack and go and that doesn't seem to solve the problem either.
This sending drawings back and forth crap has caused multiple problems in the last month. Of course, you don't find out until it has cost you. The last one just created $21,500 in junk parts.
Can anyone advise me on how to word this to management to create an effective solution?
