Word: mins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then into a tank of cold water (40° F), then into a centrifuge that squeezes out even the tiniest bubbles. Working with two dozen different boxes, it performs its ritual three times on each box in the course of a 394-step program that takes 7½ min. A simple routine, but it used to occupy 13 employees, and now only one is necessary. Says Plant Manager M. James Dawes: "I tell our people we've got to become more productive by being smarter, not by working harder...
REPAIR JOBWhat a pro would charge Discount price of parts Do-it yourself savings Probable time required Replace thermostat $23.33 $2.37 $20.96 45 min. Replace spark plugs 32.40 7.39 25.01 45 min. Replace crankcase filter 6.80 1.79 5.01 5 min. Replace air filter 12.74 3.99 8.75 3 min. Tune up engine 77.54 11.37 66.17 2 hrs. Change oil & filter...
...that." Though Rasdorf and Geisa are in plain sight of each other, telephone calls between them take up to eight hours to complete, and getting from one to the other-if a visiting permit for Geisa is granted-is now a 154-mile drive instead of a 20-min. walk...
After only 45 min. of discussion with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria, Linowitz announced that the stalled autonomy talks between Israel and Egypt would be resumed shortly. Linowitz said the two nations would begin preparations for another summit conference, to be held in the U.S., probably shortly after the presidential election in November. What was more, Linowitz later added, Israel and Egypt had agreed to consider a U.S. plan-the details unrevealed-to break the deadlock over Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
They no longer sing the company song before each work shift at Toyota and other Japanese auto plants, but the workers do have 5 to 10 min. of calisthenics and get a briefing on the day's work schedule before plunging spiritedly into their jobs. Japanese autoworkers are imbued with a sense of mission, a sense that doing a good job is important to them, to their union, to their families and to their nation. Worker alienation is almost unheard of, and sabotage is unknown. Coke bottles do not rattle in the doors of Toyotas as they sometimes...