Work Instructions by another name?

Pete S · 2012-02-06T17:35:03+00:00

Okay, this may sound a little like trivial pursuit, but-------I just wrote up some work instructions for a project to make 50 rug weaving frames for my wife. She's going to put on 2 classes in making these 23" X 42" rugs this summer at our biannual national blacksmith conference in Rapid City, SD.Anyway, I am wracking my brain trying to remember what we called "work instructions" at 3M company, primarily for hardgoods mfg, years ago.It's not that IHAVE to know, it's just that I can't dredge up the name and it bugs me. At the time, 20 years ago, whatever we called them was pretty common in industry.---Oh, why did I do it all?Well, I had to cut up a lot of 1 1/2" wide hardwood slats and then do several operations on them. I wanted to get the slats all cut to get rid of that mess in the shop, so, laying out my intended process flow gave me better insight into how careful I'd have to be in stock selection, tolerances, etc. before I started making some jigs. My wife may be doing some of the machining, so I wanted to make sure that the parts come out "right the first time".And no, I won't be expecting any ISO-9001 or TS whatever auditors in the check on me.Pete Stanaitis---------------