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They say they're faced with unreasonable demands all the time, |
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like having to learn to operate several machines instead of just one or two. |
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Many of them think they could get an easier job for the money, |
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because there are plenty of other jobs on offer locally. |
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The reasonably healthy state of our order books gives them a certain amount of job security, |
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but they just don't seem to care. |
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How's their work organised? |
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We've changed to a "sectionalised flow" approach, which means the the machinists work in teams. |
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Rather than each machinist being assigned a complete item of clothing, |
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the work is divided into batches involving various operations, |
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each of them undertaken by one machinist. |
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As that person finishes, the work is passed on to the machinist responsible for the next stage. |
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Has that had any impact on what you produce? |
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Yes, it's enabled Catherine to introduce a policy of rapid diversification of the product range, |
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so the number of itemised clothes has leapt. |
