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[00:00.00]That's the total number of different styles, in all the different sizes.
[00:04.77]And that's reduced batch sizes,
[00:06.52]long runs on an item are a thing of the past.
[00:09.45]At least half the styles used to be carried through from one year to the next,
[00:13.28]but now only a quarter are,
[00:14.80]so as you can see,it's had quite an impact on the rate of change.
[00:19.38]What's the effect on the machinists?
[00:22.41]That policy was part of a raft of changes,
[00:26.23]one of which is that the machinists are now paid on a piecework basis,
[00:30.98]rather than at an hourly rate.
[00:33.06]They're furious about that, though to be fair,
[00:36.36]the rate that's paid for learning to use a new machine has been calculated so as to make sure that no one loses out in the short term.
[00:43.29]And they're also aggrieved because so much is new,
[00:46.94]and far more batches of work fail quality inspections and have to be redone.
[00:51.24]Now tell me something about training...