Checking In

It’s been 2 months since I had anything new to say. That must indicate two things. Either I am a boring person, or I am just too incredibly busy to blog. Before you decide, I’m going to go for the latter.Let me fill you in.

The gig I had been trying so hard to get in Mysore finally worked itself out, and I ended up relocating to this beautiful city on 10th May. The company has allowed me to stay at their “a roof and a bathroom and that’s about it” guesthouse until I can find my own place. Needless to say, I crave the small luxuries of living in Bangalore.

The company I’m working for now is primarily a manufacturing unit specializing in providing turnkey interior solutions to the high-end hospitality sector. In a nut-shell, we do hotel rooms. From the Plastering to the Furniture to the Drapes. We have a 3 yr old factory that has a bunch of good people working here, but zero systems. From Order to install, it’s chaos through and through. That’s where I come in. Not to add to the chaos, but to help sift and sort through it, and bring some normalcy and organization to the ops.

I’m heading the Engineering group with all things Design and production falling under me. Naturally, I’ve been on overdrive since I got here, as I finally have a willing canvas for my grand lean schemes. I’ve upgraded the team from AutoCAD to SolidWorks 2010 with PDMWorks, implemented a Part Numbering System, changed up the way Production Drawings are made, written a CAD Best Practices Manual, started to implement 5S and a host of other things. Having worked in the US for the big guns, the guys here treat me like God. I love the attention and respect, and have been firm about being equally nice to my reports and being the awesome and cool Engineering Manager I’ve always imagined I would be in my head.

Adios for now.

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