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Choosing between the old manual sand system and the new automated one at the Bentonville plant
Back in '08, our foreman gave us a choice: stick with the manual shake-out and sand reclamation we all knew, or switch to the brand new automated vibratory system. I picked the new one, figuring it would save our backs... but the first month was rough, with constant jams on the old Georgia-Pacific molding line. Anyone else have a big switch like that go sideways before it got better?
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johnh825mo ago
Yeah @hugow30, some of those old lines ran forever, which is exactly why the new gear never fit right at first lol.
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bettykim5mo ago
My grandma's 1990s fridge finally died last year. The new one didn't fit the old kitchen cutout at all. I see it with cars too, like trying to find parts for my dad's old truck. It feels like everything new is built for a world that doesn't exist yet, so you have to redo the whole system around it.
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