145 million dollars were at
stake for the company.
We saw more examples of the progress principle,
more catalysts and nourishers, during those
eight days than we saw in some other teams
during the entire months that we studied them.
The top management in that company cleared
the decks for the team, taking away all other
demands.
They even stopped by to encourage them late
in the evening as they were working by bringing
food and treats.
Other groups inside the company really helped
out doing whatever they could.
The team members rallied around.
One person even postponed her vacation so
she could come in and work with her team.
And of all the catalysts and nourishers, I
think the best came from the team leader herself,
who got in there, rolled up her sleeves, worked
alongside the team every day, helping them
to solve multiple technical problems that
cameThe present invention relates to methods and apparatus for handling electrically or optically conductive insulated wire, and more particularly, concerns improved handling of such wire for various operations such as wire harness assembly.
In the assembly of wire harnesses, groups of electrically or optically conductive wires or filaments having terminals or terminal pins secured to their ends are inserted into apertures in connectors. For assembly of the wire harness, lengths of wire are cut, ends stripped, and terminal pins are secured to the ends. Thereafter, individual lengths of wire are transported to an assembly area where the harness is assembled by inserting the terminal pins into multi-pin connectors and laying the wires in bundles extending from one connector to another.
Among the many types of arrangements for handling wires are