Thanks so much for the interesting write-up of my ...

2008-02-07T19:28:00.000-08:00

Thanks so much for the interesting write-up of my concert. You are absolutely right that it was fantastic that my colleagues were so quick on the draw and calm. I look forward to adding your post to the Blogs page in my new, revamped web site which will be launched in a few weeks.

Speaking of "beforemath," another very rare occurence in the classical concert world is when one or more of the musicians don't show up because of travel woes or illness. While this has never happened to me (and hopefully never will), this is the time of year when I always think about what I would perform by myself if my pianist's airplane is snowed in...

Rachel :)

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As part of our befo...

2007-12-11T11:19:00.000-08:00

A CEBI Member writes:

As part of our beforemath plan we have spare parts for all of our key equipment. There isn’t a machine in our plant that we don’t have a spare motor or bearings for. As a key component to any of our equipment needs replaced we look at the cost and relative ease at which we can obtain a replacement. If it is not something we can pick up locally that same day we will likely buy a replacement and keep it on hand. Having our equipment up and running all the time is so key to us because we run on such short delivery schedules. The benefit far outweighs the cost of having the inventory of these spare parts.

We have also done extensive crosstraining with our people so that if someone is absent from work for any reason someone else can step in and do that job. We had a guy who was diagnosed with cancer and was off for 6 weeks. We had another guy step in on 3rd shift to do his job so that we did not fall behind in this area.

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Thanks so much for the interesting write-up of my ...

A CEBI Member writes: As part of our befo...

A CEBI Member writes:

As part of our befo...