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J3 Detectors Inspection Clearance
As my USA trip cropped up all of a sudden, everyone including the vendor offices at India,Dubai and USA were perplexed! Moreover, vendor was afraid that though the materials might be manufactured at the factory but they cannot seek clearance for shipment/air lifting in the absence of all vendor drawing approval in place( upload in system with Code1 clearance).It was clear to everybody that I was the only one who had complete clarity on the issue. Reliance procurement did not have any clue on that account and my deputy in project could not understand to pick up the gravity of situation.
That was the time ,MSA Director Mr.Stuart came out with a bright idea and requested my service help to get over the problem. He requested me whether I can spare a few days during my leave at USA ,to visit their factory at Pittsburg , review and approve the deliverables and participate in final on-line inspection of the portables as well as galaxy devices. He also felt that I can use that time for arriving at the full configuration of total system by discussing with their system leads and factory/system. personnel. As I did not have any fixed agenda at USA(during that vacation) I agreed for his request.
I was clear that I shall not treat that visit as official and carry out the task only on technical basis, in the interest of successfully expediting the project deliverables. So looking at the calender and personal convinience, I indicated that I can spend my time from 7th Dec. to 12th Dec. max at Pittsburgh. MSA management felt relieved and organized my local travel and stay etc. at Pittsburgh.
It was four day trip and MSA topmost management was all praise for that help.
It so happened that ,that was the time the factory took the multi-gas portables assembly and 4X meant for SEZ-gasification and PXIV in-line inspection. Their inspection process was a revelation to me as everything was automated and run through conveyors for board checking, sensor fixing, each sensor undergoing for its respective gas sensitivity test for its range etc.
As I specifically requested for visiting the sensor manufacturing and test lab (which is restricted place even for their own employees), with a special non-disclosure agreement signed, top management escorted me for visiting it and deliberate with their system chief. As I am basically an Automation engineer by qualification, we could exchange effectively about sensitivity, area classification etc.
With the factory team , I could go deeply about their inspection process/ procedure, certification, record tracability and test records storage etc. All these took two days of my time.
Meanwhile, on reachning their factory on first day itself, I gave my complete document listing for review to their product lead specialist Mr Gustavo.So he put the respective team members on the job to accumulate all of them and fixed the meeting/discussions on fourth day morning. As I was directly dealing with the factory members themselves, they could understand the specifics with full clarity and organized to produce all of them. As most of the deliverables are UL/FM approved and the factory has got ISO approval, my task became easy in reviewing and understanding. On my review, I asked them to upload in Reliance system and was in constant touch with my assistant Mr Sandesh Tikhe at RCP. I was continuously giving him step by step instructions to clear every deliverable.
The funniest thing was ,I had to work 16 hours a day to cover up time difference between India and USA during my annual vacation holidays!
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Key Aspects :- Accountable, Attitude, Communicate, Planning, Recognition, Responsible,
J3 Detectors Inspection Clearance
As my USA trip cropped up all of a sudden, everyone including the vendor offices at India,Dubai and USA were perplexed! Moreover, vendor was afraid that though the materials might be manufactured at the factory but they cannot seek clearance for shipment/air lifting in the absence of all vendor drawing approval in place( upload in system with Code1 clearance).It was clear to everybody that I was the only one who had complete clarity on the issue. Reliance procurement did not have any clue on that account and my deputy in project could not understand to pick up the gravity of situation.
That was the time ,MSA Director Mr.Stuart came out with a bright idea and requested my service help to get over the problem. He requested me whether I can spare a few days during my leave at USA ,to visit their factory at Pittsburg , review and approve the deliverables and participate in final on-line inspection of the portables as well as galaxy devices. He also felt that I can use that time for arriving at the full configuration of total system by discussing with their system leads and factory/system. personnel. As I did not have any fixed agenda at USA(during that vacation) I agreed for his request.
I was clear that I shall not treat that visit as official and carry out the task only on technical basis, in the interest of successfully expediting the project deliverables. So looking at the calender and personal convinience, I indicated that I can spend my time from 7th Dec. to 12th Dec. max at Pittsburgh. MSA management felt relieved and organized my local travel and stay etc. at Pittsburgh.
It was four day trip and MSA topmost management was all praise for that help.
It so happened that ,that was the time the factory took the multi-gas portables assembly and 4X meant for SEZ-gasification and PXIV in-line inspection. Their inspection process was a revelation to me as everything was automated and run through conveyors for board checking, sensor fixing, each sensor undergoing for its respective gas sensitivity test for its range etc.
As I specifically requested for visiting the sensor manufacturing and test lab (which is restricted place even for their own employees), with a special non-disclosure agreement signed, top management escorted me for visiting it and deliberate with their system chief. As I am basically an Automation engineer by qualification, we could exchange effectively about sensitivity, area classification etc.
With the factory team , I could go deeply about their inspection process/ procedure, certification, record tracability and test records storage etc. All these took two days of my time.
Meanwhile, on reachning their factory on first day itself, I gave my complete document listing for review to their product lead specialist Mr Gustavo.So he put the respective team members on the job to accumulate all of them and fixed the meeting/discussions on fourth day morning. As I was directly dealing with the factory members themselves, they could understand the specifics with full clarity and organized to produce all of them. As most of the deliverables are UL/FM approved and the factory has got ISO approval, my task became easy in reviewing and understanding. On my review, I asked them to upload in Reliance system and was in constant touch with my assistant Mr Sandesh Tikhe at RCP. I was continuously giving him step by step instructions to clear every deliverable.
The funniest thing was ,I had to work 16 hours a day to cover up time difference between India and USA during my annual vacation holidays!
Contd....
Key Aspects :- Accountable, Attitude, Communicate, Planning, Recognition, Responsible,
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