The Vole -- Material Problems
I was talking to a member of staff who, here in Ivory Towers, is considered to be from the lower echelons. Namely a maintenance man. He was totally bemused by the latest quest for efficiency. It appears engineering departments within AV(2010)PLC are no longer allowed to have "Stores". If you need materials for a job you raise a purchase order (PO) on a suitable (AV approved) supplier.
Good in theory, crap in practice. Now the shutters have come down financially, every PO has to be signed by anything up to 4 different managers and the MD (some say his Labrador dog has to pee on it too). The net result is it takes on average 2 weeks for an order to leave AV.
The guy I was talking to had been waiting weeks for 5 fence posts! He wandered off muttering something about piss-ups and breweries.
Good in theory, crap in practice. Now the shutters have come down financially, every PO has to be signed by anything up to 4 different managers and the MD (some say his Labrador dog has to pee on it too). The net result is it takes on average 2 weeks for an order to leave AV.
The guy I was talking to had been waiting weeks for 5 fence posts! He wandered off muttering something about piss-ups and breweries.
