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Oh yeah, for those silent lurkers. Look up “The Gold Mine”, it is a fun and very informative read on lean in a storyline narrative. It is available on iTunes and others as an audio book. It helps...

Thats cool, we have a great relationship with our current HVAC service company. And I do not need to ‘dock’ time for phone calls, it is not my company; however I never had to question it because...

Yes, like you say, but we were never six-sigma good, but the new owner will be with the foundation we laid. Just glad I did a little of the eMyth training so I had a marketable business in the end.

Could be, it is just an other way of thing about operations. But I have come to sense that many folks here are shops with less than 25 employees, and the value delivered by building out a system as...

Thanks for the correction. I think where we are getting crossed wires is that the model I was proposing is suited to volume operations (like C-Store contract maintenance for example) that have...

How you bill under T&M is reactive, after the job is done, what I propose is predictive model in managing production. There is always variance to resolve in a lean operation the idea is to have as...

Agreed, especially for first time calls on a legacy service operation like we have here. A 40 year old unit with many modifications it can be a real bear to troubleshoot. In this case a “diagnostic...

Beautiful post explaining why knowing the operations side of your business is so important. You forward the important point that as you and your techs get better, your profits are waining under a...

American small business is a very personal thing, it all depends upon what the individual wants out of it. If your method works for you and you can balance the amount of on time to off time to your...

It is not a this or that question. External costs outside your control can also be incorporated as well as job spicific, I am speaking primarily toward labor costs though.

Sometimes T&M is the...

Yeah, most of the criticism here seems to be just that, not a argument challenging the assertions of my value proposition. Folks do not like the idea of a systematic approach to doing business, I...

Man I can not believe these kind of replies. See ya.

I tend to wonder what “extra” time/materials is that could not be categorized, defined and quantified. Just a question.

Sure charge a base of $100.00 or something so you can do your system review,...

Ultimately every operation is flat rate, from removing a screwdriver from your bag to replacing a complete unit. However it is not as clear cut as some make it. It takes work. Starting with...

Hey look, something I kind of agree with you on. Problem is it is the problem-reaction-solution game, in the end the net game of both parties in my lifetime of 60+ years has been, war, devaluation...

I agree, regardless of any outcome nothing will happen except the endless encroachment on any vestige of personal liberty of the little, smelly people like I. -Cheers

If this is true, that a hidden cabal was funding Wuhan lab through covert means then those departments, those within those departments and everyone knowingly touching the money chain should be...

Most folks live in the fallacy that the Federal Reserve Bank (western central bank system) is tied to our Government and has our best interest at heart. Our representatives have leveraged most of...

Closing thread. LOL Cheap slum lord!

Actually we have 12,000 sf building all serviced with the 44 ton unit. But now will only be needing to service the office space, about 3000 sf.

We...

Wish I had learned this earlier. Just sold my business last year, but struggled with employees for 30 years. Better late than never.

Understanding and application of this insight. ...
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Thank you, we are considering this type of application but just wondering if there is any standard of practice out there for the original idea. As R22 5-10K condensers are available and low cost.
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We have a 40 year old R22 Trane 44 ton condensing unit cooling 12K foot building 6 damper controlled zones serviced by single AHU with 2 staged evap coils.

System is still operating fine, but the...