Hal Kaplan wrote: > When I was assembling my barbecue last summer, the directions did not make > sense. So I switched to the Spanish version. They were correct. If not for > the multilingual instructions, I might still be waiting for a finished > barbecue or worse; I could be dead from malnutrition due to the lack of a > barbecue. > > (Russel Stevens will understand that) > > This is all based on agile distribution and JIT inventory. They make a fixed > number of units but have no idea where they will be sold or when. So each > package is complete in and of itself. Out the door, out of mind. Do you > have any idea how many copies of Dell's User Manual for monitors I would have > if I kept them all? Besides who reads that stuff anyway? >
More and more, I see instructions coming on CDROM/DVD instead of paper for computer-related stuff. (Wouldn't work or be practical I guess for the BBQ grill!) -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
