Wouldn't the USMA love it if all companies were like that? I wonder what the reaction to that comment usually is. Did they give you the evil eye?
Why would a supplier want to slip in an English drawing if they know you will reject it? How often were the metric numbers just exact conversions of rounded English numbers? How did you/do they handle dissent from within? I'm sure it must happen from time to time. Jerry ________________________________ From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:44:29 PM Subject: [USMA:43774] Re: Arizona I-19 losing kilometer signs To be honest, the auto companies are not known for their even-handed supplier relations. "You will, or my next supplier will" is the common way of dealing with ANY supplier reluctance. I can assure you I've said it. We defeat conversion or acceptance of english units in our CAD equipment. It is only possible to draw a metric drawing, including an imported drawing from a supplier. If they submit an english drawing, they have to convert it.. --- On Fri, 3/13/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:43767] Re: Arizona I-19 losing kilometer signs > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 10:18 PM > I just wonder how the auto industry was able to do what the > highway department couldn't do. I'm sure even the > auto industry butts up against suppliers or vendors that > hate metric and try to force the industry to accommodate > them? Have you even encountered any resistance and how was > it handled? > > Jerry >
