From manufacturing manager. He had heard about the problem; in fact, Simmons had made a
joke about it, bragging about how he beat his production quota to the other foremen and shift
supervisors.
The manufacturing manager thought Simmons was one of the "best foremen we have . . . he always gets his production out
His promotion papers were actually on the
manufacturing manager's desk when Kolb dropped by. Simmons was being strongly
considered for promotion to shift supervisor. The manufacturing manager, under pressure
from Morgenthal for cost improvements and reduced delivery times, sympathized with Kolb
but said that the rework area would have vented with their pressure gauges what Wayne had
done by hand. "But, I'll speak with Wayne about the incident," he said.