I need to figure out how to get Joel off my payroll and onto yours,
depending on how long this is going to take to get squared away.  It's been
more than 3 months, and I freed time up in my schedule.  I'm using my money
to fund things at my end right now.  As such, I need to know where this is
going.

I have a lot of options at the moment, and not enough information to make a
choice.  I have enough effort and money invested that I'm definitely going
to do something with this, the only question is what and with who.

I would appreciate it if, as a starter, if you could find something that
you need done that I could have Joel do, since it seems like you're not
ready to commit to firmware that doesn't exist yet.  He has a background in
manufacturing environments which are highly controlled; he worked at Intel,
so he's used to some pretty onerous procedures.  As someone who has worked
on transportation systems where human safety is at risk, he's familiar with
strict regulations.

It sounds like you guys are getting away from making a product and moving
towards a manufacturing floor (electronics and mechanical), or at least
that's what I took away from our last discussion.  It also sounds like
you're at the point of wanting to establish a business, which means
establishing the underlying infrastructure.  That's going to require some
oversight documentation.  I could have Joel prepare the outline (not
necessarily the exact procedures) of a company -- it's a lot of block
diagrams and charts, and is the kind of documentation you need for both ISO
and AS9100.

If you're going after military business, you're going to need this kind of
process / documentation control.  It takes a while to build the skeleton
and then even longer to fill it in.  Right now, it sounds like you have
some people with skills and an opportunity, now you need the structure to
support both if you're going to try to sell this.

My original quote included setting up a MRP system that understood the
structure; I don't have a clue if you have any able bodies who could do
that or if you're going to just buy some horrendous MRP system which takes
forever to configure and set up.

If you're truly saying you need to have that all in place before we start
doing design work, that's 100% backwards of what you've been telling me for
months -- but we can help you with that side of it.  It's not our favorite
kind of work, but we do know how to do it.

What this all boils down to is that we've been feeling your sense of
urgency for months, but there's been no official start and I can't figure
out how to help you.

Regards,
Thomas Pownall

CADX Services, Inc.

Tel: 585-624-1491 X101
Fax: 585-582-1101
E-Mail: tpownall@cadxservices.com
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