On Technology

I worked closely with a cost accountant at the end of each month (not quite real-time) to understand and generate cost reports. Wow, was this fun! All receiving and materials consumption was reported manually, so it was not unusual to be off a little bit. As a matter of fact, there were times when it appeared that we actually produced some of our incoming supplies since we ended up with more than we received. (Occasionally, losing the paperwork on a truck shipment or two wasn't out of the ordinary.) We would spend hours tracking down the information to make some sense of what had actually occurred. (As a side note, I did get to know the cost accountant pretty well, and it was through this mutual friendship that I met my wife. So, it was hardly wasted time for me.)