they are cutting down alot on day to day small ticket items.Originally posted by Johnston:The budget ....
Word is that several projects are being canned..
A sign of how serious it is...
Toner requisitions are being turned down by QM. Why? NO budget.
The most important thing is to trim waste, eg. duplicate stuffs, nice to have, but never to save money on necessities.Originally posted by wuming78:they are cutting down alot on day to day small ticket items.
Originally posted by YourFather:Now in workshop, when indent spares, or get wuotes from contractors, I see the prices.... Whoa! SAF really know how to kena kotok.See the prices they charge, dont know whether to laugh or cry. No wonder my parent's taxes so high.
This flow of ex-staff officers into ST Engg is distorting the 'strategic partnership' with the SAF........Originally posted by IAF:Wonder just how serious the problem is. In such a climate, low-profile essential items may not stand a chance against big-ticket platforms. Consider ST Engg, which employs a sizable pool of ex-senior military officers in its sales team...they would surely bring their ties and influence to bear upon military purchases. Let alone, former officers in the admin service
Hope we may avoid the kind of 'congressional-military-industrial' complex seen in the US where even army units don't have the budget to buy blanks for field exercises.
x2, for those who went thru army would have seen some tremendous amount of wastage at some points, icluding so many wayang stuff like what Yourfather said, as well as holding so many Days, like Safety Day, Anninersaries blah blahOriginally posted by YourFather:Can, throw enuff money at the problem, sooner or later we also can build nukes one. The thing is, how much money do we have to design it, test it, then finally build it? At what quantities are we buying it? Cost effective or not, when compared to buying a similar system from overseas. If it's not, is the extra money spent worth it, in terms of getting the expertise to design and build it in-house? But I think that designing a guidance kit like the JDAM should be quite manageable for DSTA.
As for money, I say they gotta use money with their brains. Serious. SAF no brains one. Everywhere you go in the camp can see evidence. One example: In OETI, got one BIG plasma screen, very chio, sure cost more than 20,000 dollars when it was bought. What was its main purpose? For show. Wayang to Defense Minister when he come visit the place when it was opened. Wayang over liao, so to justify its purpose, everyday display RO (!) on the Plasma TV for us to read. (dont know whether this stupid practice still on or not, been 1 year when left OETI) Computers got moniter right? Can use normal 17 inch CRT display dont want, they wanna use LCD display.
Now in workshop, when indent spares, or get wuotes from contractors, I see the prices.... Whoa! SAF really know how to kena kotok.See the prices they charge, dont know whether to laugh or cry. No wonder my parent's taxes so high.
Go cookhouse, eat the food. Food cannot make it. Wuantity cannot make it. How much they charge? Something like 5+ per meal. I can get more and better food than that for $3. Kena kotok by SFI.
SAF can change to SKF already la. Singapore Kotok Force. Except its the one kena kotok only......
Thats because everyday IS Wayang DayOriginally posted by laurence82:x2, for those who went thru army would have seen some tremendous amount of wastage at some points, icluding so many wayang stuff like what Yourfather said, as well as holding so many Days, like Safety Day, Anninersaries blah blah
Wonder why no Wayang Day?
Originally posted by Nothingie:examples of SAF trying to save $:
we ask for mechanical pencils, they give us normal wooden pencils. they say cheaper... BUT they nvr give pencil shapeners... then in the end, use once, then throw aside.
we ask for a certain brand of OHP pens, cos we know they better quality. but they give us another brand, which they say are refillable BUT they nvr give us the refill...
Six Sigma?Originally posted by RussianPower:Hmm... They really need someone to champion Six Sigma there...
groan! not another corporate buzzword or idea to further emasculate our military. Already military professionals are falling over themselves over wayang like WITS, PRIDE, ISO, TQM..Originally posted by laurence82:Six Sigma?
Jack Welch?
IAF...dude, if you could really do me this big favour...please identify the source of the newspaper article (ST, Sundaytimes, etc) that you posted, and the page number...I can't find it on the online version and since I'm still overseas, I dun get access to the hard copy. Thanks!Originally posted by IAF:groan! not another corporate buzzword or idea to further emasculate our military. Already military professionals are falling over themselves over wayang like WITS, PRIDE, ISO, TQM..
Gladly. http://www.todayonline.com/index_home.htm. Look for Feb 26 issue in the archivesOriginally posted by Tango1:IAF...dude, if you could really do me this big favour...please identify the source of the newspaper article (ST, Sundaytimes, etc) that you posted, and the page number...I can't find it on the online version and since I'm still overseas, I dun get access to the hard copy. Thanks!![]()
[b]SAF has something called WITS since policemen wear shorts![\b]Originally posted by laurence82:Six Sigma?
Jack Welch?
One of the biggest problem in military is also Generals and Crabbies all attending outside courses in management, computing and stuff.Originally posted by IAF:groan! not another corporate buzzword or idea to further emasculate our military. Already military professionals are falling over themselves over wayang like WITS, PRIDE, ISO, TQM..