Confirm the actual sink and appliance specification before production
A model number and approved reference are more dependable than a description passed between departments.
A model number and approved reference are more dependable than a description passed between departments.
The phrase standard sink can mean different things to a customer, salesperson and programmer. Before production decisions depend on a fixture or appliance, the job record should identify the actual item and the documentation the responsible technical person has approved for use.
Establish the reference
Record the manufacturer, complete model identifier and the relevant current specification or template. Note who supplied the information and who reviewed it. Keep the approved reference with the job so it is available to the field technician and programmer, rather than asking each person to search independently.
If the item changes, treat that as a job revision. Determine which drawing, program and installed conditions are affected through the shop’s qualified review process. A similar product name or appearance does not prove that the original production details still apply.
Make missing information a visible hold
Identify who is obtaining the final specification and the date needed. Keep a job with unresolved production-critical details in the appropriate preparation state. The scheduler should be able to see the reason without asking the programmer to rediscover it.
Digital templating equipment such as LPI’s LT-2D3D captures site information, but measuring a space does not settle every product-selection question. The field and office records work together: one describes the site, while the other establishes the approved items that the finished work must accommodate.
Source & further reading
Product records for this article
- LT-2D3D — sources, check date and demonstration questions
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