Manual

The FMK 9C1 Story

The Engravings

My work experience began in a machine shop when I was fteen years old. My grandfather was a toolmaker and I was the

one of seventeen grandchildren who would follow in the trade in which he made his living.

Working in the plastics trade a bit over a year, my grandfather visited me at my job. He was notably proud of my work and

proclaimed, “Jimmy, if you learn this trade well you will never have to worry about nding a job for the rest of your life.”

Little did he know, the trade which earned him a respectful living would be reduced in stature and become a second class

career, decimated by foreign competition; hastened by large corporations moving to procure services overseas where that

promise to his eldest grandson, “...never have to worry about nding a job…” would not be true.

Regardless, any hardship I’ve endured I have always embraced the idea that excellence would sustain my efforts and guaran-

tee my success.

I was raised to believe anyone could succeed in America, and “anyone” included even me.

Unfortunately, this can do attitude is not one that is embraced nor encouraged by all Americans and many of our politicians.

Today, excellence is shamefully not the only quality required to succeed in business. A keen understanding of political policy

and the social upheavals, encouraged by politicians, is necessary to navigate the bureaucratic malaise which is wholly

uninterested in private sector success, despite its dependence on it for its continued existence.

Study of many Fortune 500 companies reveals a movement to publicly embrace Green technology and Green business

practices; whether or not they actually follow the protocols. These corporate proclamations are politically induced, but quite

benecial to the large corporations with vast resources able to meet any and all bureaucratic demands.