I almost don’t remember the last time we had a good and innovative product.
Without such a product, I don’t believe this company can get back on track. Is it possible that we no longer have competent people to innovate?
Considering the situation now, unfortunately, the future does not look bright and I am afraid that the company will be sold rather than return on the right path.
When I joined Cummins in 2017, I was straight out of college, wide-eyed and hopeful. I worked in product testing. I asked my manager if we get to be a part of product development decisions, interface with design, and applications engineering teams. His words were "You are a hired gun. You do what you are told to do, just like the rest of us do". Over the next three years, I found myself doing things that were written down in Standard Procedure documents, something for which I never needed even ten-percent of the stuff I learnt in Grad school. I don't remember every having to use engineering judgement or critical thinking as a part of my job, for a little more than three years. In 2020, I left the company on my own accord, for a smaller and less glamorous employer.
12V 6B was not innovation - it was an evolution of a proven Perkins design.
They made an already great engine better.
Have you all but forgotten about the 12V 6BT?
I agree, I think the company will be sold.