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Working hours à la Formula 1
In collaboration with the Federal Vehicle Technology Guild and the Interest Group for Vehicle Technology and Painting (IFL), the automotive industry is designing a series to avoid errors and defects in working hours. This time with a case from Alex Guillaume Ellinger's workshop practice.
Working hours à la Formula 1
I have to admit that we didn't report everything in the past either. It’s always a question of time.” Alex Guillaume Ellinger, managing director of Autopark in Vienna-Donaustadt, is honest about IFL. And he promises improvement. He is well aware of the problem: only when errors are reported can improvements be made in the common computer-supported calculation systems (Eurotax, Schwacke, DAT, Audatex). This is exactly why the Interest Group for Vehicle Technology and Painting (IFL) was founded in 2007.
Some of the information is ridiculous
And errors in working hours are all too common. “Some of the information provided by the manufacturers is downright ridiculous,” says Ellinger. For example, he is currently repairing a Volvo And then you also have to be annoyed by such times: Replacing the wheel house: four hours, measuring the axle three hours... The latter is almost at Formula 1 level, laughs Ellinger. His workshop manager estimates the effort involved in wheel alignment with all the trimmings to be eight AW. And the wheel arch would easily take eight hours, which is at least twice the estimated value. “It makes sense to draw attention to it,” says Ellinger.