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Is there a theoretical ratio to how many people should be in each operations group (mfg eng., inventory, quality, inspection, purchasering, etc.) per design engineer or other metric?
The company I work has sold a LOT of our new products, and thus we are going through significant growing pains. Design engineering is 5x the size it was 3 years ago, but every other group has only grown by 1-3x. We don't have any quality inspectors or engineers yet, despite having a quality manager. Technicians do QA on most finished assemblies but that ussually catches electrical/function issues and not build quality and cosmetic issues. Guidance or sources on what is a considered standard layout for large companies would be appreciated.
u/gotkidneys — 1 day ago