Electrical & Wire Harness Design Blog

I’ll get to the business of estimating the cost of engineering changes to wiring harnesses in a minute or two.  You don’t want to overpay or undercharge. You want your estimates to be true and accurate. First a historical digression to identify where the phrase quoted after the colon in the title comes from. It is from the writings of Benjamin Franklin.  An unabashed interest in self-improvement … Read More

Harness, Electrical Distribution Systems, IESF, Capital Architect, Capital H, Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design, Wire Harness, Cost Estimation, Electrical Design Systems, CHS, CHS Captial Costing

This is the second in a 3-part mini-series of looking ahead to the new decade in the wiring harness industry and the systems interconnect design business. The first part was about technology initiative and this part focuses on business concepts which I believe will be important.  These are my own opinions. Not snap decisions but as arrived at with some contemplation and a little research. They may … Read More

Capital Harness Systems, CHS, Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design, Wire Harness, Electrical Engineering, Harness

 From time to time it looks like too much. All those things you should just know about Capital can be a little bit daunting.  But you join the little pieces of knowledge with the bigger ones until you become an expert. One of the customers I deal with has staff who guide designs all the way from concept and architectural studies, through systems design in detailed optioned logical drawing to Capital … Read More

Capital Integrator, CHS, Capital Harness XC, Harness, Training, CHS Documentation, CHS Tips and Tricks

Hereby a fondness is expressed for the Capital Community http://communities.mentor.com/mgcx/community/harness - though I wish it was called something else instead of community. “Community” is an overworked label. But I have no better suggestion to call it. The Capital Harness Systems Bunch. The Capital Harness Systems Gang. The Group of Capital. Team Capital. The Capital Appreciation Society. The … Read More

CHS, IESD, Harness, Deployment, Mentor Communities, Capital Harness Systems, Best Practice

People who write in blogs do things like the “eight critical fruits of breakfast” - the “twelve reciprocities of shoe polish” & “twenty six aspects of locomotive wheel maintenance challenging executives today and in the future” – those lists. Well I am no exception. My unique un-inventive offering follows. Here’s a quick list of the Top Ten Harness related songs. Inspired by noticing reports … Read More

Harness, Music, Fun

The first,  probably not not the last, sly borrowing of a famous phrase.  And in the title too.  No prizes for guessing the origin. At least the temptation to knock off a quick “it is a truth universally accepted” ….. was avoided. So the end I have in mind for this blog, is a thriving conversation.  Conversations are two-way things.  Lots of comments, lots of feedback, and critical feedback at that.  … Read More

CHS, Harness